Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 12191-100, Isaac Halfpenny, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Virginia
Halfpenny, Isaac
Box 12191-100
Issued Nov. 5, 1789
No papers
CONTENTS

REFERRAL SLIP
DATE May 9, 1939
INQUIRY FROM:
Mr. Merlin Shelley Bowen 111 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois
DATED: May 5, 1939
SUBJECT:
Information concerning a land grant given to John Halfpenny , a Revolutionary soldier. 20th
RESPECTFULLY REFERRED TO:
Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C.
And the writer so informed.
P. M. Hanes
CHIEF DIVISION OF REFERENCE

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Halfpenny, Isaac GRADE Private LINE Virginia
12/91 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 5, To — not sh
Information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1801" of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1789, and 1791. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 1942. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Halfpenny, Isaac GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12191 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.

May 9, 1939
A-5705
Mr. Merlin Shelley Bowen 111 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois
My dear Mr. Bowen:
This is in reply to your letter of May 5 regarding John Halfpenny, a Revolutionary soldier.
Since The National Archives does not have custody of the records pertaining to land grants and pensions awarded Revolutionary soldiers, we are referring your letter to the Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section, Veterans' Administration, for consideration and reply.
We regret that we have been unable to be of assistance to you.
Very truly yours,
P. M. Hamer, Chief Division of Reference
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111 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois. May 5th, 1939.
The National Archives Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen :
I have been advised to write to you with regard to establishing the exact location of a land grant given to a forebearer of mine as a reward for his services in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. By means of this, I hope to be able to discover the name of my great-grandfather, whose son later took the name of his mother's second husband.
John Halfpenny was a private in Company 7 of Colonel Daniel Morgan's 11th and 15th incorporated Virginia Regiments throughout the war. At the conclusion of the war, he received a land grant from the government, the warrant number of which was 906. The surname was spelled variously as "Halfpenny," "Halfpain," "Halpain," and "Halpin." I would appreciate it were you able to find for me the exact location (State, county and town) of this grant. Any other information which you may come across relating to him or to his family would, of course, be deeply appreciated. If you can, for instance, --without additional trouble-- also establish the location of his brother Isaac Halfpenny's grant (warrant #1135), I would be grateful.
Can you advise me as to where I should write --the War Department or the Pension Bureau-- to obtain information concerning the pension paid to John Halfpenny's widow?
Permit me to thank you in advance for your courtesy.
Very truly yours,
Merlin Shelley Bowen
Merlin Shelley Bowen
RECEIVED
MAY 8 10 11 AM '39
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DIVISION OF RECORDS
MAY 8 1939

July 10, 1939
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Mr. Merlin Shelley Bowen 111 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Halfpenny (Halfpain, Halpain or Halpin) who served in that war from Virginia, and who, you state, received a warrant for bounty land, No. 906, also the record of his brother, Isaac Halfpenny who, you state, received Warrant #1135, for service in the Revolution.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a John Halfpenny, under any spelling, of Virginia. No claim for pension was found for an Isaac Halfpenny. The Revolutionary War records show, however, that Warrant No. 12191, for one hundred acres of bounty land, was issued to Isaac Halfpenny, November 5, 1789, on account of his service as private in the Virginia troops, War of the Revolution. The warrant No. 1135, cited by you, does not pertain to the records of this office. That land may have been granted by the State of Virginia from which the soldier served.
This office has no record of statements made in the application of Isaac Halfpenny for bounty land, because of the destruction of papers in such early applications when the War Office was burned in 1800, therefore, no further data relative to that soldier.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land granted Isaac Halfpenny, by the United States, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator