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    1. [BOONE-L] Boon/Boone Rev War Bounty Lands
    2. Hi All, >From "Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments," by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, GPC, Baltimore, 1996: Boon, David. N.C. Private. 30 Sep. 1785. 640 acres to heirs. Boon, Elisha. N.C. Private. 30 Sep. 1785. 640 acres to heirs. Boon, Hawkins. Pa. Captain. 9 )ct 1789. 500 acres. Boon, Jacob. N.C. Private. 30 Sep. 1785. 640 acres to heirs. Boon, James. N.C. Private. 20 Jan. 1785. 640 acres to heirs. Boon, John. N.C. Private. 16 Aug. 1821. 640 acres. Boon, John, Pa. Private. _______. 200 acres. Boon, Joseph. N.C. Private. 24 Nov. 1797. 228 acres. Boon, Peter. Pa. Private. 16 Jan. 1796. 200 acres to Joseph Jeffries, assignee. Boon, Peter. Pa. Matross. 8 Mar. 1787. 200 acres to Stephen Loudon, assignee. Boon, Samuel. Pa. _______. 2 Nov. 1786. 200 acres to Philip Boehm, assignee. Boon, Willis. N,C. Private. 26 Dec. 1800. 228 acres. Boone, Joshua. N.C. Private. 10 Aug. 1785. 640 acres to heirs. Boone, Moses. Pa. Private. 21 Sep. 1787. 200 acres. Boone, Richard. Md. Private. _______. 50 acres. These entries all appear on page 51. Bohan, Dennis. Pa. Private. 26 Sept. 1787. 200 acres to heirs. Bohannon, Ambrose. Va. Captain Lieutenant. 11 Sep. 1807. 500 acres. Bohannon, Ambrose. Va. Captain Lieutenant. 31 Mar 1783. 4666 2/3 acres. Bohannon, Henry. Va. Private. 18 Jul. 1783. 100 acres. Bohannon, Henry. Va. Private. 31 Oct. 1856. 100 acres. Bohannon, Henry. Va. Private. 12 Jan. 1858. 100 acres. Bohannon, Joseph. Va. Deummer. 5 Dec. 1809. 100 acres. These all appear on page 49. All of the grants were state grants, not the federal grants. All required an application be filed by the soldier or his heirs, just like was the case with pensions. Many of these applications still exist in the appropriate state respository for such records. They can contain a good deal of significant information. Hope this helps someone. Regards, Larry -- Larry DeFrance, Helena Montana USA Caretaker: The DeFrance Family Home Page - http://www.helenet.com/~larry/fam_home.html The DeFrance Mailing List - [email protected], The Susquehanna River Mailing List - [email protected] Co-Caretaker: The Boone Mailing list - [email protected]

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