Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9,253, for Christian Shell, New York

New York
Shell Christian Schell or
R. 9.253

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Shell, Elisha GRADE Private LINE Lamb's Artillery, (New York)
WARRANT NUMBER 7833 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED September 28, 1790 to Bartholomew & Fisher, assignees
*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.