Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12631, Jacob Craw, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
bonn-
braw, jacob
S. 12631
CONTENTS
carded

Rev to Rev Agt. 23. June 1846.
To Connecticut from 4 th March 1846. June 30. 1846. Notice dated 3 to H. Smith Ridgefield Conn.
N o 32.425.
Connecticut New York
Jacob Crane, of Putnam (in the State of New York), who was a private — in the company — commanded by Captain Hoddard of the Regt: — commanded by Col. Bradley — in the Connecticut, time for 17 mos: & 3 days —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 57 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of February, 1846 and sent to Hon. J. D. Judson,
Arrears to the 4 th of March '46 — $ 855.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 11 Sept: — 28.50
$ 883.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Stewart Clerk, Book E. 2 Vol. 11 Page 13.

State of New York County of Putnam 3 § On the 17 th day of November in the year 1834 personally appeared before me Ebenezer D. Weston of the Judges of the County Courts of the  the Grand Crim. of the Crown of South East and Swarts one years in the fifth day of June last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers of Service as herein stated In the year 1779 he was an Appren- tice to Alexander Stewart of Sherman in the State of Connecticut, that in the month of July of that year he was put as a Substitute for the said Alexan- der Stewart who was drafted into the Militia Service for four months into the Company of Militia under the command of Captain Phelps of Christian- town not mentioned Lieutenant Aaron Hubbell that he marched under the command of Lieutenant Hubbell to West Point in the State of New York where he remained in Garrison until the expiration of four months; that the term of Service was performed as a Substitute for his said Master the said Alexander Stewart, that at the expiration of the said four months he was honorably discharged. In the year 1780 Defendant still continued to as- sist as an Apprentice with the said Alexander Stewart that he the Defendant was drafted into the Service in the Company of Militia under the command of Captain Couch in the Regiment of Colonel Philip Bradley for the term of six months

that he marched with the said Company to a place called Wilson point near West point in the State of New York that they were stationed there in the field for one month that he was marched with the said Company from Wilson point into the State of New Jersey that he continued with the said Company in the field in New Jersey for the period of three and a half months when he marched back with the said Company into the State of New York near to Park Hill in the County of West Chester where he was stationed with the said Company in the field for one month and a half when he was honorably discharged & returned home And this Deponent further states that in the Spring of the year 1781 his Brother was drafted to serve in the Company of Militia under the command of Captain Studder in the Regiment of Colonel Eli Canfield that with the consent of his Master he took the place of his Brother as a Substitute for him and marched with the said Company from Sharon in Connecticut to New York in said State that he continued in service with the said Company in the field at New York aforesaid for the said term of one month when he was honorably discharged and returned home. And this Deponent further saith that in the latter part of the month of April in the year 1781 he enlisted as a private in the Company of Militia under the command of Captain Joseph Studder (Hono. Nathaniel Linton and) in the Regiment of Colonel Eli Canfield at Sharon in Connecticut that he marched with the said Company to a place called Horse

Notk in the Town of Pennaskit in the State of Connecticut that he enlisted for the term of One Year and faithfully served out his said term of One Year in the field at Harpers Ferry where when he was honorably discharged. He hereby states that he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service except Eliza Stewart and Eleanor Stewart whose Affidavits are hereto annexed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Army of any State — And

This Deponent further states that all and singular the premises as above recited performed by him was performed in the field of in Garrison as in his deposition set forth in a regular un- broken course called into service by competent authority and that during that time of service he was not engaged in any civil pursuit -
Sworn & subscribed this 17 th day of November 1824 before me
James [initials] his mark James [initials] a Judge of County Courts
Thomas Foster

The following Interrogatories were propounded to the said Jacob Cram, by the said Judge - to wit
1 st When and in what year were you born? Answer I was born at a place now called Kingsbury in the Town of Ridgfield in the State of Conn. on the fifth day of June 1703
2 d Have you any Record of your age and if so when is it? Answer I have no Record of my age
3 d Where were you living when called into service? When had you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? Answer He lived at a place of his own  in Connecticut which first called into service that he resided there until he attained the age of twenty one years that he then removed to Hancock in Massachusetts that he lived there a short time and removed from thence to his Father's House at Washington Dutchess County State of New York that he continued to reside here a short time and from thence he removed to South East in Putnam County and has continued to reside there up to the present time
4 th How were you called into service were you drafted and your volunteer or were you a Substitute for a Substitute for whom? Answer He acted as a Substitute for his Brother Alexander Stewart and his Brother  and third in his first term of service as set forth in his Discharge and draft he was aged and he enlisted and drafted into the service for another term of service as detailed in his said Discharge
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served, such

Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your Service?
Answer He has no distinct knowledge of any of the Reg- ular Officers who were with the Troops when he joined any of the Continental Regiments that he has no knowledge of any Regiments or Officers within Con- tinental or Militia more than as stated in his Declaration
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer I did receive a discharge in writing at the expiration of my Service for a full and fair service in my Declaration hereto annexed but it is lost. I was entirely discharged at the expiration of my Service for each other term of duty as above performed by me.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your Character for veracity and their belief of your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer I name Levi Kings and Lyman Allen - of the Town of South East in the County of Putnam and State of New York each of whom are and have been for many years well acquainted with me
We Levi Kings and Lyman Allen of the Town of South East in Putnam County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Crown who has subscribed and sworn to the above Decla- ration that We believe him to be twenty one years of age that he is respected and beloved in the

neighbourhood and where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. We also believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Sworn & Subscribed the 3  Levi Knox 17 th day of November 1854  Seymour Allen before me 
Ebenezer Foster } a Judge of County Courts
And I the said Judge do hereby certify that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Jacob Brown was a Revolution- ary Soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that Levi Knox and Seymour Allen who signed the foregoing certificate are residents of the Town of South East in the County of Putnam and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I do further certify that I do further certify that the said Jacob Brown cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court to make his Declaration and that the said Jacob Brown can not procure a Clergyman in his neighbourhood who can testify as to his services as a Soldier of the Revolution or as to his reputation of being a Soldier of the Revolution
Ebenezer Foster } a Judge of Putnam Co. Courts
I Jonathan Marshouse Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in a County Courts of the County of Put- nam do hereby certify that the foregoing contains

The original proceedings had before Ebenezer Foster Esq r one of the Judges of the said Courts of the said County, in the matter of the application of Jacob Crows for a pension. And I do further certify that the said Ebenezer Foster was a Judge of the said Courts at the time the said Declaration of the said Jacob Crows was sworn to as aforesaid; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Ebenezer Foster and that the signature of the said Ebenezer Foster to the papers herewith annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this nineteenth day of November in the Year our thousand eight hundred & thirty four — J. Morehouse

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss -
On this 18th day of June A.D. 1846. Before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Fairfield, personally appeared Jacob Cram, who on his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. James Stoddard in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Canfield, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York, from whence he has lately removed - that he now resides in Ridgefield, in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, where he intends to remain - and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the County of Putnam in the State of New York to said Ridgefield viz. A relation of his, living in said Ridgefield proposes to board him, and supply him with the necessaries of life at a cheaper rate, than he could procure them from strangers in the State of New York.
Jacob his  Cram
Sworn and subscribed to, before the day and year aforesaid
Harvey Smith Just. of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss
I William H Smith of Ridgefield in the County and State aforesaid of lawful age, being duly sworn according to Law do testify depose and say that Jacob Cram, who hath subscribed the foregoing application for a transfer, is the identical Jacob Cram, who formerly resided in the State of New York, and now in Ridgefield aforesaid, and that he is the same person described in the affidavit, that he has a certificate of Pension for fifty seven dollars - issued on the 28th day of February 1846 - Signum
W L May
Sworn and subscribed to this 18th day of June 1846 - And payable at New York by J. A. Stevens Agent for paying Pensions in the Agency of New York
William H. Smith
Sworn and subscribed to this 18th day of June 1846 - and I certify that the Witness is a person of truth and veracity
Before me Harvey Smith Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss
I Smith B. Keeler Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ridgefield in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Harry Smith Esq., before whom the preceding dispositions of Jacob Cress and William H. Smith were taken is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield duly Commissioned and sworn, and was such justice at the time the same purport to have been signed by him - That the signatures purporting to be the signatures of the said Harry Smith, to the said Dispositions are in his proper hand writing, and that full faith and credit, are due to his Official Acts as such Justice
In testimony whereof I have hereat set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Ridgefield aforesaid this eighteenth day of June, One thousand eight hundred and forty six
Smith B. Keeler Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ridgefield -

