Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 214,100, for Samuel Morris, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Ua.
★ Morris, Samuel
B.L. No. 214.100.
CONTENTS

MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE
JAN 28
970013
1905
WAR DEPARTMENT
6133 Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, Ill.
Jan. 21, 1905.
Edward Tucker & 3 others Rev. War (Md. & Va.) Co. Reg't
Mrs L. B. Cox asks if the following names are found on list of pensioners, viz Edward Tucker Md. Alexander " " Samuel Monis Va. Guthrie " "
WRAPPER.
(515)
Address: "The Military Secretary, War Department, Washington, D. C."
WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, January 28, 1905.
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. L. B. Cox, 6133 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Application for information as to whether the persons referred to within were pensioners on account of services in the Revolutionary war should be made to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars.
J. H. Smith
The Military Secretary.
(800a) Per 4
214-100-Rev.

Revolutionary Pension Dept.
Kindly let me
know if among the list of Revolutionary pensioners you find the names:
Edward Tucker of Maryland
Alexander Tucker " "
Samuel Morris Virginia
Eunice Morris "
After Revolution they may have gone to Kentucky
Very truly
6133 Woodlawn Ave
Mrs L. B. Cox.
Chicago - Jan 25. 1905

N o 214
Revolution
Samuel Morris
Sgt. Virginia Line
Warrant issued
Oct. 16, 1805

Feby. 14, 1905 Information to Mrs. L. B. Cox, Chicago, Ills.

N o 214.
Rev
Sam d Morris. Leg l Virginiana.
Warrant issued 16 th Oct. 1805. & delivered to S d Morris.

I do hereby that Sam l Morris took John Collet's place in the Spring of the year 1779 who was a Sergeant in Capt. Porterfield's Company in the 11 th Virginia Regim t on Gen- -erential Establishment and that the and that the S r Collet was Enlisted as a Sergeant for during the War Given Under my Hand this 30 th day of May in the Year 1804.
Signed Daniel Morgan
The above is a Copy of a Certificate filed in the Office of the Executive of Virginia on which a Bounty was paid Issued to Samuel Morris as a Substitute to John Collet as therein stated
Richmond Sep r 20 th 1804
The above is a True Copy of a Certificate Given by Sam l Coleman CC
Drawn by me
In Hagarty Sen d
Test:
In Hagarty Jun r

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Morris, Stayton GRADE Private LINE Delaware
WARRANT NUMBER 10844 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 11, 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.