Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6641, for John Mersey, Massachusetts

Continental Mass.
Mersey, John
W. 6641
or Massey.
B.L.W. 2350-100
Phelps, Martha
(Former widow)

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Mersheimer, Boston GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10,037 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 23, 1791 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.