Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 977-300, Benjamin Hoomes, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Hoomes, Benjamin
B.L.Ht. 977-300-Capt.
CONTENTS
See Benjamin Holmes (Dis.) which may relate to same individual

New Orleans La Jan 19/31
Pension Department - Washington D.C.
I am sending you records copied from three Books about Benjamin Holmes or sometimes spelled Hoomes please see if there is any thing about him there. We need his pension he was my Great Grand Father and would love to get this record from that Dep.

y I could Please do what you can for me will thank you so much will pay you if there is any charges Yours truly
Mrs Rolla A Trehorn 6325 Freret St New Orleans
La please return this record

Va.
Woomes Benjamin
B.L.Wt. 977 - 300 - bapt. Issued Mar. 24, 1796. Also recorded as above under B.L.Wt. 2666. No papers.

January 15, 1931
Mrs. C. N. Welshhaus 1885 Shadow Lawn Avenue Jacksonville, Florida
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the records of this bureau that Warrant No. 2666, for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued March 24, 1796, on account of the services of Captain Benjamin Holmes, of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
There is no further information as to his services, nor any data relative to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned.
The report from the State Library of Virginia, of Revolutionary War soldiers, is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
See her letter re Benjamin Holmes - Dis -

January 24, 1931
Mrs. Rolla A. Tichenor 6325 Freret Street New Orleans, Louisiana
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the records of this bureau that Warrant No. 2666, for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued March 24, 1796, on account of the services of Captain Benjamin Hoomes, of the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
There is no further information as to his services, nor any data relative to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned.
The report from the State Library of Virginia, of Revolutionary War soldiers, is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner