Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1251-400, for Andrew Leitch, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Leitch, Andrew
B.S.Wt. 1251.400 - Major. Issued July 5, 1799, to James Taylor, assignee of Jas. Trice Leitch the only surviving son & heir, also recorded as above under B.S.Wt. 2708. No papers.
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CLERK'S OFFICE Corporation Court Hon. JOHN T. GOOLRICK, Judge
FREDERICKSBURG, VA.,
January 14 1924
To The Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir - at 115 Columbia University - New York There is a bronze tablet bearing the following inscription "Battle of Harlem Heights won by Washington Foot - on this site - September 16 - 1776" among the figures of the soldiers is one John Hays in that battle - on his powder horn was this inscription "Andrew Leitch Sidekick Va" - Does your office afford any facts information or data as to who this Andrew Leitch was who fell in the battle of Harlem Heights September 16 - 1776 - or what Virginia units were engaged in that fight - what Virginia regiments or companies - I will be pleased - simply for historical reasons to get all the data facts and information you can possibly give me about this matter & things
Yours truly John T. Goolrick

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July 27, 1931
U. S. Pension Office Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
In the battle of Harlem Heights, September, 1776, Major Andrew Leitch , of the 1st Virginia Regiment, was mortally wounded. Land grants were made to his family in later years by the State of Virginia.
Will you kindly advise if you have anything on record regarding him or his family? The old records of Dumfries, Va., where he lived, have disappeared, and I am anxious to discover anything that may lead to his place of birth or ancestry.
Thanking you,
Very truly yours,

Baltimore, February 20, 1940.
Veterans Bureau, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
In Brumbaugh's Virginia Revolutionary Records under Bounty Land Warrants, is a grant of 5,333 acres of land to Major Andrew Leitch (not private Andrew Leitch. Although Major Leitch was killed at the Battle of Harlem Plains in 1776, he is listed as having served three years.
For genealogical purposes, I should like to know the names of the claimants to that land. The State Land Records in Maryland name two children, James and Sarah. Do the records at the Bureau show other children and are the ages of the claimants given?
Very truly yours,
Elizabeth B. Showacre
Miss Elizabeth B. Showacre, 3701 Garrison Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
January 17, 1934.
Judge John T. Goolrick, Fredericksburg, Va.
Sir;
In response to your letter of the fourteenth instant, I have to advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension on file, but from the records it appears that four hundred acres of bounty land were allowed on account of the services of Major Andrew Leitch, of the Virginia Continental Line, War of the Revolution, on Warrant No. 2708, which was issued July 5, 1799 to James Taylor assignee of James Frisbee Leitch, the only surviving son and heir of Andrew Leitch.

There is no further data on file as to said soldier or his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

August 11, 1931
Rev.&1812 Wars Section
AWF
Mr. James H. Callender 101 Park Avenue New York City
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the records of this office that Warrant No. 2708 for 400 acres of bounty land was issued July 5, 1799, on account of the services of Andrew Leitch, Major of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
This warrant was issued to James Taylor, assignee, in behalf of James Frisbee Leitch, the only surviving son of Major Andrew Leitch.
There are no further data on file in regard to this soldier's service or his family, because of the destruction of papers in such early applications for bounty land, when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Very truly yours,
A.D.Hiller Assistant to Administrator

March 15, 1940
Miss Elizabeth B. Showers 3701 Garrison Boulevard Baltimore, Maryland
BA-J/AWF Andrew Leitch B.L.Wt.2708-400 acres
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Andrew Leitch, Major in the Revolutionary War, killed at the battle of Harlem, in 1776.
The records of this office show that Warrant No. 2708 for four hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 5, 1799, on account of the service of Andrew Leitch, Major of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
This warrant was issued to James Taylor, assignee, in behalf of James Frisbee Leitch, the only surviving son of Major Andrew Leitch.
There are no further data on file in regard to the service of Major Andrew Leitch, and no further data relative to his family, due to the destruction of papers in such early applications for bounty land, when the War Office was burned in 1814.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the bounty land referred to above, it is suggested that you apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the following data:
Warrant #2708- 400 acres- issued July 5, 1799.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator