Revolutionary War Rejected Claims
Virginia


The Rejected Claims files consist of the accumulated documents intended to verify the dates of service
of officers, soldiers, and sailors in a Virginia or Continental army naval unit during the Revolutionay War.
The files include affidavits of commanding officers of fellow soldiers, discharge papers, and other records
of service. When the soldier or sailor had died while in service, his heirs were required to submit documen-
tation verifying their status as legal heirs as well as proof of the military service. The papers were reviewed
in the governor's office and either approved or rejected. The papers in this collection are those of the appli-
cants determined not to have had military service of a sufficient length to qualify for the specific land bounty
sought. Many of these claims were for additional bounty land. While many of the rejected claims had military
service, it was not enough to qualify for the bounty requested.

Rejected Claim - L.B.
John Stevens, Capt - Navy
Caroline Co., VA
Affidavit - Wm. White
Affidavit - Wm. Dickinson
Petition of the heirs
1835


Heirs - Rejected Claim
Stevens, John Capt.
Filed for reconsideration
1835


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Compiled by:
Jackie Shepherd

Tom Stevens -E-Mail: stevetho@datastar.net