Onondaga County, New York, was part of the military bounty land awarded to soldiers by the State of New York for Revolutionary War service. Some states gave bounty land during that war, though some states were too small to grant state bounty land. These state bounty grants are apart from federal bounty land. Hope this helps! Christine [Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG] See: Christine Rose, Military Bounty Land 1776-1855 (San Jose, Calif.: CR Publications, 2011. See specifically Chapter Three. >>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:22 PM, unique64 Riley <unique64@msn.com<mailto:unique64@msn.com>> wrote:>> Could someone help me understand what exactly these records are documenting? They are at familysearch.org<http://familysearch.org/> and listed as Awards, 1798-1802 for Onondaga County New York. I am guessing that they are a type of court record granting land when there was a dispute. Are they from a federal or county court?>>