Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1359-100, James Craig, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Craig, James
B.L. Wt. 1359-100
CONTENTS

Received from the Secretary of War, Land Warrant N o 1359 issued the 5 Sep r 1828 for the Heirs of James Craig for 100 Acres wated at Chambers Plain This 11 day of September Leroy Jackson

James Y. Mathew
Craig
N o 1359 & 1360

Leahy Jordan
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:
State of Virginia } County of Bedford }
I, Charles Craig , heir at law of James and Matthew Craig do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that James & Matthew Craig did enlist in 1779, for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. one under the command of Colonel Broadhead of the Pennsylvania line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war in 1783
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to James & Matthew Craig on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Charles Craig aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Leahy Jordan of Bedford County to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, John Chapman
Charles Craig
Personally appeared the above named Charles Craig subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest, John Chapman
Chas Whitley Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten Charles Whitley was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Virginia at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Liberty this 29 th day of July 18 28 .
No. C. Mitchell
C. Clerk, &c.

Virginia Road. At a Court continued and held for the County of Bedford the 28 th Day of August 1828.
Satisfactory evidence was adduced in Court to prove that Charles Craig is the Grand son and one of the heirs at law in fee to James Craig who was the brother and sole heir at law in fee to Matthew Craig dec d . Decisions of the High Court of the Pennsylvania and several Continental Establishments.
I, Guadance Winfield Deputy Clerk of the County Court aforesaid do certify that the above evidence is taken from the records in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official Seal this 30 th day of August 1828. G. Winfield R. Clerk
Chambliss. Store Bedford County Va
Dear Sir) August 31 st 1828
I have the honor, herewith, to transmit, the certificates, of heirship of the heirs of Wm d Coulter, of James and Matthew Craig of Thomas Chapman, of George Harmon, of John Williams, which were not long since returned from the County land office as being defective. The defects are now remedied and you are requested to forward the several warrants by mail as soon as convenient. Respectfully yours Levi Jordan