Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 6-100, for Edward Lee, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lee, Edward
B.L.Wt 6-100
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Boston June 9 th 1803. Received of Dr William Eustis Land Warrant N o 6 for Edward Lee a private in the Massachusetts Line. Joseph Williams — of Roxbury —

Edward See Priv. Claim for Mil. Proerty Lands -
lodged by Doct. Custis Sept 19. 1810
Issued W th N o 6

Massachusetts Norbury Decr. 21 st 1801.
To Henry Dearborn Esq r Secretary of the War Office of the United States of America,
Sir. please to deliver to Doc t
William Easton, a warrant intitling me to Military Lands, the same being due to me as private Soldier in the Con- -tinentals Army, during the War with Great Britain (agreeable to an act of Congress).
In presence of,
Edward his { X } Lee (Mark.)
Hannah Barker Frederick Sturtevant Sturtevant Jr.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss December 21 st 1801. Then the above named Edward Lee, President of Norbury labourer, appeared and made solemn Oath, that this is the first application he has made for said Lands, & that he has not made any conveyance of the same to any person, directly or indirectly.
Before me John Barker justice of the peace
That Edward Lee, was a private in 2 d Massachusetts Regt

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lee, Edward GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 85 4567 End 8475 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 21, 1792 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.