Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 8-200, Lewis Booker, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Booker, Lewis
B.L. Wt. 8-200
CONTENTS

Bounty Land Warrant No 8. for 200 acres on account of the services of Capt-Lieut. Lewis Booker of Va. issued May 12, 1803 and was delivered to Joseph Nourse per order of Anth y New.
Above is taken from Register of Bounty Land Warrants issued after 1800.
Ans

D. J. S.
Efsex County 18 th Dec r 1802.
I am again obliged to be trouble- -some to you on the old business of my land warrants. To put the circumstances fresh in your memory, I inclose you two of your letters on the subject, I did have a certificate from the General post office mentioning your letter inclo- -sing the warrants sent from the post office, Lexington, to that office, and there you was inclosed under cover to a di- -to be read at the post office in Tappan which letter never came to hand.
As I sent the necessary certificates to you during the last Congress, and I think the certificate alluded to above from the Genl. post office as I cannot find it among my papers, suppose it will not now be necessary to procure fresh ones, - however if it should be required, be pleased inform me by the first mail as the time draws near for such de- -aims to be sent in, - Your attention to the a- -bove business will still lay under fresh obligations. Your Friend & Ob t Serv t E. Root

ADAM B. LITTLEPAGE 6TH DIST. WEST VIRGINIA
Per mess
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON
18 January, 1918.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions.
My dear Mr. Saltzgaber:-
I inclose herewith some papers with reference to one Lewis Booker, who served in the Revolutionary war, and I should like, if at all possible, to have you furnish me with a record similar to the one furnished in the case of Robert Pollard, which record I also inclose for your information. Dr. Roller is anxious to procure such a paper and I would appreciate it if you will send the same to me, returning the inclosures as well.
65944.2 wrc. sent in 1907 to Mrs. Mason L. Opeland. Returned D.M.C.
Thanking you in advance and hoping to hear from you at an early date about this matter, I am
Sincerely yours,
Adam B. Littlepage
6 incs. all returned from Pension Bureau with reply Jan 21, 1918. AD Rev. War Section

January 21, 1918.
Hon. Adam E. Littlepage, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Littlepage:
In reply to your letter of the eighteenth instant requesting information relative to Lewis Booker for Rev. Robert D. Roller, I have the honor to advise you that the records of this Bureau show that Warrant Number 8, for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 13, 1803 on account of the Revolutionary War services of Captain-Lieutenant Lewis Booker of Essex County Virginia, said warrant was delivered to Joseph Nourse per order of Anthony New.
There is no further data on file as to soldier's services and no data at all on file as to his family. A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension filed on account of his services.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.
(six enclosures) Mr. Littlepage Jan 24 1918 Washington

Capt Lewis Booker Class Mil. Acad.
From A. New
lodged by Ch. New
M.H.A.
Captain Lewis Booker
Tappahannock Virginia
Issued W. N. D.
Booker

Dear Sir
Philadelphia Dec. 20 th 1797
I have this moment received your favor of the 5 th instant, in answer to which, have to inform you, that in consequence of the power of attorney inlosed to me by Mr s Sempile, I obtained your land warrant, and agreeably to the instructions given to my overseer, I inclosed the warrant in a letter directed to you at Lexington, Kentucky. Some time in the month of June last, too late however to reach that place, untill after the time you mention. I will immediately write to Mr s Sempile on the subject. Your other business respecting the Patents and value of land, shall be attended to in due time.
No definitive measure of importance hath taken place in Congress, since the commencement of the present Session, owing principally to the want of some official information from our Commissioners at Paris, which is daily expected. A law has just passed to postpone the operation of the stamped act, untill the last day of June next. I am very respectfully
P.S.
Dear Sir
It is my duty as well as inclination, to render you every service in my power. Therefore I beg you to command me fully
Your mo: obedt. Servt.
ANTHONY NEW

Cap: Booker's claim.

I hereby certify, that in the year 1796 while attending a Session of Congress in Philadelphia, I received a power of attorney from Capt. Lewis Booker of Giles County, State of Virginia, authorizing me to obtain a warrant for his continental bounty in land, I accordingly applied for, and rec d , a warrant for 300 acres, which (at the request of the said Booker) I inclosed in a letter addressed to him then in Lexington. Kentucky, but which did not reach him during his stay in that State. In the session of 1797 I was informed by a letter from Capt. Booker, that he had not rec d the letter above mentioned, nor the land warrant, I immediately applied at the gen l Post office to know whether the letter had not been returned as a dead letter. and was informed by Mr. R. Bradley that such a letter had been rec d from Kentucky with the land warrant inclosed and that he immediately put it under cover addressed to me at Tappahannock Va Thos. New

J-1 CH-N. Danville, Ill.
September 19th 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir:
Is it possible for you to give me any information relative to land warrants issued to one Lewis Booker who served as a captain-lieutenant in Captain Samuel Eddens Company, 1st Artillery Regiment, Continental Troops, Revolutionary War? He was commissioned January 13th 1777.
I have been advised in this application by The Adjutant General. I will greatly appreciate any favor you may see fit to grant.
Yours very respectfully,
Ernest R. Jones.
P. O. Box 177

September 26, 1911.
Mr. Ernest R. Jones,
P. O. Box 177,
Danville, Ills.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 19 th and received the 21 st instant, you are advised that the bounty land records of this Bureau show that Warrant # 2 for 800 acres was issued May 12, 1803, to Lewis Booker of Virginia, for services as Captain-Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War.
Owing to the fact that the records of that period are incomplete, details of his military service are lacking.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.