Thank you for your patience, Emma. Yes, there were bounty land grants to some who did not serve in the military but Jesse Vaughn did serve. >From Book # 85 Vaughn, Jesse. Ga. ------, 23 Apr, 1784. 200 acres Vaughn, Jesse, Va. Private. 13 Nov. 1810. 100 acres NOTE: I know of no rank that was awarded 200 acres. In Virginia, 100 acres was awarded to a soldier who "served out his three year enlistment or served to the end of the war". >From Book # 98 Chapter: WILKINSON COUNTY 31. JESSE VAUGHN Came to Georgia after the Revolution and settled first in Burke County and later along the Oconee River in Wilkinson County where he drew land in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery as a Revolutionary War Soldier and resident of Wilkinson County. See: (1) Families of Burke County, p. 297 (2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 371 (3) History of Wilkinson County, p. 214, 216, 292 >From Book # 188 Lottery of 1827 Chapter: Names of Revolutionary Soldiers Who Drew Land in Georgia, and the counties of Georgia in which they lived. Names of counties are in parentheses for easy identification. Vaughn, Jesse (Wilkinson) >From Book # 532 (note the date) Chapter: Burke County Registrants - 1805 Land Lottery Vaughn, Jesse >From Book #617 Chapter: VIRGINIA Vaughan, Jesse. Sergeant, Virginia Line >From Book # 202 Chapter: CENSUS OF PENSIONERS, Virginia-Eastern District Brunswick County Vaughn, Jesse. Age 83 NOTE: I guess this eliminates any possibility of your Jesse Vaughn being the RWS from Virginia since that one stayed in Virginia. >From Book # 1015 "LaFayette's Visit. The much-heralded coming of LaFayette to Milledgeville in 1825 was a red letter day for the citizens of Wilkinson County. Within her borders still lived at that time twenty-five or thirty of the veterans of the Revolution, among whom were . . Jesse Vaughn." JESSE VAUGHN, d. Sally Belcher, Bettey Matthews, Polly Low, Eliza Meredith; s. John, James, William; g. c. Mariah McMillan, Alexander McMillan. Jesse Vaughn's Buried Jug of Gold. Jesse Vaughn, the grandfather of J.W. Vaughn and a veteran of the Revolution, originally came from Burke County although he may have lived in Washington County, as the Vaughn family traditions tell of Indian hunters with their dogs being seen and heard across the Oconee River on the Wilkinson side. Jesse amassed great wealth in lands and money, at one time owning all the land from the B. H. Jackson Place to Commissioner Creek. It is said that he had two buckskins made into a sack in which he kept his gold and silver, but after his wife's death he got an earthern jug and filled it to the neck with water and then struck the neck so that it would break off smooth and he could cover it with a coffee pot lid. He is thought to have put his gold in this jug and buried it, as one day he called "Blind Alec" one of his slaves who was blind and had him take the jug and a shovel to a spot and bury the jug. A few years later, Vaughn was taken sick and called his son James, telling him he had something to say to him, but before he could do so he lapsed into unconsciousness from which he never recovered, dying not long afterwards. Search was made buckskins was found empty. "Blind Alec" told what he knew of the burial of the jug, but all he knew was that they had gone through a plum orchard, the thorns having stuck him as they went along. A most diligent search was made but the gold could not be found. Parties with a "Spanish Needle" searched for it as late as 1925 but the secret hiding place of Jesse Vaughn's jug of gold is still an unsolved mystery. >From Book # 848 Chapter: Family Heads 1805 Georgia Vaughn, Jesse, Burke Cty, RS Moved to Wilkinson Cty. >From Book # 660 James Chaney, Sr. of Montgomery Co., Ga., (lineage of his family) V. Sarah Chaney m. Jesse Vaughn >From Book # 684 TAX DEFAULTERS FOR 1790, 1793 and 1795, BUKE COUNTY, GEORGIA (published in the Augusta Chronicle) Vaughn, Jesse >From Book # 653 RICHMOND COUNTY GEORGIA DEED BOOK I-G 1788-90 WRIGHT, HARRAKUK and wife Susannah-Folio 77-Apr. 1789. To Jesse Vaughn, 250 acres on Little Kiokee, granted 1785. Test: Charity Sciclly, Jsa Wright. >From Book # 70 (NOTE: Read the title of this book carefully!) REVOLUTIONARY VETERAN: Vaughn, Jesse RESIDENCE AT TIME OF DRAW: Wilkinson LOTTERY: 1927 FORTUNATE DRAW: Land Lot: 40 District number: 33 COUNTY OF LAND DRAWN: Lee GRANTED: 5/16/1829 Emma, if you will remind me in November to go back to the Georgia Archives for you I will send you a copy of his service records or you can call/write the archives citing the title of this book and request his records. Dee All lookup requests will be permanently archived on the Bladen County Genweb site. For a detailed bibliography on some of the reference sources used for lookups refer to this Link: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm _____ From: Emma Sanders [mailto:emaeis@wildblue.net] Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:18 PM To: d7777@worldnet.att.net Subject: Georgia bounty Land Grants - help Not sure if this address is still active. Need information that I think you can give me. I have Jesse Vaughn in Wilkinson County GA. Said to have received a bounty land grant in 1827 or 28. He died in 1829. I have thus far found no Revolutionary record for him. Did men get bounty land grants for any other reason than serving in the Revolutionary War? I am trying to prove patriot service for him. Where would be the best place to search for his military service? I have tried Georgia Archives. Just the land grant. Thanks for any consideration. Emma Sanders in AR