Received a number of responses concerning bounty land warrants. Two I found particularly worthwhile (see following.) Hope this helps. Anna T-town -----------begin responses----------------- [Excerpts from original emails; emphasisÂ’ & comments added 26-January-2001] 1)From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:59:12 EST Subject: Re: Fw: [MO] Bounty Land Warrants A bounty Land Warrant is land a person gets for serving in the military for a certain time. For the Civil War it was 3 years. I think for the Civil War the men would get Homestead acts. Which is about the same thing as Bounty Land Warrants. For the Homestead act the men would have to stay on the property and improve it to be able to keep the land. Bounty Land warrants are files you get from the Service files from the National Archives. Land grants are files you can get from the BLM-GLO. You can get the BLM-GLO web site from Cyndislist.com under land. I don't know where your ancestor's land was from so I don't know if it will be in the BLM-GLO site. I have recently sent for land applications to the National Archives to get info on the Land warrants my ancestors bought. There wasn't any extra info from that file that wasn't already on the BLM-GLO site. A friend of mine ordered the application for a Homestead land grant and got extra info on her ancestor. Now if you're going to order the records for military services you may get something worth while. When I ordered from those there were 3 different categories. Bounty Land warrant, pension files and service records. You need to order each one separately. Bounty and pension files are good one to order. You probably won't get much info from service records. Last October the forms changed and the prices went up. So it may be a little different. I think the prices are $17.00 now. You may be able to get info on how to get order forms from the National Archives web site. If you have more questions just ask. Kathy Pugh ----------------------------------------------------------- 2)From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:20:38 EST You can receive the Bounty Land Warrants from the National Archives by sending in your request on Form 84. To receive this Form send an email request to: [email protected] In the body of the message, put Form 84 and the number you need with your mailing address. On the Form you need to fill out the information on the document and patent number for the Land Warrant. [last sentence is verbatim. Do not understand it.] You can get those from the BLM web site: "http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/" If you'll include your credit card number on the Form request it'll really speed the process up. It will still take several weeks to months to get the packet back but it's usually well worth the wait. Debi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- From: Rochelle <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 I am waiting on mine to come for my great great grandfather. I wanted his Mexican War records and that is what you request. Maybe I will understand why they are called Bounty Land Warrants when I receive the info. Rochelle --------------end---------------- On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:02:42 -0800 (PST) norma ortiz <[email protected]> writes: > > > I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THIS IF U GET A > RESPONCE,THANK U. > > --- [email protected] wrote: > > 1.)Did someone answer the questions abt bounty land > > warrants? Please > > repeat the answer again, I missed it. > > 2.)How are bounty land warrants different from land > > grants? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Anna > > > > Researching: Berkemeyer/ Johnston/ Shinall > > also searching: Jones/Miller/Wagner > > > > --------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:14:34 EST > > Subject: [MO] Bounty Land Warrants > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > > Hello Everyone, > > Is there anyone out there who knows what the bounty > > land warrants are? > > One > > of my ancestors, a veteran of the Mexican American > > War, applied for one > > about > > 1848. Can anyone tell me what I should to find in a > > bounty land warrant > > file > > or what you received in your file request fom the > > National Archives? > > > > I appreciate any information you might have. 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