Hey Diana. Please contact me off list. Long time no hear. Ella (RITTER researcher from long ago) On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Diana Quinones <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bounty land is what it was called for the soldiers. I believe they could > apply for it. One of mine turned down his bounty land - he had served in > War of 1812! His certificate was marked 'cancelled' by the war office when > I ordered his pension file! > I guess he didn't want to relocate to where the land was (which wasn't > shown in his file - only that he got 40 acres)! > > Also, the State of PA had pensions also. Some of the men got that before > they filed under the Act of 1832......They needed at least 3 mos service to > qualify, I think. > > I have seen files where they stated they had not received a pension from > anywhere else, in the Federal pension file. And some stated they had > received one from PA. > > Heritage Quest has RW pensions which you can download for your soldier. > These are the Federal ones. Some have widows of deceased soldiers, which > were provided for in another Act in 1834 I think. > > > Diana in AL [email protected] > > > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:33:43 -0800 (PST) > > From: James Stokes > > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Peter Grob > > > > Hi Bob, > > ????? Land isn't the same as a pension, the land that Pa. gave was in the > North West part of the state while it was largely unsettled and it didn't > have much cash value.? Few oldtimers wanted to move there and leave their > families, those that sold to speculators didn't get much for the land.? The > speculators were the big winners, they bought these small parcels and > bundled them into much larger pieces I think the Feds were giving land in > Ohio and Indiana but again, not many wanted to leave their grown children > and move there. > > > ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > Jim > > Conestoga Area Historical Society > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacahs/index.htm > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Bob Todd > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:02:42 AM > > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Peter Grob > > > > Anne & Jim > > > > Don't forget to look for a land grant.? There was an act in the 1850 if I > > remember correctly, that gave the heirs land grants if their ancestor had > > not received land. > > > > Good Luck, Todd > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >