Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1390-100, John Hughs, Va.

SERVICE
U.S.
5 Hughs, John Hughes.
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 1390-100
CONTENTS

N o 1390
John Hughes
miss
Va.
Att to Mr. Watson's Agent D. C.

BOUNTY LANDS
FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES—INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION.
District STATE OF Columbia County of Alexandria } ss.
I, John Hughes aged seventy two years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that about or in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I enlisted or entered the service as a private for the term of " during the war ," in the unn regiment, commanded by Col. Barford and afterwards served in the same regiment under the command of Colonel Barford and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the unn regiment, commanded by Colonel unn of the Virginia line, and when I was a (1) private and that I was discharged in due form
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I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever:
THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, John Hughes aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON , of Washington City, 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my (2) hand and seal, this 16th day of August A. D. 1828
I, Joseph Fulmore aged sixty nine years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with John Hughes , who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated. (3)
Attest, District STATE OF Columbia County of Alexandria } ss.
John Hughes
Before me, Nathaniel S. Wise , a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared the above named John Hughes , subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared Joseph Fulmore , who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this
16th day of October 1828 District STATE OF Columbia County of Washington } ss. N. S. Wise
In testimony that the above written Nathaniel S. Wise was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of  District of Columbia 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, at Alexandria this 16th day of October 1828 in my capacity as Clerk of the County aforesaid.
Edm. I. Lee
INSTRUCTIONS
As to the manner of filling out and executing the foregoing documents.
1. In the large blank towards the close of the declaration; if the commission in the case of an officer, and the discharge in the case of a non-commissioned officer or soldier, does not accompany the claim, state the reason; and in case of loss, state the manner and time. 2. Here insert mark or hand , as the case may require. 3. This declaration should be made by a person older, or about the same age of the claimant, if practicable.