To. Salem N.Y. Sept 22 d
Free
B. Sep 25 1843. Jacob Laram Act 1832.
Hon G. D. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

South Salem Westchester Co New York. Sept 22 d 1843
Hon J. S. Edwards
Sir
I forward the Declaration of Jacob Drow without any testimony attach- -ed thereto, expecting that the Rolls in the Department will correspond with the same and do not know of any witness to identify him, in the service
Yours Respectfully
Stephen Pardee

32284 New York
Jacob Kraus Suspended
Lett to Hoffman Dec 2-34 Lett to H. A. Alvand, N.Y. May 30. 1836.

No 32.284
Jacob Kraus born
act 7 June 1832
Admo. 17 mo 3 ds pm #57 a
pm 4 March 1831
Hon. fr? H. Anderson House of Reps

Lot to Stephen Purdie March 18 th 1844

32284 Jacob Brown
Pension
Application
South East
Putnam Co. N.Y.
The wife of his master makes no allusion to his serving in '79 as the substitute of her hus- band -
Bradley's regt.
Enlisted 1 July '80 6 mo. discharged 3 Oct. '80
Colt's Company
Cor Campfire - Capt
Stationed 12 mo. from May 1781 in Camp - Allentown

State of New York County of Greene } p
On this nineteenth day of February 1834 personally came before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in for said county Eleanor Stewart of the town of Coles in said county aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath deponeth & saith That during the revolutionary war she resided with her husband Alexander Stewart in the then town of Fairfield in the state of Connecticut Now Sheridan town; that she was well acquainted with Jacob Craw of Southeast Putnam County state of New York that he was bound an apprentice to her said husband until he came of the age of 21 years, to the farming business, that she well & distinctly recollects that while so apprentice and during the revolutionary war and when as deponent believes he was between 17 & 18 years of age said Craw was drafted or enlisted into the service of the United States, does not know which but thinks he was drafted for the term of six months . that he went into the service as deponent is informed & believes to be true, whether Continental or militia service does not recollect but believes it was in the Continental line of service; that while so in service in the fall deponent made winter clothes for him & that her husband carried them to him then stationed with his regiment in winter quarters in the highlands in the state of New York as informed by husband. that her said husband has been dead for several years. That before the term of six months service of said Craw as aforesaid had expired the said Craw had his leg broken in the service at the Highlands as deponent was then informed & believes. Does not recollect the year when the said service was performed. After his said term of service had expired of six months he returned home to the house of deponents husband and immediately after enlisted for one month into the militia service as deponent was then informed & believed and as fully believes that he served out his said term of enlistment of one

month as aforesaid served at Horse neck. After the expiration of this enlistment Craw again returned home, staid only a few weeks when he enlisted into the militia for one year went to Horse neck and there served out his said term of enlistment for one year as deponent was then informed & believes to be true. Deponent does not know the names of any of his officers under whom he served as aforesaid. After his last term had expired Craw again returned home to her said husband & continued in his service as an apprentice as aforesaid. Deponent has always understood that said Craw enlisted or was drafted, and served faithfully in the United States service as before stated, & for the several terms before stated that she has never heard the fact of such service questioned or disputed, and that had it not been so she should from her situation, have heard of it, and she has no doubt but he did so serve. That she believes him to be about 71 years of age. These are all the circumstances in relation to said service that deponent now recollects, & further says not.
Eleanor her Stewart mother
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Before me & I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said deponent for years, that she is of capable mind to make deposition, a fair & credible witness & her statements entitled to full credit.
Wm Pierson Justice as aforesaid
State of New York Greene County ss: I William W. D. Keermane Clerk of the said County do certify that William Pierson Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County, and that his signature thereto, is genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of February 1834.
William W. D. Keermane Clerk

