Veterans of the War of 1812 were eligible to receive what was called a bounty-land warrant. This was not actual title to land, but was entitlement to claim certain land in lieu of payment for military service. Bounty land was mostly in Ohio. If the warrant holder did not want to go to Ohio to claim the land the warrants were sometimes sold to others who did. A full explanation of bounty-land warrants is given in the book, "Land and Property Research in the United States," by E. Wade Hone. Bill Rexroad Hutchinson, Kansas