After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by the federal government to citizens and soldiers for their service. The practice of awarding bounty land for military forces had been a long-standing practice in the British Empire in North America. The land was a commodity in generous supply.
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ALABAMA REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS VOL II is the 2nd Volume in a series of books which includes genealogical and biographical information on some Revolutionary Soldiers who were in early Alabama and/or collected military pensions for their service. Some of their descendants still remain on the bounty land they received.
This book is the 2nd Volume in a series of books which includes genealogical and biographical information on some Revolutionary Soldiers who were in early Alabama and/or collected military pensions for their service. Some of their descendants still remain on the bounty land they received. The soldiers in this volume includes: JACOB HOLLAND, CHARLES M. HOLLAND, THOMAS HOLLAND, COL. JOSEPH HUGHES, CHARLES HOOKS, DIXON HALL, BOLLING HALL, WALTER JACKSON, WILLIAM HEARNE, THOMAS HAMILTON, GEN. JOHN ARCHER ELMORE, REVEREND ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, JAMES COLLIER, THOMAS BRADFORD, REUBEN BLANKENSHIP, HENRY BLANKENSHIP, DANIEL BLANKENSHIP with a special story about the patriotism of CHARLES HOOKS sister…MARY HOOKS SLOCUMB.
It was Great unless you were an Indian living in Alabama.
it was stolen from the Indians before ..given away
I have the bounty land grand certificate for my ancestors –
My family got some
So did mine in the Hope Hull vicinity.
Fascinating, didn’t know that.
Great G Dad #5 William Mead, Bedford, Va award 40,000 acres in VA. his son Marston Mead was a settler to Blountsville, Al
Hello Jerry,
My name is Michael Kelly O’Shea also descended from Col. William Mead My 5th Great Grandad was Marston Mead 1779 Bedford VA his 1st wife Sarah Whitehead Cobb was the mother of my maternal 4th great grandad Marcus Portius Mead who emigrated from Alabama to Texas in 1837 and was awarded 660 acres in Houston County now Palestine,Texas and he is the reason I am a Texan, I am having difficulty locating any information on Sarah Whitehead Cobb sometimes known as Sarah Woolfolk or Woolfork Cobb? do you have any info on Her??
Thanks
Kelly
My ancestor Jessee Aldridge received two Bounty Grants in Autauga County, Alabama in 1819. A descendant Miles Aldridge still lives on the Mt. Pisgah Bounty at the headwaters of Chestnut Creek. The other is located within sight of Exit 205 on I-65 in present-day Chilton County. It is on a a lower portion of Chestnut Creek known locally as Swift Creek. Both Bounty properties were selected for their water access from a map in far away North Carolina by Jessee Aldridge, the Revolutionary War Soldier.
I have a Revolutionary War ancestor,Major James Poe,how do I find out about him.
The British flag here is the one used since 1801, not the one from the Revolutionary War which did not include the saltire cross of St. Patrick for the addition of Ireland to Great Britain.