Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1612-200, for John Orr, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
n. j.
Arr. John
B.L.Wt. 1612-200 Lieut.
Issued May 28-1791 no papers
CONTENTS
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Rev. and 1812 War Section.
October 10, 1925.
Mrs. Roy W. Prentice 1607 Taylor Amarillo, Tex.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Warrant No. 1612 for 200 acres of bounty land was issued May 28, 1791, on account of the services of Lieutenant John Orr of the New Jersey Line, War of the Revolution.
There is no further information on file as to his services, nor any data on file as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned in 1800.
In order to make a proper search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, for a soldier named Samuel Scott, some of the following data is essential- approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Letter of inquiry sent to Record Div in Carl's request acc.
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N. J.
Orr John
B.L.W. 1612-200. Lieut. Issued May 28, 1791, No papers.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ort, John GRADE Sergeant LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10179 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 20, 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.