At 01:45 PM 11/25/2000 -0800, you wrote: >From: MMayn93990@aol.com [mailto:MMayn93990@aol.com] >Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 11:03 PM >To: NYBROOME-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Bounty Land Grant, Lamb's Artillery, James Slack, G.H.V. >Wagenen > > >Sorry for cross posting, but I'm not sure of location. I have a copy of a >Bounty Land Warrent Record Card from the VA Archives, National Archives. >It >shows James Slack, Private. Line: Lamb's Artillery (New York). Warrent >number 7837, 100 Acres, issued July 28, 1790 and in handwriting under the >date "to G. H. V. Wagenen, Assignee. " > >I have found a little information on Lamb's Artillery on the net. Does >anyone have information on the men who served in this unit? I believe James >was a member of the family of Benajah Slack. Benajah may have lived in >Dutchess Co., his son William had a family in Fishkill, Dutchess Co, and may >have been the William who served in the Revolutionary War from Dutchess Co. > >William and most of his family moved to Delaware Co, and on the Broome Co. >I don't know where the property in the Warrent is located. William had a >son >James, born 1783, so he obviously was not the James who served. > >Any help or suggestions for locating the property appreciated. Thanks. > >Mary Slack Maynard I have an ancestor, Michael Christian, who served in Lamb's Artillery, and as a consequence have done a fair amount of research on that unit. There is actually quite a bit of information out there, as although the Continental Army was often badly clothed and fed, they kept records. The records have a lot of gaps, but still have a lot of useful information. By plotting battle, muster roll, and payroll dates against time, I was able to learn something about Michael's military career, and even found several of his signatures. Also, when ex-soldiers were applying for pensions they had to make a statement detailing their military service. Although my Michael did not live long enough to apply for a pension five of his fellow soldiers did, and their accounts helped considerably. Here are the main sources I used: National Archives Microfilms M 246 Revolutionary War Rolls (available from the LDS, Microfilm #0830400) M 804 Pension Applications and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files (LDS #0971604) M Compiled Service Records (LDS #1485427) LDS #0569436, Revolutionary War Slips, New Jersey (Some of the units in Lamb's Artillery were from New Jersey, so your ancestor might have enlisted there; mine did.) Lamb's Artillery was "adopted" by the State of New York, and bounty land was awarded by both New York and the Continental Congress. New York gave 500 acres, and Congress gave 100 acres, which were combined so that every private received 600 acres in New York State. (I don't know why James Slack only received 100 acres; perhaps that wasn't all his award.) The tract set aside for bounty land was in central New York. Bounty lands were awarded by drawing lots. The bounty land was divided into towns (or townships), and the lots were numbered within the towns. The "balloting book" reference below gives the details. You can look up the towns in DeLorme's New York State Atlas and Gazetteer, but I had to go to a late 1800's county atlas to find the lots. I don't have the reference, but I believe that it was by DeBeers. LDS #0860917, Balloting Book, and Other Documents relating to Military Bounty Lands, in the State of New York The book New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. 1 lists all the men who served in the Continental Army from New York State. I don't know if the LDS has microfilmed this book, but I suspect they have. Good luck in your search. Regards, Harry