I have an ancestor whose widow received 160 acres bounty land in Schoharie Co 1853, although the pensioner died in 1840. This was mentioned in his Rev War pension file, but there is no information as to the location of the land. Bounty Land Warrants Under the Acts of 1850, 1852, 1855 http://www.archives.gov/publications/general-info-leaflets/67.html#acts<http://www.archives.gov/publications/general-info-leaflets/67.html#acts> Under the acts of 1850, 1852, and 1855, Congress gradually extended the eligibility for bounty land warrants to retroactively compensate surviving veterans or the immediate heirs of all who had served since the Revolutionary War, as noted above. Those who obtained warrants under an earlier act usually were eligible under later acts as well, provided the total acreage they obtained did not exceed 160 acres. The card, microfilm, and published indexes cited above, while valuable, do not include references to each of the hundreds of thousands of veterans, widows, and survivors who obtained bounty land warrants under the acts of 1850B1855. The most comprehensive "index" to determine information about the filing of these warrants is the bounty land warrant application files among the military pension records held by NARA, most of which have not been microfilmed. Researchers who are unable to locate bounty land warrant filing information using the indexes noted above should use NATF Form 80. Has anyone tried NARA? From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:40 AM Subject: NYGREENE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 23 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Rev War land grants (David Stott) 2. Re: Rev War land grants (Sylvia Hasenkopf) 3. Re: Rev War land grants (Betty Fink) 4. Re: Rev War land grants (Sylvia Hasenkopf) 5. Re: Rev War land grants (Barbara de Mare) 6. Re: Rev War land grants (Sylvia Hasenkopf) 7. MUSTER ROLL OF 1814 (Scott, John (IT)) 8. Re: Rev War land grants ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) ----------------------------------------------------------------------