Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 9538-100, John Harvey, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Harvey, John
B.L.H. 9538-100
No papers
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Harvey, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9538 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 12, 1792 to Moses Sill, assignee
*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.

New Orleans, La Aug. 8, 1932
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs -
I have an ancestor, name John Harvey who was a Revolutionary Soldier in the Penna - Continental Line - probably toward the last of the war. He married Jane Beauchamp of Md. at the close of the war and was granted land in Claremont Co. Ohio - where he died in 1819 - There were so many Jno. Harveys - in the Rev. War that it is hard to identify my Jno. Harvey - Does your office have any information relative to this man.
He had a son Beauchamp Harvey that was in the War of 1812 - enlisting from Highland Co. Ohio - and lived in Wabash Co. Ill. after 1819.
Yours truly, G. W. Courter 7818 Nelson

August 23, 1932.
BA-J/ILL
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John Harvey
B.L.Wt. 9538-100
G. W. Courter 7818 Nelson New Orleans Louisiana.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Harvey, Revolutionary War soldier who received land in Ohio.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant No. 9538 for 100 acres of bounty land was issued March 12, 1792, on account of the service of John Harvey, private in the Pennsylvania line, War of the Revolution. Said warrant was issued to Moses Sill, assignee.
This office has no further information in regard to the service of John Harvey and no data whatever in regard to his family, because of the destruction of papers in such early bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
It is suggested that you apply to The Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, for information relative to the location of the land, and, at the same time, furnish that official the number of the warrant, acreage and date of issuance.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILIER, Assistant to Administrator.
The date of issue was not clear in our old book; the year, 1792, was verified by Mr. Robb, L. Office.