Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 222-100, William Blake, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Blake William
B.L. No. 222-100
or Black
CONTENTS

N o 114. p 120. 222 & 223.
William Blake
Andrew Pinkerton.
Penna c
Log d by D. Hindley.
Issued warrants Nos 222 & 223, for Blake & Pinkerton & Delio & Mr Hindley of Jan. 1876.

William Findley Esquire Member of Congress
Washington City

Know all men by these presents that Whereas William Black a Serjeant in the Company of John Clarke in the 2 d Pennsylvania Regiment conveyed to Alexander Cameron all his right to the bounty of land he was intitled to from the United States by deed dated 20 th August 1789 Whereas also Andrew Pinkerton a Soldier in the 8 th Penn a Regiment conveyed to the aforesaid Alexander Cameron all his right to the bounty of land demandable from the United States by deed dated 20 th August 1789 And Whereas also the said Alexander Cameron by deed dated 7 th February 1802 conveyed his right of both the above bounties of land to Jacob Miller for the consideration of four hundred and twenty Dollars All which conveyances are regularly proved before William Brown One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Cumberland County Now Know Ye that I the aforesaid Jacob Miller of Alleghany County in the State of Pennsylvania have made constituted and appointed And by these presents do make constitute and appoint William Findley of the County of Westmoreland in the State aforesaid Member of Congress my true and lawful Attorney to as demand and receive such rights and titles to the aforesaid several bounties of land as he shall think I am justly intitled to in as ample a manner and with the same authority as I myself might or could do were I personally present and in such manner as my said Attorney shall think fit and expedient hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the premises as fully and effectually as if I myself were personally present and the Acts and deeds thereof In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22 d day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & three
Test W m Findley John Clark
Jacob Miller
83

Westmoreland County ss
Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westmoreland personally came the within named Jacob Miller and acknowledged the within Letter of Attorney to be his Act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned witness my hand & Seal this 23 d day of November Anno Domini 1803
Westmoreland County ss
Wm Jack (Seal)
I the Subscriber Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Certify that William Jack who subscribes the above and before whom the foregoing written Letter of Attorney was in due form acknowledged, was at the time of taking and doing thereof one of the assistant Judges of the same Court by lawful authority Commissioned and qualified as such to Act. Given under my hand and Seal of office this Twenty third day of November one Thousand eight Hundred and three.
Thomas Hamilton. Proth y

Deed poll William Blake to Alexander Cameron
The Pennsylvania Land has been drawn by W m Blake No 108 in 1 st district 200 acres in July 2 d 1789 James Quinble
BLAKE, WILLIAM (PA) (BLWT. 222-100)

I now all men by these presents that I William Blake of Armagh Township Cumberland County and State of Pennsylvania for and in Consideration of the Sum of three pounds to me in hand well and truly paid by Alexander Cameron of the Township County and State aforesaid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and myself fully satisfied have granted Bargained and Sold and by these presents do Grant Bargain and Sell unto the said Alexander Cameron his heirs or assigns all my Donation tract of Land granted to me by the Congress of the United States for my services as a Sergeant in the Second Pennsylvania Regiment in Capt John Clarke Company and the said William Blake for myself my heirs and every of them the above described tract of Donation land with all the appurtenances unto the said Alexander Cameron his heirs and assigns will and for ever Defined in which whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal August twentyth 1789. Sealed and delivered in presence of Wm Brown James McClure
Cumberland County ss Before the Subscribers one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County came the within named William Blake and acknowledged the above instrument of writing to be his act and deed and desired it might be recorded without my bond and Seal. Wm Brown Clerk

William Blake a Serjeant in the Company of John Clark in the Second Pennsylvania Regiment conveyed all his to Alex- ander Cameron all his right to the bounty of land he was entitled to from the U. S. by deed dated 20 th August 1789. —
Andrew Pinkerton a Soldier in the first Pennsylvania Regiment, conveyed to the same Alexander Cameron for his lands claimable from the U. S. by deed dated the 20 th August 1789. —
Alexander Cameron by deed dated 7 th February 1802. Conveyed his right of both their bounties to Jacob Miller for 420 Dollars. —
All these deeds are regularly proved before one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Cumberland County. —
It is necessary that Jacob Miller should have a Certificate from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that Blake & Pinkerton respectively, did belong to the Regiments stated in their deeds of conveyance — That they are returned as having served to the end of the war — And that they have each drawn his land bounty from Penn a . —
This becomes necessary as the books relative to their bounties have been burnt in the U. S. Land Office office.

This certificate and all the Buds must then be sent to the seat of government, and if the claim be filed in proper time, the warrants will issue to Jacob Muller
If the claim be not filed the little is gone.
Peter Dechay in front street near the Indian queen Saloon.
James Prof. Instructions

Deed poll Alexander Cameron to Jacob Miller

I know all men by these presents that whereas William Blake of Armagh Township and State of Pennsylvania late a Serjeant in in the Second Pennsylvania Regiment an Captain John Clark's Company did on the twentieth day of August 1789 by his deed poll convey all his Right and title to his Donation Land granted by Congress for their Services and Andrew Pinkerton did on the same Day and year by his deed poll convey his Right and title of his Donation Land as a Soldier in the Penn- sylvania line unto Alexander Cameron of the Said Armagh Township then Cumberland but now Mifflin County for the Considerations therein Mentioned where- see therein to be had will appear
I now know ye that the Said Alexander Cameron for and Consideration of the sum of four Hundred and twenty Dollars to him in hand well and truly paid by Jacob Miller of Potter Township Now Centre County and State of Pennsylvania the Receipt whereof I have hereby acknowledged and myself fully Satisfied have granted Bargained and Sold all my Right and title of the above described two tracts of donation Land unto the Said Jacob Miller his heirs and assigns with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging and the Said Alexander Cameron for myself and my heirs and every of them unto the Said Jacob Miller his heirs and assigns against himself and his heirs and against Every other person Claiming by or under me or my heirs will warrant and for ever defend by these presents in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and and two Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Alexander Cameron Seal Wm. Brown

Received the day of the date of the within Instrument of writing the full consideration therein mentioned from Jacob Miller witness present Jno Brown Jr
Alexander Cameron
Mifflin County ss
Before the Subscriber one of the Judges in and for Said County came the said Alexander Cameron and acknowledged the within Instrument of writing to be his act and deed and desired that it may be recorded as such Witness my hand and Seal the day and year within Written
Jno Brown Esqld