Hi Cousins, Book ... Federal Land Series Vol. 2 1799 - 1835 by Clifford Neal Smith Samuel Madera Number 10240 Dec. 14, 1791 100 acres Samuel Madera was a Private in the Army. This could be war record number or land grant number, I assume it is Army Land Warrants. He could have fought in two wars. One is the Revolutionary War 1776 time frame. The other is the War of 1812. Take Care all, Robin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com