Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23368, for Henry Perry, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Perry, Henry
S. 23368
CONTENTS
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New York N o 24,665
Henry Perry
of Montgomery Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Page of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cook in the Mass. Troops time for 11 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 38 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Feb'y. 1834 and sent to Hon. C. W. Vane W. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 95.80 Semi-ant. allowance ending March '34 19.16
$114.96
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D r Brown Clerk, Book E, Vol. 4 Page 114

20284 ✓
Henry Perry Montgomery Co. New York
last Pax belonged to the 10 th Regt. designed Mar: '80
July 12 9 mo - 1779 20 Apr ————— 80
on S er of P. Smith
Admiral Private 11 mo 1/2
P. etc. Broadbent Hon C McLean George D. Ferguson Johnston Mark

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Perry Montgomery  Co N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol June 1779 9 pr. Capt Page Col Sprout N.Y. County 69 New Bedford Traditionary   1777 8 21 sub Capt Earl Col. Cook Md. R.R. 54 Mass. L. Witness   Octr - 11 21 "   10 35  
69 54 15
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
* 12 months 27 days in all as will appear by amended declaration

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
B Newman

State of New York Montgomery County ss 3 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of the town of Broadalbin in said County Henry Perry of said town an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832 and known to me as such applicant who on being duly sworn deposes and saith that in addition to his declaration already made and forwarded to the department of war and returned that he entered the service of the United States for nine months as therein stated. That he also entered said service at two other times as stated in his said declaration and served the first time six weeks and the other time three weeks and that during the said several times he served as stated by him in his said declaration he served with an embodied Corps called into service by competent authority and that he was continually during the several periods of his said service in the field or garrison and for the time during which his service was performed as stated in his said declaration he was not employed in any civil pursuit and for a more particular account of his said services he makes the following declaration in addition to the one referred to, First that he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer on the 5 th day of June 1779. That he marched to West point as stated in his said declaration to which place he with the rest of his company arrived in a few days. That he continued at West point in the garrison or fort till the month of November and December during which months he was at a place called Youngs on the East Side of the Hudson River about twenty miles below West point and about four or five miles from Bedford. That he marched to said last mentioned place about the first of November in said year with

his company and a body of five hundred men who had been detached from the rest of the Army to go to that place from West point. That about the last of December or first of January following marched back again to West point , at which place continued with his company and regiment and the Army (except was ordered out for a day or two and then returned) until he was discharged at said West point on the 27 th day of April 1780 and got home 7 th day of May afterwards
9. 12 2. That on or about the tenth day of August 1777 went into service of the United States as the substitute of Paul Perry his father who was drafted for six weeks that he marched to the several places mentioned in his said declaration and served at those places and was 1. 12 discharged at Pantonit Falls near the last of the month September, that he did not at this time serve less than six weeks, that he was discharged this time when he had been in service six weeks. In the same year and in the month of October and the first part of said month to the best of his deponent's recollection the said Paul Perry was again drafted for three weeks. That he his deponent again went into said service as his substitute and marched to Schenectady point and at Hoaglands ferry where this deponent deponent done duty and served as a soldier. was discharged - 71 at the expiration of the said three weeks which was 11 15 near the last of October or first of November. That Colonel Cook commanded regiment then in service at this time as he now recollects and that he thinks that Captain Earl  Boyle commanded company to which he belonged in this service. And this deponent further saith that all his aforesaid services were as a private. That in all of his said service he done duty every day as a soldier and in the various

Compaines and regiments to which he belonged and was under and subject every day in all his services to his officers That he claims a pension for services rendered as a soldier of the revolution and a private in the army from the 5 th day of June 1779. till the 27 th day of April 1780 when he was discharged making Ten Months and twenty two days. That he claims a pension for services as aforesaid from about the tenth day of August till the last of September in the year 1777 not less than six weeks and also for services as aforesaid from the first part of October in the same year last aforesaid till the last of said month or first part of November not less than three weeks The precise day of going into said services or leaving the same the two last mentioned times he does not recollect with sufficient certainty to state it Making in all his services to be as a private in the army of the revolution Twelve Months and twenty seven days for which time he claims a pension under the said act of Congress.
The word "point" "Earl" in the year 1777 not included. The word "August" "Sept r " read before signing
Henry Perry
I Allen Barr a justice of the peace of Broadallin in the County of Montgomery do certify that on this fifteenth day of June 1833 personally appeared Henry Perry of said town and County a revolutionary soldier and known to me as said by reputation who on being duly sworn by me did depose and say that the foregoing statement or affidavit by him made and subscribed is just and true and that he acknowledged that the same had been read to him and I further certify that the said Henry Perry is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief Allen Barr Justice of the Peace of Broadallin County of Montgomery

State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerk's Office. I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County do hereby certify that Allen Burr, before whom the foregoing supplemental affidavit of Henry Perry proports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of said County: And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe the name of said Justice subscribed as aforesaid is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 3 rd July 1833.
Geo: D. Ferguson

