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Re: Records for Loyalists?

DanOlson83 — 2013-05-23 19:28:01Z

Thanks for the info!

Re: Records for Loyalists?

frostfreedet — 2013-05-23 06:09:45Z

Yes, of course, but most would be in the British Archive in Kew. You can get a small idea of its holdings by going to its website to search, beginning with Colonial Office records. The British Library also has an extremely deep and useful site in which you might turn up potentially useful references with persistent searching.

There are a couple of USA websites with extracts from some Loyalist muster rolls that you can find by searching for Loyalist Regiments.

Also search for (out of print) books by Bobby Moss with treasure troves of citations you might find helpful.

You might find some helpful information and links here:

http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/

And don't forget to check www.cyndislist.com

But as in every other genealogical field, the most interesting and helpful resources will not be handily transcribed and posted on the web.

Records for Loyalists?

DanOlson83 — 2013-05-22 13:22:08Z

Hello - I'm wondering if there exist British records for those american colonists who fought for the British during the Revolutionary War?

My ancestor was Thomas Thornton (1735-1783). He and his brother John served in the militia from June 14, 1780 under Captain Henry Rudolph and Colonel John Cotton in the Stevens Creek militia. Thomas was in the Battle of Kings Mountain (South Carolina). From April 10, 1781 until May 5, 1781, he served under Lt. Colonel Baly Cheney in the 96th Brigade. On August 23, 1781 , he was at Dorchester under Cotton. He served as lietenant under Cheney in the 96th Brigade and as Captain from April 4, 1782 under December, 1782 under Colonel Thomas Pearson of the Little River militia.

Re: 3rd Maryland Regiment in the American Revolution

atwoods188 — 2013-05-20 13:08:59Z

Does anyone have any information on a John Baptist Armsworthy DOB 1769 in the Maryland 2nd and 3rd regiment.I am trying to varify DOB to match records that have a Baptist Armsworthy in the regiment but he seems to young to be a match. Steve

Re: John Stokes to Benjamin Stokes-heir at law

eqstokes — 2013-05-09 15:27:02Z

Eleven years have passed... but on the off chance that you're monitoring this board, do you have a copy of the original handwritten document? I'd like to take a look at it. I have an interest in the names John and Benjamin Stokes, among others, with connections to Virginia and Kentucky.

Re: Pensioners List of 1807 P.1

dsegelquist — 2013-05-08 19:59:26Z

Just find this.

Dowdney, Samuel. Private, Captain Bloomfield's company, Third Battalion, First Establishment; private, Captain Mott's company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment; private, First Battalion, Second Establishment; Corporal, Captain Mitchell's company, First Regiment; Sergeant, Third Regiment.

Re: Pensioners List of 1807 P.1

dsegelquist — 2013-05-08 19:53:54Z

This is all I have on him.

December 27, 1805, A petition of Samuel Dowdney, of the State of New-Jersey, was presented to the House and read, praying relief in consideration of a wound received in the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Samuel Dowdney, pension at the rate of $2.50, per month, to commence December 23, 1806.
Approved March 3, 1807.

Re: Pensioners List of 1807 P.1

AliceJames37 — 2013-05-08 19:02:26Z

I just found this! I am interested in info you have on Samuel Dowdney. Thank you.

Re: Pensioners List of 1807 P.1

AliceJames37 — 2013-05-08 19:00:19Z

I just found this! I am interested in info you have on Samuel Dowdney.

Re: Why is Georgia not listed?

11944 — 2013-03-31 23:38:32Z

probably the same reason [ ? ] that Louisiana and other States are not listed

Re: Edward Harrison -Hall, Georgia -Rev. Soldier-3rd wife Susannah Gideon

EmogeneTindall75 — 2013-03-31 16:23:56Z

Just noticed your 2002 query. I too am a gggdau of Edward. I would love to share any info with you.
Contact me at ctindall8@comcast.net

Re: calhouns of sc and collateral

gailejennings1 — 2013-03-29 15:21:14Z

Lynn, it has been a long time since we were in touch. I have found lots of information on our branch of the family - Descendants of PW Goodwyn and Charlotte Augusta Calhoun via WR Goodwyn. Please contact me.

Re: Too old to have served?

katherineemead — 2013-03-26 21:20:53Z

Other parts of my family were heavily involved in politics so I suppose this is possible for the Doss line as well.

Thank you for your help!

