This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Galloway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBC.2ACI/2459.1 Message Board Post: Ohio was originally part of Virginia's bounty land district. Bounty land being given to Revolutionary soldiers for in lieu of money for payment of their services. There is a well known family of Galloways in Greene County, Ohio. Towns of Cedarville and Xenia.