Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 544-100, for Frederick Kinsell, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
or Kinsell, Frederick Kensyl
B.L. Wt. 544-100
CONTENTS

I certify that I have a discharge from the U.S. Army Given to Mr. H. Russell Signed by General M c Guire E Waterston Washington January 18 th 1811. W m Simon

F. Kinsell's Affig. to the M c Kenney

Georgetown D t of Columbia
I hereby assign over, unto Thos L d Whinnery for Value received of him, all my Right Title, Interest, & Claim, unto a Land warrant, granted to me, by Congress, as a Bounty for services rendered in the
Revolutionary war Witness my Hand & Seal
This twenty Eighth A day of Febr y 1811
Witness present.
Stephen G. Bagwell
Fred k Whinnery Seal

No. 544.
Frederick Rinsell.
Private, — late Pennsylvania Line. —
Warrant issued Feb. 1 st 1811.
Dld co

Certificates relative to Fred k Kinsell, an old Soldier, thought to be entitled to U.S. B ty Land.
Deposited personally by Lieut. Samuel Smith of Baltim o : who testifies verbally in fav r of the claim. —
Ent d Blot r
Jan y 26 th 1811.
N.B. As two Members of Congress Certify having seen Kinsell's Discharge in his possession; and as Records in the Accountants Office, vid. Mr. Simmons & Lieut. on the back of that of J. Gibson. — prove if he enlisted for the War, — it appears to be just that a Warrant for U. S. Bounty Land should issue in his favor. —

Certificates of the Hon ble Nicholas Ruxton Moore and the Hon ble R. Stanford P. relative to the Discharge of Fred k Kinsell from the Revolutionary Army. Date of these certificates Jan y . — 1811. —

I hereby Certify that during the winter of 1808-9 Fred k Kensyl did transmit to me his discharge as a Soldier in the Pennsylvania line, dated at Philadelphia, and signed by Col. Walter Stewart, and by Genl. Anth y Wayne, and that on that in the summer following I returned it to him again —
Nich l Ruxton Moore
House of Rep s . Jan y 22 nd 1811
— At the last, or preceding session of Congress some paper in the nature of a discharge, as well as I can recollect, was shewn to me in George Town, D. C. by the above named sol- dier, I believe, accompanied by his son — or by the son accompanied by the father, I am not sure which. The son I know first applied to me on the subject. — Jan. 22. 1811. Stanford

Certificate of Major J. Gibbon relative to Mrs. Kinsell. —
Dept. of War acc. to office Jan 28.

Richmond Virg Dec 10 29. 1810
Fred k Kinzel man of Gen l Stearn. A better soldier in the Penn yl Line, having as he upwards last a certificate of discharge and character given him at the close of the revolutionary war - and having applied to me, I with much confidence certify that he served as a soldier in the Pa yl Penn yl Reg t commanded by Col l W m Stewart, at which time his conduct & character was unimpeachable -
That he served in the Campaign of 79 in the Corps of Light Infantry, under the orders of Gen l Wayne in which I had a good opportunity of knowing him, in all which and long after, his conduct was that of a brave & faithful soldier
Robert

It appears by the Muster of the 13 th Penn a Regiment incorporated with the 2 d June 1 st 1778 That Frederick Knissell enlisted the 14 Feb y 1778 for during the war in Capt. Marshalls Company. —
Dept. of War acc d office Jan y 23.
Certificate of Major Gibson relative to Fred Knissell. —