Re: Too old to have served?

frostfreedet — 2013-03-26 20:57:36Z

County Court of Common Pleas / Quarter Sessions records could note elective or appointive office, such as bailiff, tax assessor, or responsibility for keeping a stretch of road maintained, in addition to possibly having served on a jury.

Re: Too old to have served?

katherineemead — 2013-03-26 18:00:24Z

Is there a possibility that he had civil service of one type or another and where would I find the records to prove it?

Re: Records of Colonial army in America

ElizGroom — 2013-03-26 14:06:10Z

Thanks for the tip, but I am not just looking for general knowledge, I looking for any genealogy-related resources. Specifically any military records of this type of service. (in the US, but for the UK)

Re: Records of Colonial army in America

Celinda_Mayo — 2013-03-26 02:26:50Z

The French and Indian War was from 1755 to 1762. You can do a Google book search for related books.
Happy Hunting!
Celinda

Re: Marmaduke Vickery, Battle of Guilford Courthouse

11944 — 2013-03-26 00:28:06Z

DAR PATRIOT INDEX VOL III
PAGE 2803
VICKERY, MARMADUKE,
B c 1715 nc
D p 12-26-1787 n
m. 1734 1. Elizabeth Swaim
Patriotic Service North Carolina
Service & reference: Haun, NC Rev Army Accounts, Part IX, page 1941, furnished supplies for the Army
children
Christopher, Charity, Elizabeth, John, Dorcas, Sampson, Jaretta
=======================================
FIND A GRAVE
Name: Marmaduke Vickery
Birth Date: 1715
Age at Death: 72
Death Date: Dec 1787
Burial Place: Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina
=======================================

Re: RWS John Milton Albritton

WmRHIPPENSTEEL — 2013-03-19 14:16:08Z

Is this not what you were looking for?

Roster of Revoloutionary Soldiers in Georgia Vol. I

Gives record of service in two different units, first as private in Capt. George's company, Colonel Charles Scott's Virginia Regiment, then in an un-named SC Regiment, captured at the seige of Augusta Georgia. With a little research it should not be too difficult to figure out what regiment this was.

Roster of Revoloutionary Soldiers in Georgia Vol. III

Where he is listed in the Georgia land lottery of 1827 from Frankiln County.

Records of Colonial army in America

ElizGroom — 2013-03-17 06:07:55Z

Most of my family research has been in the US and I am familiar with many US record types and sources, but I have come up to a wall. I have a relative who supposedly served and died in the Colonial army pre-revolution (1760 - 1770?) Are there records anywhere for his type of service? Does anyone know of any links or sources for info I can use.

Thank you!
Elizabeth

Re: Revolutionary War

blackman1950 — 2013-03-06 02:29:31Z

Hope you get this my Great Great Grandfather was Nimrod House
please email me at mary_bardwell2000@yahoo.com

Re: Hay's Station Massacre

beckyhaines93 — 2013-02-27 15:20:37Z

I did at one time have all the papers in my hand. My story, that John Hancock was an uncle. From what my Grandmother pieced together was that sometime after the Hayes Station, they pioneered to Calif. My namesake was the one of the original pioneer babies born on the wagon trail. The landed and become gold miners in Cherokee Ca. where many were buried. I live in NC now, and have had the pleasure of not only finding and cleaning the memorial but we found the battle sight, it was an amazing feeling. Hoping to find it again this summer, been since the late 90s.. My Grandmother shared deeply our History with me,and my mother had all the genealogy papers, I'm trying to find them again.

Re: Hay's Station Massacre

beckyhaines93 — 2013-02-27 15:07:23Z

My family were Hancocks, 3 are on the Memorial in Laurens County. Been battling we won :) now I can try to dig for more info. Clement was the 4th name. My Uncle was John Hancock, my Namesake was his nice Rebecca. WhenoI searched for this Memorial in 1997, the directions were sparse from my grandmother, we actually at first found the original battle grounds. I actually planted bulbs at the markers which came out of the ground like broken teeth. We then found our way to the monument, gave it a good cleaning. Been sick since 99, my Grandmother, was our Historian, I gave her new clear directions to the Hayes Station Monument for further use of our family and feel she shared it, but I'll have to dig some info. out of my ex. to find the spot we found, you just felt the battle. I was actually digging for a picture of this as I lost all my papers, and photos in a flood, any info. we can exchange I'd appreciate it.. Becky

Re: YOUNG Family

purplekids3 — 2013-02-24 02:32:00Z

I sm looking for info regarding John Jehu. Young i gather he was marrie twice and i would like to know who his first wife was. Karen Adams

Marmaduke Vickery, Battle of Guilford Courthouse

csc2000e — 2013-02-06 07:22:47Z

Hello everyone, Marmaduke is my ancestor and I have been getting a lot of information and stories that he was in the revolutionary war (and most notably) in the battle of guilford courthouse, and was one of the soldiers that got captured by Cornwallis. I however cannot find any sources, or official soldier lists or anything of that sort to verify this. Any help would be great.