Thur 13 th December 1832
Geo: D. Ferguson.
Henry Perry
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State of New York
Montgomery County ss. On this nineteenth day of Septem
=ber in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Henry Perry a resident of Broadalbin in the said County of Mont. gomery and State aforesaid aged sixty nine 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 the 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated - That he resided during the War of the Revolution in the year 1779 at New Bedford Dartmouth in the State of Massa- chussetts - That on the fourth day of June in the year 1779 he volunteered for nine months to go to West Point on the 5 th day of June 1779 went into service - Went from New Bedford to Lancaster and there marched to Springfield then to Hartford Connecticut then to Fishkill New York and from there to West Point. There remained till discharged & left was out about sixty days at a place called in said service Brimsfield after which he again returned to West Point where he was discharged on the 27 th day of April 1780 and got home the fourth day of May. Received a discharge which is lost. Was under Captain Page (Peter Page) The name of Ensign and Lieutenant does

not recollect - Colonel Sprout and one Colonel Smith Commanded Regiment. Does not recollect which was Lieutenant Colonel. Thinks one was. Does not recollect the name of the Major. Knew and recollects the names of Colonel Shepherd and General Washington and also General Glover who Commanded Brigade
In the year 1777 lived in Scituate Rhode Island Paul Perry was drafted to go into service 64 weeks. Went as his substitute. Marched to Bowlands Ferry, then to Newport Island , from thence was driven by the British to Providence and then went to Pawtuxet Falls and there staid till he was discharged. This service was in the months of August & September as he thinks in said year after said 64 weeks expired he was discharged. That he served this term 64 weeks Robert Earl was Captain of said Company does not recollect major or Lieutenants name Colonel Cook Commanded Regiment. Major & Lieutenant Colonel does not recollect. General Sullivan Commanded and it was at the time he was driven from Rhode Island. Served at this time six weeks
In the same service  year & in the year 1777 think it was in the month of October is not certain Paul Perry was drafted for three weeks. Went as his substitute to Scituate Point Rhode Island

does not recollect the names of his Officers at this time nor any of them. Served three weeks and was discharged. That he has no documentary evidence of his service and that he knows of no person that he can procure or whose testi- mony he can procure who can testify to his service or any thing concerning it  except Huldah Gifford his sister. That he was born in the Town of Tiverton — — — (the County of he does not recollect) and State of Rhode Island on the ninth day of May in the year 1763. Has no record of his age Since the war has resided at Dartmouth in Massachusetts at the New Porters in New York Then in the town of Kingsbury in Washington County New York. Then in the town of Perkins in Berki- ner County New York. Then in the town of May- field in Montgomery County aforesaid. Then in Galway in Saratoga County New York and now in Broadell aforesaid in said County of Montgomery & State of New York. Does not recollect by whom his discharge was given That he is known to George Mills & Adair Mix — — — who reside in his neighborhood and that they can testify to his character for ver- acity and to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. That 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 there is no minister in his neighborhood he is knowing to his being a soldier of the revolution by report as the reason why he does not produce one
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court. 19th Sept. 1832.
Henry Perry
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk
We George Mills and Aaron Mifflin residing in Broad albin hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Perry who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
George Mills Aaron Mifflin
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court. 19th Sept. 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investi- gation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department, that the above named Applicant, was a revolution- ary soldier, & served as he stated. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that George Mills & Aaron Mifflin, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the town of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, & are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to Credit.
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Perry for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office the 19th day of September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson
Henry Perry $0.97 3/4

State of New York
Montgomery County } Buldeh Gifford of the Town of Providence in the County of Saratoga being duly sworn deponeth and saith that she is a sister to Henry Perry of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery and who is about to make appli- cation for a pension. That some time in June in the year 1779 the said Henry Perry said he intended to enlist into the Army and go into the service of the United States, that he went from home came back and said he had enlisted, that the next day or a few days there after he left home took his close and said he was going to West Point to which place he had enlisted to go. That the next year 1780 in the month of May as she thinks he returned home. That it was understood at the time in the family and by the neighbors, that he had enlisted for about the period he was gone. That That she does not recollect any thing more in particular about her uncle. That she was twenty one years of age last March.
her Buldeh + Gifford mark
I here call witness a person of the peace in for the said County of Montgomery do certify that the foregoing affidavit was read to the said Buldeh Gifford so that she heard the same and she thereupon made her mark and declared the same to be true and made oath to the truth of said declaration (the word Gifford partly written over an erasure) before me this 19 th day of September 1832.
I certify that Hannah Gifford is a credible person that her character for truth is good & that her statement is entitled to full credit. The peace of Montgomery County. Marcellus Neston justice of the peace of the said Town & County.

State of New York Montgomery County, ss. I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that Marcellus Wetton, Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date of the said affidavit a justice of the peace of the said County: And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice, I verily believe that the hand writing of the said justice subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 13 th December 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson.
Henry Carr
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Reproduction
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Henry Perry Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 218
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Perry, Henry GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8647 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 16, 1789 to Thomas Boyle, assignee
*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.