Certification for entitled land
Document 1789Certifies that John Morrison was a sergeant in the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment and is entitled to land. Morrison was discharged from service at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. Morrison places his signature on the document.
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Know all men by these presents That I John Morrison Late Sergeant in the fourth Pennsylvania Regiment in the [presence?] of the [undecipherable] State and being [justly] entitled to [undecipherable] to Lands by Virtue of a Voucher [?] of Congress in that Case made and provided Have made Ordain'd Constituted and Appointed John Nicholson of Westmoreland County & State of Pennsylvania my True and Lawfull Attorney for and in my name to Make Application to the [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] for a Warrant for the Appraised Lands In Order to Enable the [undecipherable] Appointee to Survey the Said Lands agreeable to Appointment Granting and Hereby Granting to my Said Attorney the power and authority to Take [undecipherable] and Follow Such Legal Legal Course for the Transacting Proving and Obtaining the Same as if Myself [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] present Ratifying Allowing and Confirming whatsoever my Said Attorney Shall Lawfully do or Cause to be Done in and About the [undecipherable] of the Same By Entire of these presents Signed with my Seal and [undecipherable] hereunder Written One thousand from Hundred and Eighty [undecipherable]
Signed Sealed and John Morrison [seal]
D[elivered] in the presence of
John [Giffen?] N.B. The words one line [blotted?] out for
[Barny?] [Coker?] the word between the [undecipherable] and third line
In the [undecipherable] before Signing
Westmoreland County f.
Personally Appeared before Me One of the Commonwealth Justices of the Peace as well as one of the Justices of the County Court of Common [Plas?] John Morrison and [undecipherable] Acknowledged the within [undecipherable] of Attorney as and for his act and Deed And Desires the Same to be Recorded as Such Witness my hand and [undecipherable] this Seventh [undecipherable] One Thousand from Hundred and Eighty [undecipherable]
[strikethrough: Attest My Hand and] Seal this Day
Hugh [Martins?] [J.P.?]
[copy John Morrison —
John [Giffen?] [undecipherable]
John Nicholson — Atty]
[undecipherable] Morrison
D[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Power Attorney]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certifies that John Morrison was a sergeant in the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment and is entitled to land. Morrison was discharged from service at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. Morrison places his signature on the document.
Date
10/07/1789
Author
Recipient
Document number
1789100790001
Page start
1
Note
Mentions warrant of Secretary of War.
Notable persons
Hugh Marley (?)
John Morrison
John Nicholson
John Giffen
Barney Colgan
sergeant
4th Pennsylvania Regiment
congress
attorney
justice of peace
Hugh Marling
Pennsylvania Line
witness
Notable locations
Pennsylvania
Notable items
Revolutionary War
land
discharge
land entitlement
resolve of congress
warrant of Secretary of War
certification