Re: Are there any list of British soldiers for the war?

frostfreedet — 2013-01-29 06:55:41Z

I don't know of rosters of actual Revolutionary War British troops that are on the internet.

It seems to be a widely-held mistaken belief that most records are on the web.

But since well under 5% of genealogically useful materials are on the web or even indexed on the web, it is most often necessary to go to the treasure-house repositories of the records, or to hire a researcher to do a search.

Re: Are there any list of British soldiers for the war?

blownaway34 — 2013-01-28 21:45:15Z

would any of them be online? I've tried searching for records nothing comes up. I live in the US so its not possible for me to personally see any records that are overseas or in Canada. :/

Re: Are there any list of British soldiers for the war?

frostfreedet — 2013-01-28 03:26:33Z

Yes, of course there are lots of records of British soldiers. These records would be in the Colonial Office records in the British Archives, Kew.

There are some records of some elements that served under command of Sir Frederick Haldimand 1778+, in a group of papers donated to the British Library by a relative ca. 1892, known not coincidentally as the "Haldimand Papers". The most concentrated records concern those who served out of Detroit and Niagara. There are copies of these papers on microfilm at the Canada Public Archives, which has other records concerning British troops and about Loyalists who emigrated to Canada.

Are there any list of British soldiers for the war?

blownaway34 — 2013-01-27 00:19:51Z

I was wondering of anyone knew of any records of the soldiers who fought for the British side or who converted to America after the war. I have English roots and I was wondering if any of them fought for the British and not the Americans.

Thanks for any help.

Re: Term "non enroller" during the revolutionary war

lorriroughton — 2013-01-09 01:56:59Z

Thank you for your reply to such an old post. Like an extra christmas present! I have some information about the fine he paid and have been to the Frederick Historical Society, but did not find any of this information. I have been spelling his name Buzzard or Brussard, Daniel gets me into the DAR.

Thank you again!
Lorri

Re: Term "non enroller" during the revolutionary war

lorriroughton — 2013-01-08 01:45:48Z

Thank you, I'll look tomorrow.

Re: Term "non enroller" during the revolutionary war

sksmith_nl — 2013-01-08 00:49:43Z

The "Resolves of December, 1775" required that all adult men of Frederick Co., MD enroll in a militia company by March, 1776 or be fined. These enrollments occurred periodically through the war, and apparently one could choose to contribute money or service.

Some interesting stuff for you in the Archives of Maryland:
http://www.aomol.net/html/index.html
search on "Daniel Brussard" as well as "Brussard, Daniel".

Re: Too old to have served?

frostfreedet — 2012-12-31 13:11:38Z

No he was not too old to have been in some military unit. "Served" implies some active-duty service, which would apply to the standing armies (State Troops and Continental Regiments) but not always to County Militias.

County Militia units consisted in all able-bodied free white males aged roughly 16-60 (varied by time and place) who were residents of that County. Their purpose was defense within the County. Most militiamen saw no active-duty service, but all were required to attend regular drills and nose-counting. These musters were the occasions for creating many surviving militia rosters, but do not in themselves reflect active-duty service.

Active duty for militiamen might include patrolling, garrisoning a local fort or blockhouse, or assisting escort of supplies bound elsewhere. Some militia units were indeed sent outside the County, even outside the State, for special crises or expeditions, mostly on the frontiers, but this was rare.

A few old men, if still able, were more or less drafted into service, particularly if they had active service as officers during the French and Indian War. A lot depended on local conditions.

Too old to have served?

katherineemead — 2012-12-24 06:02:07Z

Thomas Doss Jr.
Birth 1720 in Virginia, United States
Death 1782 in Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, United States

His son, Littleberry Doss, from whom I descend, served in the war of 1812. Littleberry has an older brother named John Doss, who did serve in the Revolutionary War, and I have a copy of his pension records.

Was their father, Thomas Doss Jr., too old to have served in the Revolutionary War? If he did serve, it was likely in Virginia, as he was born and he died there, and it was the state of service for his son, John.

