Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11255, for Ebenezer Potter, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Mass. N.H.
Potter, Ebenezer
S 11255
CONTENTS
carded

6702 New Hampshire
Ebenezer Potter of Cheshire in the State of N.H. who was a pri. b. & sugin the Company commanded by Captain Barnes of the Regt. commanded by Col. Ward in the Mass. Militia line for 16 months from 1775.
Conn. N.H. & Mass. Records completed Apr. 3/05.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 59 Dollars 75 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of March 1833 and sent Hon H. S. Hubbard
Arrears to 4th of March 1833 119.50 Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 29.87
$ 148.37
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Sylvester Clerk, Book 20 Vol. 1 Page 177
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of New Hampshire County of Cheshire ss. On this twenty first day of June 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting
I, Benjamin Potter of Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire, aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following names officers and served as herein stated.
Immediately after the report of the Concord fight reached the town in which I then re- sided, Fitzwilliam New Hampshire , on the 20 th or 21 st of April 1775 I repaired to Cambridge Massa- chusetts and soon afterwards enlisted for the eight months service which commenced the first of May and ended the last of December 1775. The company to which I belonged was commanded by Captain Daniel Barnes of Marlboro Mass in Colonel Gorham's Continental Regiment. Massachusetts Line. I remained in the service at Cambridge till September following and then was one of those who volunteered to go on an expedition to Quebec. Thomas Hubbard of Worcester was Captain of the company and Timothy Bigelow of Worcester was Colonel of the Regiment to which I belonged. The

troops went to Newbury port - and thence took ship for the mouth of Kennebec River. There were fifteen ships in all, containing I think 1000 men each. The troops were under the command of Genl Benedict Arnold. In our arrival at Port Medway now Hallowell we took batturey - with them ascended the river Kennebec to its source. One of our batturey was then carried over the height of land about 10 miles to the head of the Chandiac river. The boat and provisions were lost and three men drowned in descending the Chandiac.
About the 1 st day after our troops arrived at the Chandiac I was taken with the camp disorder and left behind with three others by the army which proceeded down the river to Quebec. On my recovery I followed the army and after having been absent from any settled part of the country fifty days I joined the army at Quebec on the night after General Arnold went on to the islands of St. Johns - and on the same night that our army retreated about twenty three miles up the river to Point au Troubles - our troops remained at the point till General Montgomery's forces joined them and the whole body then returned to Quebec where we remained until the fall of Montgomery on the last day of December 1775 - on which day our term of enlistment expired.
I then with others on the 3 rd day of January 1776 went up the river, and on the 15 th of the same month arrived at

Montreal. On the same day I enlisted for three months in the United States Service, in Capt Smiths Company, General Woosters Brigade in the Connecticut line. I remained at Montreal on duty until the 15 th of April 1776. when my term of service having expired, I returned to Fitzwilliam, at which place I arrived on the sixth day of May. Having been absent from home in my countrys service one year and fifteen or sixteen days.
In the summer of 1776. I was out three times with other soldiers from Fitzwilliam under Capt John Mellen of that town on "Alamance" or once to Springfield Vt. once to Sturminster Vt. and once to Charles-town Vt. In each of these occasions I served as a sergeant. I do not recollect the duration of either of these terms of service, but have no doubt but all of them amounted to at least two months.
In 1777. in the month of July I think, a detachment was called for, from the towns of Rindge Fitzwilliam Radnorfield Marlborough Dublin & Saffrey, which towns then composed a Regiment of Militia of a company consisting of 100 privates - for three months. A company was formed, under the command of Capt Salomon Stone of Rindge - Lieutenants Gould & Bridge & Pivy of Radnorfield. They were drawn for three months. I volunteered in said company for said service & served as a Corporal until the Bennington fight August 18 th and afterwards as Orderly .

servants took the information from him of service. Said Company belonged to Col. Nichols Regiment The Company formed at Marlboro in July and marched to Manchester N.H. where we remained about a fortnight. We then moved to Bennington and I with the rest of the Company was at the Re- giment at Bennington which was captured by the Gen. Stark's troops under General Stark on the 18th day of August 1777. after that event we went to Stillwater & joined the Continental forces under General Gates at Bemus Heights. We remained at that place until the expiration of the three months for which I was engaged and I then returned to my family in Fitchburg, where I have ever since resided.
I further state that I have no docu- mentary evidence, and that I never received any written discharge from said service, and that to the best of my knowledge no person whose testimony I can procure will so testify to said service. I left the service successfully qualified. I further state that since the passing of the act of March 1818, I have applied twice for a pension under that act, and that on those occasions I procured and forwarded to the War Department evidence in relation to my services in relation to my two first enlistments which I presume are on the files of the De- partment.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
That

That he was born in Marlborough Massachus- etts in the year 1750. on the 11 th of August Old Style.
That he has no record of his age.
The Reverend John Sabin of Fitzwilliam and the Rev- erend Nahum Parker of Fitzwilliam are personally well known to me and I expect can testify to my character and their belief of my revolutionary services
Ebenezer Potter
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
S. Hale Clerk
We John Sabin a Clergyman, residing in Fitzwilliam New Hampshire, and Nahum Parker residing the same Fitzwilliam hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Potter who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty one years of age; That he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
John Sabin
Nahum Parker
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid S. Hale Clerk
Chas
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Sabin, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said Fitzwilliam, and that Nahum Parker who has also signed the same is a resident in said Fitzwilliam, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in

The matter of the application of Elanizer Patten for a pension
In testimony whereof I have unto it my hand & seal of said Court this 29 th day of August AD 1832
S. Hale, clerk
I hereby certify that Leander Bale is the Clerk of the Court as above stated and that the above is his signature
L. Hubbard

Application to Ebenezer Potter F. William N.H.
18779.

