Research

Scope and Content Note

The "Balloting Book" published various documents relating to the allotment of lands in the Military Tract of Central New York. The documents include extracts from the journals of the U.S. Congress and the New York State Assembly concerning military bounties; acts of the Legislature; and extracts from the minutes of the Commissioners of the Land Office.

The complete "Balloting Book" gives names of soldiers by regiment, with location of military patents (township and lot), acreage, and date of grant; lists of officers and soldiers by unit, including those who died in service or who resigned; a list of lots by number in each township in the Military Tract, with the name of the patentee given (the number of acres in each lot and book and page reference to Military Patents (Series A0447) or Letters Patent (Series 12943) is given in the margin in ink); an alphabetical list of patentees, with the name of the person to whom the patent was delivered; and a list of patents granted to Canadian and Nova Scotian refugees. A detailed table of contents ("Index") is at the end of the volume.