Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 523-400, Edmund B Dickinson, Va.

SERVICE
VA.
Dickinson Edmund B.
NUMBER
B.L.W. 523-400-Major Issued Jan. 4, 1792 to Robert Gibbons and Agnes P. Hills, Heirs. Also recorded as above under B.L.W. 2562. except that the words "legal representatives" are used instead of "Heirs". No papers.
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D. L. Wt. 523 - Hoo - Major Issued Jan'y 4. 1792 to Robert Gibbons and Agnes R. Wills, heirs Also recorded as above under D. L. Wt. 2562 except that the words "legal representatives" are used instead of "heirs". No papers.

May 18, 1938.
Florence L. Sawyer 715 5th Avenue Fort Worth, Texas.
BA-J/ILL Edmund B. Dickinson B.L.Wt. #2562
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Edmund B. Dickinson, Captain and Major of Virginia, also, information in regard to two soldiers of Virginia named John Dickinson, one who served under Captain Charles Gallahue and Captain George Rice, the other who received pay in 1781.
With the information furnished by you, it has not been possible to identify the record of the particular John Dickinson of Virginia in whom you are interested.
The records of this office show that Edmund B. Dickinson served as a Major in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. The date of his commission and details in regard to his service are not on file in this office. On account of his service as Major, warrant #2562 for 400 acres of bounty land was issued by the United States January 4, 1792; said warrant was issued to Robert Gibbons and Agnes R. Wills, heirs and legal representatives, their relationship not given.
There are no statements on file made by the applicants for this bounty land because of the destruction of papers in such early applications when the War Office was burned in 1800.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted on account of service of Major Edmund B. Dickinson, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the warrant number, acreage, and date of issuance, given above.
It is suggested that further information in regard to the military record of this officer might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Heit shows Capt. of May 1 - killed at June 28 - 1778 - monument

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September 14, 1926
Mrs. C. T. McGrew 2501 East Fourth St., Long Beach, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Warrant No. 2562 for four hundred acres of bounty land was issued by the United States on January 4, 1792, to Robert Gibbons and Agnes R. Wills, heirs and legal representatives (relationship not stated), on account of the services of Major Edmund B. Dickinson of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
There is no further data on file as to his services or his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
For information in regard to land that may have been granted by the state of Virginia, you should consult the archives at Richmond, Virginia.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

715 Fifer Ave., Ft. Worth, Texas.
Worth May 27, 1938.
Veteran Administration Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:-
Please kindly give me the information your office affords relation to John Dickens (spelled also Dickinson ) served Rev. War with Capt. Chas. Gallagher and Capt. Geo. Rice 1 st & 14 th Va. Reg. Enlisted 1866.
Another John Dickinson , Va. Sol. Inf. Rec'd under the following heading, "A Line of Soldiers and Seamen who have received Certificate for balance of their full pay. 1881?" Edmund B. Dickinson , Capt. 1 st Va. Inf'ted to Maj. Commissioned 2-1886!
Sincerely thanking you for your kindness and courtesy in giving me this information. I am, Very truly Yours, Ellen H. Sanger.

Return to (sender) 2-20-26 av8.
2501 East 4th Long Beach, Calif. July 19, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.-
Will you kindly let me know of the County and Town from which Edmund Dickinson or Dickerson came from in Virginia. He served as Capt. and later as Major in 1st regi- ment of Va. in Rev. War. - was killed at Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778. His heirs were entitled to 5000 acres of land and part of the grant was taken as he had heirs. Can you help me to get his residence town

2. or county previous to Rev. War? Can you find any record of him among your Revolutionary Pension Papers or of his wife, or his residence?
Yours Very Truly, Ruth M c . Grew.
Mrs. C. S.—