10.779 Ebenezer Potter.
Ad. Wm. 36.66 3 1/2 doz 17.50 12 Cups 5.59  $59.75
12/44/3 66 36 1.83  80 5.59 72 80

10.779.
BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Potter County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 81  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted In 1775-1 May — 8 — private Gen. Capt. Daniel Barnes, Col. S. Ward, Massachusetts line.   " 1776-15 Aug. — 3 — do. Capt. S. Hubbard Col. J. Bigelow, Genl. Benedict Arnold   Was out 3 times in 1776 Summed amounting in all to at least 12 months. — — — Sergeant. Capt. Smith, Genl. Wooster, Continental line, Capt. John Meldon  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Tuebec, Bennington.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fitzwilliam, N. H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & a witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.    Vol. 1777 July  3  Corporal  Capt. Salmon Stone  Lieut. Gould & Perry,    12 mo. Capt  —  aduty  Col. Nicholls, N. H. Militia,  Genl. Stark,    12 - Serjt  —  Sergeant  Genl. Gates.  Examining Clerk.    J. Waugh Feb. 11. 1833.

Traverse City, Mich
Mar. 23. 1913.
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Is it possible for me to obtain a voucher or some suitable paper from the Pension Department certifying to the services of Ebenezer Potter who served in the Revolutionary War, with the N.H. Militia He drew his pension at Keene N.H. I have been told. Any thing I may obtain as proof of his

services will be greatly appreciated.
Mrs. C. F. Hunter 203 Wadsworth St., Fraser City Mich.

P. Bureau of Pensions, P. Washington, D.C.
I wrote yesterday asking for information in regard to Hugh Potter as a possible Revolutionary war soldier. I find it is his father, Ebenezer Potter, who may have been in the war in the Mass. Dist.; - he afterwards lived in or near Gardner, Me. If you can mention him, will you kindly send it to me.
Jennie D. Mitchell #22 Harrick St. Hancock, P.O.

SETTLED 1681 ST ADAM MAY 1894

Nov 10 1874 PENSION OFFICE NOV 9 1874
Dear Sir, I am very sorry that the Pension list after the Rescinding for the name of Frederick . He would be found in the Mass. list as he afterwards went in Indiana . If you find any notice of him will you kindly send me the information.
Yours sincerely, Frederick D. Mitchell 32 Harris Ave. Somerville R.I.

C.D.W. NAVY NOV 12 1894 I. L. H. S. P. B.
PENINSULA U 1894 OFFICE

1894 Dec. 3 Hist. to Miss Jennie P. Mitchell Woonsocket, R.I. 1913 Apr. 4 Hist. to Mrs. C.F. Hunter, V.L.M.
Rev. Mr. [unclear]
11255 INVALID.
File No. 11255
Geneva Letter
Leicester Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 300
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
See Inv. File 11255
8366
P. O. Ebenezer Potter
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

The within Applicant is not entitled to a pension under the law of the 10 th March 1810 - as he did not serve nine months under enlistment on the continental establish- ment.
Ebenezer Potter Declaration

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE SS.
On this nineteenth day of November 1819 , before me the sub- scriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County, per- sonally appears Ebenezer Potter aged 69 years, resident in St. William in the said County, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in or- der to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Ebenezer on the  on about the first day of May 1775 enlisted in Cambridge in the state of  Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Barron of the Regiment of Infantry in the land  service of the United States on the continental establishment  commanded by Col. Jonathan Ward in the Massachusetts line  That in Sept. following it was detached and joined Capt. Jonas Hubbard  Col. Arnold's Regiment and went through the woods to Quebec  was there until after Montgomery's defeat that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 17 day of April 1776 , when he was discharged from ser- vice in Montreal instead of Canada , that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Nathaniel Parker
I, Nathaniel Parker , Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ebenezer Potter did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, a- gainst the common enemy, for nine months on the continental establishment; and is in  reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforemen- tioned act of Congress.
November 19, 1819
Nathaniel Parker
I, Salma Hale Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cheshire, hereby certify, that the Hon. N. Parker whose proper hand is above subscribed, is one of the Justices of said Court, du- ly commissioned, and that no particular impression is used as a seal by said Court.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed a seal in usual form as used by said Court, this 19th day of Novr ; A. D. 1819
S. Hale

