Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1280-100, Caleb Hewitt, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
★ Hewitt, Caleb
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 1280-100
CONTENTS

District of Columbia } County of Washington } ss; I Robert Hewitt of the City of Baltimore a son and one of the heirs at law of Caleb Hewitt late of the County of Baltimore deceased do upon oath testify and declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the said Caleb Hewitt was a private in the Pennsylvania line of the revolutionary Army on Continental establishment, and served as such until the close of the war. Also I further testify and declare that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the quantity of land due the said deceased, from the U. States nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his right to the same in any manner during his life.
Therefore, Know all men by these presents that I Robert Hewitt as aforesaid, do hereby constitute & appoint Col. Joseph Watson of the City of Washington my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the U. States a warrant for the quantity of lands due me in right of said deceased.
And my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute & appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the purposes above expressed & the same to revoke at will.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of March 1828.
Witness Edward W. Clarke
Robt. Hewitt (Seal)
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County the above named Robert Hewitt signed and sealed to the foregoing deposition and power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the purposes set forth - Sworn, subscribed & acknowledged before me this twenty fourth day of March A.D. 1828.
Edward W. Clarke

District of Columbia } County of Washington } ss: Personally appears before me the subscribed Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid Abraham Broome and Mary E. Broome both credible and disinterested witnesses, who being duly sworn, doth declare and say that to the best of their knowledge and belief the aforesaid Robert Hewitt and Mary E. Broome, the wife of Charles P. Broome now a Captain in the Marine Corps, formerly Mary E. Hewitt are the children and only heirs at law of Caleb Hewitt who was a private in the Pennsylvania line on Continental establishment, and they further believe that he perform- ed the service as set forth in the foregoing deposition in Maryland Sworn & subscribed before me this 27 th day of March 1828 Dragoons Edward W. [unclear]
Justice Peace
District of Columbia } County of Washington } ss: I do hereby certify that Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition and power of attorney appear to have been taken and acknowledged was at the time of taking of taking the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that to all of his official acts as such due faith and credit should and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at this day of Anno Domini 1828.

No. 1280
Caleb Hewitt land
Penn a .
to Rob t . Hewitt son
and then heirs
old Col p . Jos: Watson
D. C.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:
I CERTIFY, That Edward W. Clark , whose name is subscribed to the annexed documents, was, at the time of subscribing, and now is, a justice of the peace, for Washington County in the District of Columbia, duly appointed and commissioned, and that full faith is due to all his Acts as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I Henry Clay Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the Seal of the De- partment of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this twenty seventh day of March — A. D. 1828 and of the Independence of the United States of America the fifty second .
H. Clay

Waverly, O. October, 7, 1936
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:-
Will you please send to me all the available material you have on the only Revolutionary War Record of Caleb Hewitt
In the Pennsylvania Archives there are two entries Volume III page 838 and Volume II page 202 where he received Depreciation Pay and was a Sgt. in Moyer's Cavalry listed 14th June 1777. If there are any of his family records please include it in report.
Thank you.
Sincerely Mrs. Leo Horbach Waverly O.

November 5, 1936.
Mrs. Leo Lerbach Waverly, Ohio.
BA-J/ILL Caleb Hewitt B.L.Wt. 1280-100
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Caleb Hewitt, shown in Pennsylvania Archives as a sergeant in Moylan's Cavalry.
The data given herein were found in the papers on file in claim for bounty land, based upon service of Caleb Hewitt in the Revolutionary War.
Caleb Hewitt entered service, the date and place not shown, and served to the close of the Revolutionary War, at which time he was in Colonel Moylan's Continental Dragoons. It is not shown that he served as sergeant.
Caleb Hewitt died in Baltimore County, Maryland; the date of his birth and his age were not given.
March 27, 1828, Robert Hewitt, of Baltimore, Maryland, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of his father, Caleb Hewitt, in the Revolutionary War. He applied in behalf of himself and Mary E. (Hewitt) Broome, wife of Captain Charles R. Broome of the Marine Corps, as children and only heirs of the soldier. The name of their mother was not given, nor the date of marriage of Caleb Hewitt. This application for bounty land was executed in the District of Columbia. Warrant #1280 for 100 acres of bounty land was issued March 27, 1828 in behalf of Robert Hewitt and other heirs.
In March 1828, Abraham Broome and Mary E. Broome made joint affidavits in the District of Columbia in support of the claim.

for bounty land ; their relationship to Robert Hewitt and Mary E. (Hewitt) Broome, soldier's children, was not stated.
If you desire information regarding the location of the land which was granted on account of service of Caleb Hewitt in the Revolutionary War, you should apply to the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the number of warrant, acreage, and date of issuance, as given in this letter.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.