Not sure of the category.
I have a client who is a summer resident here, full time resident in New York. She was curious about Revolutionary War Land Grants given to soldiers particular land in New York.
Anybody know anything about these of which I have no clue?
I Googled:
"New York revolution veteran land bounty"
and found all sorts of info.
Try here as a starter:
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_mi_revwar_land.shtml
In Texas, land certificates were issued for certain types of military service, some years after the fact, such as those issued to Confederate veterans. Most of that paper was sold by the grantee and were actually located by other parties.
Some ranches in West Texas are this hodge-podge of scrip that at first glance look like a whole brigade of the Confederate Army decided to settle out there. It looks that was, that is, until you find that all the scrip had been assigned to someone else who had assembled a ranch from it all.
How do you tell a client to JFGI?
I don't know about telling a client whatever you said there, but Dave Clark has done some research on those grants in NY. Send her to him. :-).
Foggy -----
just Google the 4 letters and you'll see what they mean.
In our laws there is a section under Reclaimation Projects about the 1913 Tumalo Irrigation Project that still contains the following:
555.400 Preferred purchasers. In the sale of water and water rights and the entry upon lands now remaining unsold in the Tumalo Project, honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, marines, and Red Cross nurses of the Mexican, Spanish or Indian wars and of World War I shall have a preferred right to the purchase and acquiring of the same for such period of time as may be designated by the Water Resources Commission.
So any of you vets of the wars listed above can cut a fat hog on this long standing offer. Unless you were in the Air Force in the Mexican, Spanish or Indian wars or World War I. the law appears to disallow airmen.
As far as the Federal Government was concerned, the claims from the Continental Line dating from the Revolution were provided for in the US Military District in Ohio.
State troops were provided for elsewhere in the public and private domain.
Foggy -----
LOL< that's a good one....
The state archives in Albany are the best source for land patents. For the most part, soldiers had to sell their claims for pennies on the dollar to speculators. Many of the speculators and larger patent grantees (generals and such) went bankrupt trying to sell the lands. A project I'm working on traces to an Admiral DeRuyter shortly after the war. Makes for lots of hours of research because of differing last names as heirs (short life spans and remarriages), in addition to recieverships, etc..
As a start though, one can look at a map of the state and see some counties and towns that still bear the name of the grantees of the larger patents. Warren, Stueben, etc..
Here's a link that will play the county formation and has other links for research.
http://www.nygenealogy101.com/maps/
> Not sure of the category.
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> I have a client who is a summer resident here, full time resident in New York. She was curious about Revolutionary War Land Grants given to soldiers particular land in New York.
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> Anybody know anything about these of which I have no clue?
Well here is a link to a photo I posted a while ago and brief history of a NY revolutionary war grant.
http://beerleg.com/index.php?mode=thread&id=78642
Currently working on one from 1770 (letters Patent) with the twist of this one being for British soldiers for services during the French and Indian war (1760's) by King George's proclamation of October 7, 1763.
Typical to see the crown reserve the usual gold/silver rights and white pine trees over 24" in dia. as measured 12" above grade.
A lot of the "British" Revolutionary war service grants were never surveyed and mere paper maps used for encouraging their troops to fight hard. Apparently, they were not of sufficient acreage to sway the eventual outcome.
Jim Vianna
Not sure, but the wife just took this pic of "someones" office/sign....Hard to read but it's in Chatham.....
Hey Paul, I was just working down there this morning as the rain hit. Just finishing up a little work for spledeus/Thadd... make sure to use his parking lot as a short cut to Rte 28 from Old Queen Anne! (but don't speed through there!) LOL
Sorry to Hijack.......
> Hey Paul, I was just working down there this morning as the rain hit. Just finishing up a little work for spledeus/Thadd... make sure to use his parking lot as a short cut to Rte 28 from Old Queen Anne! (but don't speed through there!) LOL
Thanks, we went to the squire for lunch (tourist traffic is brutal lol) and had to park on Chatham bars road, and on the way back i made swmbo take the pic. I was thinking of running by tomorrow to check out your shop while the wife and child are getting up/ready (still on surveyors hours so i'm up at 5:30) if you'll be around or need any assistance for a little. I'll give you a ring in the morning, or feel free to give me a call anytime. 772-633-8418. Paul