In a message dated 8/12/04 7:14:17 PM, [email protected] writes: << Orleans. A Joseph FRENCH received a land patent in Illinois for 160 acres. Issue Date: 1/28/1818 Land Office: Illinois Cancelled: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: May 6, 1812: ScripWarrant Act of 1812 (2 Stat. 728) . . . the Scrip Warrant Act of 1812. This promised 160 acres to privates and NCOs who enlisted in regiments raised by Congress and served for 5 years, unless discharged sooner or killed. >> ____________ I have a Joseph FRENCH who moved to KY from SC about 1795. He was sighted in Warren Co., KY and later in Wilson Co., TN in 1808. After that he disappears. He would be a candidate for the Joseph you cite. Best regards, Hugh