O. W. & N. Division.
P.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., December 3, 1894.
Miss:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of EBENEZER POTTER a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May, 1775 4 mo. Pri. Daniel Barnes Ward Mass.   Sept., " 4 mo. " Joshua Hubbard Bigelow "   Jan., 1776 3 mo. " Smith Gen. Wooster "   Summer, " 2 mo. Sgt. John Mellen None N. H.   July, 1777 5 mo. Corpl. & Sgt. Stone Nichols N. H.  
Battles engaged in, QUEBEC and BENNINGTON. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fitzwilliam, N.H. Date of application for pension, Aug. 1, 1832. Residence at date of application, Fitzwilliam, N.H. Age at date of application, Born at Marlborough, Mass., Aug. 11, 1750, O.S.
Remarks: Miss Jennie P. Mitchell,
Miss Jennie P. Mitchell,
#22 Harris Ave.,
Woonsocket, R.I.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
Ans 11/25/5
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Potter a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar 1 1776 Dec. 1776 Pt. Daniel Barns Jones Hubbard Jonathan Ward Timothy Bigelow Mass.   Aug 15 1776 Apr 15 1776 Smith Conn.   Summer 1776 at various times 2 mos. Pt. John Mellen on alarms   July 1777 Emos Corpl & Priv. Pt. Salmon Stone Nichols N.H.  
Battles engaged in, Quebec, Bennington. Residence of soldier at enlistment, William N.H. Date of application for pension, Nov 19 1819 Residence at date of application, St. Johnsbury Co. N.H. Age at date of application, at St. Johnsbury Mass Aug. 11. 1750 Remarks: No data as to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Potter further proof or explanation. which require
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No such device.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I John Foser now of Roxbury in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire now more than seventy eight years of age do testify and say that I served in the Revolutionary war three months at Bennington in the year 1777 as a Militia man at that time I belonged to the town of Marlborough in said State my Capt. name was Salmon Stone in Col. Nichols Regiment my Captain & first Lt. deserted our company at the time of the Bennington battle the Second Lt. was killed also the orderly Sergeant in the before part of said battle Ebenezer Potter then took the command of said company he being one of the company and served three months the same time that I did in said company Said Potter then belonged to the Town of Fitzwilliam in said County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire and is now living in the same Town. Said Potter served one month more as a volunteer under John Foser the same year at Saratoga in General Gates army
John Foser
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss July 25 th 1832 the above affidavit was sworn to
Before me Robinson Perkins Justice of the Peace
We the Subscribers Certify that the above named John Foser may be considered a man of Truth
Daniel A. Emery Selectman of Roxbury
Sam Wadsworth Josiah Woodard

John G. Merrill
Churchill. August 21. 1832
I Alma Hale clerk of the Judicial Court in said county certify that Robinson Perkins is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and I believe that the foregoing official signature is in his own hand writing In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Jurisdiction
S. Hale, Clerk

Old case 18294
Elenezer Potter, N.H.
Asahum Parker, Fitzwilliam, N.H.
Recd 5 Nov. 1821.
Rejected vide letter to Dr. Parker, Nov. 6, 1821.
8368
choon
of
Washington
Feb 1821
Robbin

John Barker (Deposition)

I John Campbell of Bennington in the County of Chester and State of New Hampshire of lawful age do testify and say that I enlisted in the eight months service at Cambridge some time in the month of April A. D. 1775 and some time in September following turned out and went in the detachment to Quebec in Capt. Goodridge's company and Col. Arnold's Regiment and continued in said service as a soldier the whole of the time from the said April A. D. 1775 to some time in April 1776 and am knowing that Ebenezer Potter now living in Fitzwilliam State of New Hampshire served and did duty as a soldier in said service the whole of said term that is from some time in April A. D. 1775 to April A. D. 1776 said Potter was not in the same company with me until after the defeat at Quebec but after said defeat he was in the same company and in the same Regiment after starting from Cambridge John Campbell
State of New Hampshire Chester ss. October 4 th 1819 John Campbell personally appeared and made solemn Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true Before me Robinson Perkins justice Peace
Chester ss. To whom it may concern this may certify that I consider the above named John Campbell to be a credible witness R. Perkins justice Peace

Cheshire Oct 13. 1819
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Robinson Perkins is a Justice of the Peace in said County and that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale
John Campbell Deposition

I John Barker of Woodard in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of full age do testify and say - That in the year 1774 - that Ebenezer Potter now living in Fitzwilliam State of New Hampshire acted as a soldier and turned out as a soldier and went to Duckworth in the County of Cotswold and that he was there until I was taken with the Small Pox about the twenty first of December the same year after which time I did not see him until I see him in said Fitzwilliam A.D. 1776 -
John Barker -
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. Oct r 14 th 1819
John John Barker personally appeared and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me Roswell Hubbard Jus t Peace
Cheshire ss Oct r 14 th 1819
These certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John Barker and that he is a Man of truth and integrity -
Attest Roswell Hubbard Jus t Peace
Cheshire ss. October 13. 1819.
I Salome Hale Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Roswell Hubbard is a Justice of the Peace in said County, that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I have unto office the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature S. Hale Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Potter, Edmund GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4828 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 30, 1789
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.