Re: Bounty Grant

RossSmith53 — 2012-12-18 17:03:43Z

HEllo,
Thanks for the reply.Ephraim Eckles was the Revolutionary War soldier who was killed in the war. all the books I have seen that list the Revolutionary war soldiers and the land they received for their service say Ehraim Eckle's commaning officer stated that Ephraim Eckles was killed in the Revolutionary War and he recommended that Ephraim Eckle's son John receive his bounty grant for his service but that is all it says. It does not say John Eckles ever received the land his father would have received for his service. Thanks, Ross

Revolutionary War Soldiers buried at Fishkill, NY

wolf6pack — 2012-12-18 04:11:41Z

Please check out this article.

http://online.wsj.com/article/APa2bc7c483b7e42f4b11d3840b80f...

If anyone wants to see what soldiers we have determined are buried at the Fishkill Supply Depot, please check the Tribute Wall on our website.

http://www.fishkillsupplydepot.org/

I can only hope that before I die all of the men's names will be added to the Tribute Wall. Anyone who has an ancestor who "died Fishkill" PLEASE contact me.

If anyone would like to help me on, what I found out reading the article, is a unique research project. I can use help going through muster rolls and then looking at service records and pension files, family histories, military journal and soldier's diaries, ANYTHING I can get my hands on looking for clues. I then verify and verify again to make sure they are there dead and buried in Fishkill.

I cannot tell you how satisfying it is to find these poor souls who have laid so long in unmarked graves, their descendants unaware of their resting place. To now record whatever bits of their life can be found. Sad is the 19 year old, a new young soldier dying, no family can be found, no one to mourn for them but us, now in the 21st century.

December 15th, 2012 we held our 2nd Wreaths Across America Ceremony. Last year we had 7 wreaths, one for each grave that had been excavated and studied professionally, and about 30 people came. This year we were able to lay enough wreaths to honor all those men who have been identified and over 100 people took part in the ceremony.

We are hoping, that by putting names and stories to as many of our early Patriots, it will raise awareness and help us gain ownership of the property. To stop it from becoming another dead shopping center, as there is across the street on a good portion of the Depot's land.

The Depot's story has never been told or researched in depth. The time to do it is now. Doctors at the hospital kept records of every man they treated, where are those records now??? They need to be located around the country in repositories. If they are found, they should list each man who died. When a man died the doctor reported it to the Quartmaster who, if the wife was nearby, received his belongings. Otherwise, the Quartermaster was to send the belongings to the family or dispose of them. Where are those reports? Are they buried somewhere on fold3? Were theybburned in the Washington DC or Albany fires?

We are also looking to reconstruct a complete picture of the workings of the Depot, every department, every artificers job, life at the Depot, the movement of men, everything.

This was the supplier to the Northern Army, most men New England were sent to Fishkill for deployment.

When Rochemabeau's Army marched to Virginia, Fishkill supplied the Army. We know bread was baked in the many huge ovens at Fishkill to be shipped to the French Army. When we were able to show this proof to the W3R (Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route) people and the National Park Service they have decided to put a W3R signage at the Van Wyck Homestead to make us part of the W3R trail.

I used to joke that I think every important person during the war effort spent time or passed through Fishkill except for Ben Franklin, but I do believe my research co-chair has traced Franklin's travels and she feels he did go through Fishkill!

There is great satisfaction in doing this research and I would love to share that level of satisfaction with as many people as would like to help! Many hands will make the work go faster. Our goal is to find the first 300 names, and then see how many more we can find.

If you have subscription to fold3 and are willing to go through either a full state's muster rolls, or 1 regiment at a time, let me know I can tell you what needs to be done.

Never in my life I would have dreamed something like this would be come such a focus in my life, but the more I learn, the more important it is that this untold part of the history of our struggling country needs to be told.

The lost souls of the Depot need to be honored. They are patiently waiting for us to find them.

Check us out on Facebook or our website...please!

Judy Wolf
Secretary Friends of the Fishkill Supply Depot
Research co-chair
Wreaths Across America Location Leader
wolf6pack@aol.com

Re: Bounty Grant

1PeggyReeves — 2012-12-18 03:45:37Z

Ephraim's heir(s) would have had to apply to receive Ephraim's land warrant. The question is whether they applied to the state or to the feds. Was Ephraim a pensioner? Is that where you found mention of the commanding officer saying that the brother should get the warrant? If they applied to the state for his warrant (some states did give out their own bounty land for Revolutionary War service), then the application paperwork would be at the state archives. If they applied to the feds, then the records would be at NARA and also recorded in the "Federal Land Series" books.

