It is my understanding that many Revolutionary War veterans who received land bounty did not actually settle on the bounty land. Some of it was in sparsely populated states (at the time) like Ohio and Kentucky. Most of them actually sold their bounty land. -----Original Message----- >From: Craig Kilby <persisto1@gmail.com> >Sent: Feb 20, 2013 1:06 AM >To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] The post Revolution War migration - where did they go? > >It is also important to keep in mind whether a veteran had service under the federal government or only state militia service. That makes a big difference in what anyone was qualified for in terms of bounty land warrants (which like their earlier counterparts, were merely the right to take up land, not actually taking up the land.) I would really encourage our list members to do some research on all of this. It is not an easy, quick-answer subject matter. > >The original post had to do with why people moved out of the Northern Neck. As has already been said by others, that answer is easy: new land. And it started long before the Revolutionary war. > >Craig > >On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:52 AM, Jeanne wrote: > >> Thank you Craig, that answers alot my questions. >> Jeanne >> > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message