Military certificates, A-Z : July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876

Notes

Title taken from: Virginia Land Office inventory / compiled by Daphne S. Gentry ; revised and enlarged by John S. Salmon. 3rd ed., rev. and enl., p. 23, entry no. 86.

Filmed under the title: Land Office military certificates 1782-1876.

"Upon examination and approval of documentation of Revolutionary War military service, the governor issued a certificate on which the Land Office register then issued a warrant for bounty lands. These certificates are printed forms filled in with the name of the individual, his rank, whether he served in a state or continental line unit, and the length of such service. They are dated, signed, and filed in individual folders with supplemental papers presented with the claim other than those actually proving military service." -- Virginia Land Office inventory, p. 23.

Information is not always complete. Sometimes gives heirs.

To find bounty warrants, check the locality catalog under: Virginia - Land and property.

Microfilm of original records at the Virginia State Library in Richmond, Virginia.

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