Colonial Bounty Land Grant in British America Genealogy Start Price USD 44.99 Current Price USD 44.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 47.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 18, 2008 End Time Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Location Fremont, CA See more about 'Colonial Bounty Land Grant in British America Genealogy' Description Bounty And Donation Land Grants in British Colonial America Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck   Hardbound volume totaling 480 pages. Book is in excellent condition.  This is a 2007 publication.   Just what you need for genealogy research. Per the Publisher;   From Nova Scotia south to Florida, the British Crown awarded land to approximately 6,500 soldiers and sailors for service in the various colonial wars. Grants of land were generally made on the basis of rank, with veterans from colonies with no vacant lands sometimes taking up land in other colonies; certain Massachusetts soldiers receiving grants of land in Virginia, for example; or Virginia militiamen drawing land in Kentucky. Land grants provide the clues for such migrations, while other grants sometimes reveal group migrations from coastal settlements into the interior of the country. All 6,500 soldiers known to have received land grants for their participation in the numerous conflicts with the French and their Indian allies, as well as in various colonial insurrections, are listed here with details of their place and dates of service, rank, military campaigns, location of bounty land grants and donation land grants, acreage, and, most importantly, assignment of title to heirs, relatives, and friends. Generally speaking, bounty land grants were offered as an inducement to perform military service while donation land grants were awarded to a veteran or his heirs as a reward for service once the conflict was over. Not always altruistic, grants of land were sometimes made to establish buffers on the frontier between Indians and European settlers or to alleviate population pressures on coastal settlements. Typical entries in this authoritative work look like this: Abbet, Thomas. He served in the Narraganset War from Wenham, Massachusetts. His son, Thomas Abbet, received his land in Amherst, New Hampshire in 1734. Dever, William. He served in the French and Indian War from Virginia under Col. William Byrd. His heir, Edward Dever, received the warrant for 50 acres 19 October 1779. Watts, John. He was granted 200 acres in Charlotte County, New York for his service as a noncommissioned officer of the 48th Regiment of Foot in the French and Indian War 26 May 1772.     I accept Paypal, money orders and personal checks, allowing checks to clear before shipment. Shipping will be $4.00 book rate. California Residents Please Add 8.75 % Sales Tax     Take a Look at My Other Genealogical Books up for Auction   Place a Bid!