Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 12180, Thomas Horsefield, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
Horsefield, Thomas or Horsfield
B. L. N. 12180, issued 1789
CONTENTS

Dr. for W. N. 12, 180. — Thos. Horsefield. Dld to Wm James. Oct. 2 d 1812.
(Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the paper)

In virtue of a Power of Attorney from James Alexander, who is the Assignee of William Robinson, who was Assignee of Robert Wiley, who was Assignee of Thomas Horsefield who was a Sergeant in the Virginia Line of the late Revolutionary Army, I acknowledge to have received from the War Office of the United States, a Land Warrant, N o . 12,180, dated, 5 th Nov r 1789, which was originally issued to him, the said Thomas Horsefield, for his portion of United States Military Bounty Land, and which warrant was afterwards deposited in the said War Office by William Alexander Esq r . — W m James

Thomas Horsefield or Horsfield.
See powers of attorney in case of Francis Smith, Penn., B.L. Wt 10388, issued 1789.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Horsefield, Thomas GRADE Sergeant LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12180 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 5, 1789 To — not shown —
*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.