Re: 755 Heirs of 11., States-War of 1812 & Revolutionary War.

frostfreedet — 2012-11-11 17:45:54Z

Usually the best place to look for specific data is in the repositories holding actual records, especially the County Courthouse land, estate, tax and Court records, and in NY the detailed State Census enumeration records. In NY the Town records can also be very useful for road petitions that may mention people who were not land owners, and such items as chattel mortgages.

You can order the actual Pension Files from the National Archives, from this site:

http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html#part-a

Remember the original post is strictly a War of 1812 pension list despite its erroneous title.

Other War of 1812 service and pension information can be found on www.fold3.com (which has a free trial period) and at https://www.familysearch.org.

Re: 755 Heirs of 11., States-War of 1812 & Revolutionary War.

GLS1943 — 2012-11-10 15:27:21Z

Hi and thank you. I was hoping for something relevatory. I always do. I've been searching this family for over 20 years!
Georgia

Re: 755 Heirs of 11., States-War of 1812 & Revolutionary War.

dsegelquist — 2012-10-31 19:18:32Z

This is all I have on him.

Moses Jones, Private, 23rd., Infantry, Died August 28, 1813, Heirs Ann, Jacob, Mary, Tabathy?,and Peter Jones. Allowance $48, received $240, Placed on roll March 16, 1819, Commencement of pension February 17, 1815, ending of pension February 17, 1820.

Re: 755 Heirs of 11., States-War of 1812 & Revolutionary War.

dsegelquist — 2012-10-31 19:18:31Z

Re: 755 Heirs of 11., States-War of 1812 & Revolutionary War.

GLS1943 — 2012-10-31 18:51:15Z

Hello...if you are still answering requests for additional information on the names you posted under "755 Heirs...", I would greatly appreciate anything at all on the following man:
New York
Tompkins County
#215
Moses Jones

Thanks, Georgia Whitson

Re: Term "non enroller" during the revolutionary war

lorriroughton — 2012-10-17 00:14:10Z

Bump

Term "non enroller" during the revolutionary war

lorriroughton — 2012-10-10 01:29:12Z

I have a relative that has been deeemed a "non enroller" during the revolutinary war.

He was fined 6.10 by the Committee of Observation in Frederick County Md on April 22, 1776.

I am trying to find out if being called a non-enroller was a negative thing. I am keeping in mind that what a term means today is not what a term meant 200+ years ago.

Could my relative, Daniel Buzard, have paid a fine and been a religous objector and that was still patriotic??? He was of german heritage and I think they objected to fighting.

I am not sure where to look for this defination. I have obtained my information from The Maryland Historical Society Magazine wich featured a reprint of the Committee of observations work from that time period.

Any help would be great.

Re: Ruehrschneck Family Origin

RasnickConnie — 2012-09-22 18:49:24Z

Hello Jackie,
I'm a 2nd or 3rd cousin of Marie's and probably kin to you too. What kind of disease are you checking out?

Re: Ancestor war record

frostfreedet — 2012-09-13 21:59:12Z

If he served 3 years or more in the Continentals or State Troops he could have applied for a Congressional pension in 1818.

Virginia provided other pensions under certain circumstances, and offered Bounty Land as an enlistment inducement sometimes for particular expeditions, aside from what was offered to those who enlisted in the Continentals.

If your man was not in the Continentals or State Troops, he would have been obligated to be available for active duty in the County Militia in the place they lived in, which was established for defense within the County. All free white able-bodied males aged roughly 16 to 60 (varied by time and place) were required to be ready for this and to report for regular drill and nose-counting (which did not count as active duty). Active duty for militiamen could have included such things as patrolling, guarding prisoners, or assisting to escort supplies bound elsewhere. Most militiamen never saw active duty. Some rosters from the drill musters survive; they may indicate whether the person reported and was in good standing, or did not report and was liable to be fined by the County Court. In relatively rare and extraordinary instances, militiamen were drafted to serve with State Troops or Continentals in crises.

On Ancestry.com you can find an index of Continental troops, but a lot of VA records were lost after 1779.

Your best bet would be to start by seeking out surviving militia rosters for the County your man lived in.

Ancestor war record

midwestgurl — 2012-09-12 12:24:28Z

I'm looking for the war record of an ancestor by the name of James Stewart.

He didn't live long enough to get a pension; those were started in 1831, right? He died in 1826 in TN.

