Greetings, The War of 1812 bounty land warrants authorized by Congress are federal and were issued to veterans (some of who were Tennesseans) but those veterans could only take up their warrants on authorized federal land (i.e., AR, IL, MO). Tennessee does not fall into that pattern. What we now know as Tennessee was held by North Carolina until 1790. North Carolina called her western lands, "Western Reserve." By 1790, North Carolina had relinquished certain claims to her Western Reserve, but still retained the right to issue to her North Carolina Revolutionary War veterans (or heirs of those veterans), warrants for "Tennessee" land. >From 1790 into 1796 "Tennessee" was a federal territory, known as "Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio" a.k.a. Southwest Territory. Tennessee became a state in 1796. However, North Carolina could still issue warrants to those NC RevWar veterans. >From 1796 into 1806, The State of Tennessee could *not* issue perfect title (grants) for her land. In 1806, the US Congress imposed a settlement on the two states, North Carolina and Tennessee. Tennessee could then issue perfect title for her lands, but North Carolina would still issue bounty land warrants in Tennessee. North Carolina issued those warrants until 1841. The North Carolina RevWar warrants should not be confused with federal War of 1812 federal land warrants. To find out about more about War of 1812 bounty land warrants, please visit this site: http://southernroots.com/1812_bounty_land_warrants.htm If you have an interest in Tennessee's convoluted land history, you can start here. http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/ Fred Smoot