Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 8961-100-Priv., John Beaty, Pa.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Pa.
Beaty John
D.L. Wt. 8961-100-Priv. Issued July 21, 1793. No papers.
CONTENTS

ROUTE 7, BOX 29 ST. LOUIS, MO.
Nov 6th. 1929.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
A Land Warrant, #8,961, for 100 acres, was issued to JOHN BEATY, a private of the Pennsylvania Continental Line, on Jan. 21st., 1793.
Will you please furnish me with the military history of the said John Beaty and oblige. I am one of his descendants.
Very truly yours,
Chas. W. Baker, Route 7, Box 29, St Louis, Mo.
Warrant #8,961, Jan 21st. 1793, to John Beaty,
Patent issued - - 1800, to Baum & Schenck.

NH1
Keerwood Ms
Jan 18 th 1915
G. M. Saltzgaber
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 12 th at hand. And am very sorry you are unable to give me the "Revolutionary War record" of Great Grandfather John Beatty who was given Land Warrant No 8461. Yet you gave me the date on which it was issued. I only mentioned the warrant no. so as to help you identify the John Beatty whose record I wanted for I know there were others of the same name in the "Continental Line".

I only wanted the records as to give the daughters of the American Revolution, and feel very much disappointed at not being able to get this record, when I know we are entitled to yours, on his record.
Thanking you for your kindness, but I think I shall write H. J. Bryan a distant relative of mine and see if he can not find this record for me.
Very sincerely, Mrs Lillian D. Williams 315 E Jefferson Ave Kirkwood, Mo

Rev. War Section.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
AWF
November 26, 1929.
Charles W. Baker, R. R. 7, Box 29, St. Louis, Missouri.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the records of this bureau, it appears that Warrant No. 8961 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 21, 1793, on account of the services of John Beaty, Private of the Pennsylvania 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 November 1800.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

January 12, 1915.
Mrs. Lillian B. Williams, 315 East Jefferson Avenue, Kirkwood, Mo.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 4 th instant, you are advised that a careful search of the Revolutionary War records fails to afford any information relative to John Beaty, Private, Pennsylvania troops, for whose service Bounty Land Warrant No. 8,961 was issued July 21, 1793, and owing to the destruction of papers in the burning of the War Office in 1800, there is no further data on file relative to said land grant.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
The letter to which this is a reply was inadvertently returned to the writer and it should have been kept in the Bureau.
It was not possible to prove that any soldier of above name pensioned was identical with this bounty land soldier and

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Beaty, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 8961 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 21, 1793 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.