He lived in VA, so I'm guessing that's where he served from, so where/how do I find him if I can't get a pension on him?

Georgia Regiment of Mounted Rangers

nealobrien1 — 2012-09-09 18:07:05Z

Hello,

I'm doing research on the formal organization of the Continental Army, in part because of ancestors who served in it. This query, however, does not relate to an ancestor.

In "The Continental Army," by Robert K. Wright, on page 314, the lineage of of this unit is given.

This appears to be the same unit described by Fred Anderson Berg in his "Encyclopedia" on pages 44 and 45.

The commander is not named in either case.

I suspect that the commander was Colonel Elijah Clarke of Georgia (1733-1799) but I cannot confirm this.

Heitman, in his "Historical Register," page, 158, describes him as a colonel, later general, of the Georgia militia. Boatner, in his "Encyclopedia," clearly uses Heitman as his source; the list of engagements at which Clarke was wounded being the same in both sources.

Some uncertainty exists because of the unfortunate tendency to personalize and romanticize the narrative of the American Revolution.

Were the Georgia Mounted Rangers, a Continental Army unit, commanded by the noted Elijah Clarke of Georgia?

TIA for any help or suggestions,

NDOB

Re: Site to look up Patriot

1PeggyReeves — 2012-08-14 02:18:14Z

Revolutionary War Bounty Land:

The only thing Fold3 has is NARA microfilm M804, which is the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land microfilm. The title is misleading, however, since it really doesn't contain much with regard to bounty land. The application paperwork for RevWar bounty land did burn very early in the 1800s, so the only thing on that microfilm (and thus at fold3) are some of the tickets showing who some of the soldiers assigned their warrants to. It is not even close to being complete, however, and what is there doesn't really tell you anything.

Revolutionary War bounty land came from two sources, the feds and the individual states. There are some soldiers who applied for and received both. Federal bounty land warrants could be exchanged for land in the federal bounty land district in Ohio, or could be sold to someone else. Federal bounty land is indexed in "Federal Land Series" by Clifford Neal Smith. This is a book series available at many research libraries and does contain a name index.

If your soldier died before the War Department fires that occurred in the early 1800s, then he is not going to have a federal pension file or federal bounty land stub on M804 microfilm.

Not all of the federal Rev War bounty land records burned. Some of the record books holding the stubs of the warrants that were issued to soldiers were kept, showing the name of the soldier or heirs, the regiment, and the number of acres. Also, some of the paperwork and letters concerning bounty land that were received after the War Department fires also survives. Also, for soldiers/heirs who had unused bounty land warrants, Congress passed an act many years after the fires that allowed soldiers and family members to turn in their unused warrants for cash. Heirs had to prove that they were the only legal heirs. That valuable paperwork also survives, but is not microfilmed. In short, there ARE some federal bounty land records, but they are scattered among various record groups and you're not going to see them online any time soon at fold3 or ancestry.

Lastly, with regard to federal bounty land, Congress passed some acts in 1850 and 1855 that allowed a larger amount of bounty land to veterans, and it was retroactive to include veterans of any war back to and including the Revolution. Under those acts, soldiers who were still alive (or their widows or heirs) could apply for an additional amount of bounty land to bring their total to 160 acres. There were few RW soldiers still living by then, but since their widows and heirs could also apply, you find more of them there than you might expect. Those files are not microfilmed. They contain proof of service, and if it was a widow or heir applying, they would have to give marriage information and birth dates, maiden names, etc... similar to a pension file.

As for bounty land issued by individual states, there is a book by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, "Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments" that is an alphabetical index. It tells you which state and how many acres, and gives a nice summary of how each state handled the bounty land. It is widely available at research libraries.

The state of Georgia gave out bounty land warrants good for land along the western border of Georgia or in what is now the state of Alabama. If your soldier (or his heir) applied to the state of Georgia for bounty land, then the Georgia state archives should have record of it, and it might also be recorded in "The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia", published under the authority of the Georgia State Legislature by Allen D. Candler. This is a book series available at many research libraries, including here in D.C. It is indexed.

Best wishes in finding the paperwork. Not everything burned, and the more obscure record groups at the various archives and courthouses are not always filmed by the Mormons because the small, lesser known record groups do not have a wide appeal and thus they cannot make money doing it.

I have learned not to be so quick to accept "everything burned" as an answer. Everything did NOT burn, you just have to find it.

Re: Site to look up Patriot

Celinda_Mayo — 2012-08-09 14:16:42Z

Fold3.com has many records. You may find something there.