Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 182-200, Absalom Bonham, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Bonham, Absalom
B.L.H. 182-200-Lieut. No papers
CONTENTS

New Jersey
Bonham Absalom,
P. L. Wt. 182-200-Lieut. Issued Mar. 1, 1799. to Jemima Nelson, Malakiah Bonham, Rachel Dorsey or Dossey and Mary Fleming only surviving heirs. No papers.

404 Beck Avenue Chattanooga, Tenn., January 6, 1931.
SUBJECT: BONHAM , Absalom; Ensign 4th New Jersey, 1st May 1777 2nd Lt. 1st Nov 1777 Transferred to 2nd N.J. 1st July 1778 1st Lt. 27th Mar. 1780 Served to April 1783 Captain by brevet {Heitman Register-Officers Continental Army ---and, {Official Register Officers & Men of New Jersey, Revolutionary War.)
Veterans Administration Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen;
I am desirous of obtaining information concerning the family of the man named in the above subject in an effort to establish, if possible, whether Sarah Bonham, born Oct. 5, 1787 died March 29, 1849, was his daughter.
My information is that he was twice married--the second time to a Miss Morris, and that the daughter Sarah was by the second marriage.
Also, I am told, he moved South after the war, and settled and lived in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina.
If you have a record of this man and his family among your Revolutionary War records, will you kindly advise what they show. In this connection I have learned that he was known as MAJOR Bonham--but the records I have found in the local Library would indicate that he only reached the rank of Captain, and that by brevet.
I shall appreciate any information you may be able to give me, particularly do I desire to ascertain if Sarah Bonham was his daughter, and if your records show her to have married one Rice Farrar Rodes.
Respectfully,
C.O.Ruch, 404 Beck Avenue, Chattanooga, Tenn.

January 21, 1931.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section ILL our
C. O. Ruch 404 Beck Avenue Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Dear Sir:
You are advised that the records of this bureau show that Warrant Number 182 for 200 acres of bounty land was issued March 1, 1799 on account of the services of Absalom Bonham , Lieutenant in the New Jersey Line, War of the Revolution.
Said warrant was issued to Jemima Nelson, Malakiah Bonham, Rachel Dorsey or Dossey, and Mary Fleming, only surviving heirs, (add next of kin relationship) To soldier not shown.
There are no further data relative to his services or of his family because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner. Fla