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Revolutionary War bounty land grants : awarded by state governments / Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck.

Summary:

After the Revolutionary War, nine state governments awarded land bounties to their Revolutionary War veterans (or their survivors) in return for their military or other service. The nine states that awarded bounty lands in their western reserves or on their western borders (directly affecting the future states of Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Ohio, and Tennessee) are Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. Unlike the federal bounty land records, however, these state records are not centralized; instead, they are found in the various states in the form of manuscript records and printed books and are all but inaccessible to the researcher. The nine state governments created a patchwork of records, and it was therefore no easy task to create this master index. Typically, however, each entry in this index contains the name of the claimant, who is usually the veteran, the state of service, the rank held, the date of the record, and the acreage. Altogether about 35,000 names appear in the index, including duplicates. While the arrangement of matter is strictly alphabetical, there is also a separate index to heirs, representatives, and other assignees mentioned in the records.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0806315113
  • ISBN: 9780806315119
  • Physical Description: xxvii, 608 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., [1996]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Subject:
Military pensions > United States.
Land grants > United States.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Registers.
Genre:
Directories.
Registers (Lists)

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Jacksonville Main Library Ref OCR 973.3 B (Text) 36015000008975 Genealogy Available -

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