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