Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 538-200, Samuel De Forest, Conn.

born.
De Forest Samuel
B.I. No 538-200 Lieut.
Issued June 3, 1789
no papers.
CONTENTS

Rev. War Section.
June 3, 1921.
Mr. L. E. de Forest, 43 Cedar St. New York City.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 17 th ultimo, you are advised that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Warrant _____ hundred acres of bounty land was issued June 3, 1789, on account of the Revolutionary War services of Lieutenant Samuel De Forest of the Conn. Line.
There is no further data on file as to said officer and no data at all as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
For the disposition of said land you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, citing the above data.
The Revolutionary War records fail to afford information in regard to any other Lieutenant Samuel De Forest.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner Commissioner.

SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 43 CEDAR STREET NEW YORK
Per 1/20
May 17, 1921
My dear Sir:
Will you be kind enough to inform me whether any records exist in your office to show whether any heirs of the following named Revolutionary soldier ever presented any claim for pension? The fact I want to establish is as to whether there were any children born to this man.
Lieutenant Samuel De Forest, baptized in 1746 at Milton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, married Eleanor Sterling in 1767, and died in 1795. He served as Ensign and as a Lieutenant with the Continental Army, entering the service from Connecticut.
Your kind attention to this inquiry will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
L. S. Forest Deputy Secretary
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Office, Washington, D. C.