The Deposition of Elisha Stewart of Sherman in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut of the age of sixty six years Testify and says I was acquainted with Jacob Brand then of Sher- man sometime in the course of the Revolution War and that year I am not certain and I know that E- lisha was a substitute for the  other  other Stewart of Sherman who was drafted to go to Westpoint  on the state of Connecticut and I know that I saw him at Westpoint in the Service after I saw him at Westpoint he returned home to Sherman and after- wards I know that he enlisted into the Service for Eight Months or a year which I am not certain and to go to New York and in about one year he returned to Sher- man again. I should say that the Elisha is about seventy years of age I know that he enlisted under Amos the Hubbell Lieutenant of the Company Elisha Stewart
Fairfield County ss Sherman March 30 th 1834 Elisha Stewart who hath subscribed the foregoing Deposition appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the same before me and the Deposition is the Deposition for truth Eli Beardsley Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut ss Fairfield County ss I Thomas Bloisborne Clerk the County Court within said County do hereby certify that Eli Beardsley Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Elisha Stewart was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that

his signature thereto is genuine Witness my hand and seal this 18 th day of October 1834
Thomas Bloome Clerk

Jacob Craw.
NY.
Act 7. June '32
Stephen Pared
S. Salem
Westchester Co
NY

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss.
On this 16th day of September 1843 personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable William Sherwood, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Ridgefield in said County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, now sitting, Jacob Cram a resident in the County of Putnam, and State of New York Aged Eighty years, who being first sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 3, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
That about the first of June 1778, he was an apprentice to Alexander Stewart in the town (then Sherman) of New Fairfield in the County of Fairfield aforesaid. That his said Master was desirous to go to West Point in the State of New York for four months, and employed this declarant to go as his substitute. That he went as such substitute and served in Captain William Phelps Company, Lieutenant Isaac Hubbell, while on duty as aforesaid, he had the misfortune to have one of his legs broken

by which he was confined several weeks, and about two weeks before his engagement offering by permission of his Officer he returned home having been about three months well and in half and served as a private That in the Month of June 1780. My Servant my said Master was again drafted for six months the draft was made to fill up the Regiment of Col. Philip D. Bradley — My Master employed me again as his Substitute. My name was entered on the Muster Roll, instead of his — I departed March from Sherman aforesaid with others in the Company commanded by Capt. Joshua Couch, and joined the Regiment of Colonel Bradley at a Place called Nelsons Point, in the State of New York, from thence March to the City of New York, and afterwards to a place called Tottowa in the State of New Jersey, and was there on duty, when Major Andre was executed, in Westchester County N. York — Toward the close of the year the Company of Capt. Couch Marched, to the Highlands in the State of New York, for Winter quarters, when about the first of December and about two weeks before the the close of his engagement, being destitute of Clothes and Shoes he was permitted to go home — He received a written discharge from Capt. Couch which on his return home, he gave up to his Master — In the last mentioned year he served five months and ten days as a private
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In the Month of March 1781 Declarant was in a town of duty as a Substitute for his brother Ebenezer Cross, in the Town of Stamford in the State of Connecticut, for One Month, in Captain Isaac Stoddards Company, Lieutenant Nathaniel Tibbets, in Col. Eli Canfield's Regiment in the Cont. Militia - immediately on his return home, he enlisted for One year in the same Company, and same Regiment, under the same officers and in about two weeks, on the first May, joining his Regiment at Stamford aforesaid - where and was stationed at the Fort so called about two Miles North of the village of Stamford aforesaid, was ordinarily marched to Stanwich in the North part of the Town of Greenwich, and at other times was stationed as guard on the Shore at said Stamford and other places on the Coast, in that vicinity, that he served out the period of his enlistment as aforesaid and returned home in the Month of May 1782 and did not again enter the service.
And the declarant states that he has no documentary evidence to produce in proof of his services - and that he does not now know of any person living by whom he can prove his services, that he has long labored under a severe infirmity which is the reason why he has not sooner presented his

claim for a Pension - he must rely solely upon the fact that his name and the records of his services will appear upon the rolls in the War Office of the United States
That he was born in the town of Redfield aforesaid on the 5th day of June 1763, that he has no record of his age, but depends upon information received from his parents
That he resided in said Redfield until he was about 10 years old, when his father removed into the County of Dutchess N.Y. After about 5 years he removed into the town of Sherman aforesaid
The said Jacob Cram hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Jacob Cram
I Charles H. Jennings Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Redfield do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Jacob Cram for a Pension. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 16th day of September 1843
Charles H. Jennings Clerk

John Kuhn of Ridgfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged twenty four years, being first sworn According to Law do testify and say— That I Am, and have for many years have acquaintance with Jacob Graun named in the preceding declaration, and do not hesitate to say that he is a person of truth, and that his statements are entitled to full credit —
John Kuhn
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court this 16th day of September 1843. and I Certify that the Deposition is a audible writing —
Charles H. Jennings, Clerk
he had the misfortune to have one of his legs broken

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
I William Sherwood of Ridgefield in the said County, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the district of Ridgefield do hereby certify that Charles D. Jennings Esquire who hath signed the foregoing proceedings of the said Court of Probate, is Clerk thereof, and was such Clerk duly appointed and sworn at the time the same proceedings have been signed by him, that the signature purporting to be the signature of the said Charles D. Jennings is in his proper hand writing, and that full faith and credit are due to his attestations as such Clerk.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Ridgefield aforesaid, this 16th day of September 1843.
William Sherwood Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Ridgefield.
It was vouched, or me in company, that he had the misfortune to have one of his legs broken

Lowell 21 Nov
3
Am
32284
Honble
J L Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions, Washington City

New York November 20 th Nov- 1834
Dear Sir
Be pleased to inform me of the result when the within application is acted on by honorable Court in the California.
Your obed t Serv t
Chas. D. Tiffin

Jacob Cram born '63
79. Capt. Phelps no col. subs te of Stewart 4- 80. beach Bradley 6 81. stadder banfied 1. 81 " " 12

Sevierville Tenn N.Y. 19
Washington D.C.
June 22 nd 1876 Mrs. Lucy
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comm r of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Mr. Edwards

Please add up Harry Smith Redgified Fairfield Co. Count. —

House of Representatives
February 20. 1845
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
By request I forward to your Office the enclosed papers, after you have examined them please advise me of your decision.
Very respectfully Yours
Joseph H. Anderson

Rev. War
✓ 12.631 INVALID.
File No. 12,631
Jacob Crawl Prior: Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Harvey Smith Esq
Pringlefield
St

Comptroller Office, Connecticut Hartford June 20 1845
On application for evidence of the service of Jacob Cross in the war of the revolution, I certify that I have examined the documents in this office relating to said war and find a paper, "heads", pay roll of the Series in Col Bradley's company 5th Connecticut Reg't commanded by Philip B Bradley Col, containing the following entry - Jacob Cross, N. Fairfield, private, commencement of pay July 1 st , 80. to what time paid Decm 3 rd 80, time of service, 5 months & three days - Remained, Discharged - I find no pay rolls of Capt James Stoddard's company in 1781 and 1782 but find in the books of the pay table office these entries -
1782 Capt James Stoddard Cr May 1 st . By amount of acct rendered Specie 1440 - 2 - 5 War Dr To Amount Capt James Stoddard's acct payroll &c. Waterbury's Brigade Specie 1440 - 2 - 5
A Carrington, Comptroller

Hartford June 20 1835
Dear Sir
Since you left this place I have examined the documents in this office in relation to your application for evidence of the service of Jacob Crow in the war of the revolution. In your letter of 19 July last you said Mr Crow enlisted into Capt Joel Stoddards Company. I think either you or Mr Crow must be mistaken as the christian name of Capt Stoddard. I dont find any Joel Stoddard on our books and I think it must be James Stoddard under whom Mr Crow served. The time corresponds exactly, and I send you a new certificate with the service of Capt James Stoddard believing with this you will succeed in getting for the old soldier a pension. The cost of a trial will be nothing, and if you fail you will lose nothing; and if you succeed it will gladden the old mans heart if he is living, and I have no doubt but you will succeed as you have positive record proof for 5 months & three days and strong presumptive proof for the other service at the time of Mr Crow enlistment it appears that he belonged to New Fairfield
Respectfully yours A. Cunningham

June 27 46
Mr. Ewing,
J. L. Edwards Esq, Commissioner of Patents Washington D. C.

New York City Pension Agency June 25. 1846
Sir
In reply to your inquiry of the 23 rd instant in relation to Jacob Cram, a pensioner on the roll of this agency under Act June 7 th , 1832, I have to state that he has been paid to 4 th March, 1846.
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
W m A Stewart
Pension Agt
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington, D.C.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Graw, Reuben GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5605 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 10, 1790 to David Knapp
*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.