List, In my research of various families , I seem to find on about three different occasions that the heirs of the Rev War Vet, at least, thought they were entitled to the Rev War Vet's 'land grants' and other grants that the Congress had made or would make in the future, Even if the Vet was no longer alive. Compared to politicking in the land lotteries, some of the heirs made outrages claims. For instance a widow (from the Vets third marriage) claimed that she and her children were the only survivors of the Vet. The Vet had about ten children from the two previous marriage, all alive, except the wives. Another case, a widow left in her will, that any land, money, etc that may be entitled to her as being the only surviving wife of the 1812 vet, was to be given to one of the Vet's granddaughters. The third case was a sister and brother add odds with each other over re-claiming their father's due from the Government when the 90 year old Vets own personal pension claim was repeatedly turned down by young Army officers that would not accept the Vets affidavit of his service in Georgia because they couldn't confirm his name with records that were available in Washington in 1838, some 56 years after the War. The heirs never received any results, even thought they stilled pursued the claim into the 1850s. Harold