Thanks, I'll read about it. The funny thing is 2 of the men named in the warrant - brothers William & John Bennett - are the names of 2 men who later (after 1800) had land in the county. The warrant is dated 1786 in Franklin County, Georgia. The lack of records for them in the 1790s makes me wonder if they are the same men, if records don't exist for the 1790s, or or if they are the same men who just acquired land later. Any way to tell? Barton On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:58 PM, W David Samuelsen wrote: > Sometimes the soldier don't want the land and the Continental Congress > didn't have money to pay pensions, hence the bounty warrants the > soldier can sell to get $. > > This site explains what it is. > > http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Revolutionary_War_Pension_Records_and_Bounty_Land_Warrants > > David > > On 3/21/2014 9:26 AM, BARTON LEWIS wrote: >> Why were they bought? What was the benefit to the purchaser if the >> soldier still got the land? Was that the case - did the soldier still >> get the land? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Barton >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 01:05 AM, W David Samuelsen wrote: >> >>> the Continental warrants were bought and sold a lot during that >>> time, >>> even in New York. >>> >>> Has to check each warrant as to their ranks in the military. The >>> ranks >>> determine the acreage and check the deed books, too. >>> >>> Higher the rank, greater the acreage. >>> >>> David >>> >>> On 3/20/2014 10:02 PM, Barton Lewis wrote: >>>> Who knows how the continental land bounty system worked in Georgia >>>> after the >>>> Revolutionary War? Joseph Martin got a warrant to have measured out >>>> for him >>>> 1897 ½ acres in Franklin County, Georgia on 2 Jan 1786 “on the >>>> Continental >>>> Bounties” of 7 men, including William, John and Richard Bennett. >>>> What >>>> I am >>>> guessing is that these men may have sold their bounties to Martin >>>> for >>>> needed >>>> cash. But I’m not sure since the warrant lists the men and their >>>> share of >>>> the total acreage (230 acres apiece and another 287 ½ acres for an >>>> 8th man). >>>> I am assuming they each got their land. What was Martin’s role? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Barton >>>> ===== >>>> If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to >>>> [email protected] and ask for the digest... >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>>> >>> ===== >>> If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to >>> [email protected] and ask for the digest... >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >