Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,186, John Grandy, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H
Grandy John or Grandy
P 4186
Rachel
CONTENTS

4186 P. O. Rachel Grandy Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 7636 Rachel Grandy an M
Set D. D. T. Benedict 8 th July 1858
J. Grandy Nov 8/57
Set to Rev J. Y. How 10 th Dec 1852
Rejected
J. D. Grandy Dec 20/54
J. H. Bastwick, July, 27/58
out 4 July 1836

Woolcott Wayne Co. N. York December 10 — 54
Messrs of the pension Office my Object in addressing you is to learn Whether there has been a pension granted to the heirs of John and Rachel Grandy Yours with Respect
Pleas Direct your answer to Woolcott Wayne Co. N. York
L V Grandy
[Decorative flourish]

N.R. Feb 23 rd 52
J. E. Heath Esq. Chair of Pension
Sir,
Your letter of the 19 th instant in which you say that after a careful examination you find no evidence that any papers relating to the case ( John Grandy of N.Y. ) have been filed in your office, leads me to suppose that you have not directed your enquiries to the proper case from some error of mine in stating it.
I enquired or intended to enquire for a Declaration & papers made by Benjamin in Grandy son & heir at law of John Grandy who was a private soldier in the New Hampshire Militia in the Revolutionary war. These papers were filed in your office, as I am informed, by Daniel D. Benedict in the month of July, 1850.
I desire the papers to pass as evidence before the Committee of Revolutionary pensions in the

Nurse of Rep.
If my former letter did not find you a proper understanding of the papers asked for will you do me the favor to make the search with reference to the written information I should be pleased to hear from you in reply
Yours Very Respectfully Yours or W.P. Thomas J. Henshaw

p. 80
Auburn June 28/50
Daniel D. T. Benedict
Enclosing proof to sus- tain the claim of the Heirs of Rachel & John Grandy to the pension which their mother was entitled to as Widow of the s d John Grandy —
Original
Ref d to Bureau of Pensions Dep. Interior July 2. 1850.

Auburn June 28 th 1850
Hon Sir.
I herewith transmit to you proof sustaining the claim of the Heirs of John and Rachel Grandy to the pension which their mother was entitled to as the Widow of said John Grandy a soldier of the Revolution.
Papers in relation to the matter, you will please direct to me at this place.
Yours Respectfully Daniel D. T. Benedict
Hon Thomas Ewing Secretary of the Interior.

Hon. Thomas Ewing Secretary of the Interior Washington

Benjamin Gandy Son of John Gandy decd
Rev Pension James H Bostwick Atty Auburn. N.Y.

Auburn N.Y. July 8 th 58
Hon Geo C Whitney Comm d of Pensions
Sir
Enclose herewith a Power of Att y from Benjamin Grandy, Son of John Grandy dec d who served in the Revolutionary War.
An application was made by either John Grandy or his widow during their lifetime. The result of said application is not known.
Will you be kind enough to inform me what the condition of the case is and what requirements have been made - if any - to substantiate it
An early reply will be esteemed a favor
Yours truly James H. Postwick By Wm L North

(Power of Attorney.)
Know all Men by these Presents: That I Benjamin Grandy of the County of Wayne in the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint HENRY H. BOSTWICK, of the City of Auburn, Cayuga County, New-York, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my behalf, to prosecute my claim for whatever Bounty Land I may be entitled, on account of the military services of John Grandy decd , in the service of the United States; And to receive such Certificate or Warrant as may be issued, and appoint one or more attorneys under him, for the purposes aforesaid, hereby revoking any power of attorney which may have been heretofore given, and confirming all things that my said attorney, or attorneys, may lawfully do in the premises.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of September A. D., 1857
ATTEST.
(Two witnesses sign here.)
William L. Mead Benjamin Grandy A. H. Bostwick
Acknowledged and subscribed before me the day and year last aforesaid written, and I certify that the said Benjamin Grandy is the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument. Henry H. Bostwick Commissioner of Deeds
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF New York } ss. Cayuga County, }
County Clerk's Certificate.
I hereby certify that Henry H. Bostwick before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken Commissioner of Deeds of Auburn at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly elected, and authorized to take the same, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said county and of the Court of Record thereof, this 21 day of July 1857.
E. A. Munn Cayuga County Clerk of Cayuga County.
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Grandy, Reuben GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4256 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 22, 1796 to James A. Neal, 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.