Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This volume records the names of War of 1812 veterans (H-Z only) from New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Georgia who received federal bounty land grants in Illinois for their military service. It also contains
a list of claims filed in response to the Revolution Claims Act of February 3, 1853 (U.S. 10 Stat. 154) for eight New York
counties.
Creator:
Title:
Journal of patents for lands in the Military Bounty Land District in Illinois issued to War of 1812 veterans and list of Revolutionary
War claims
Quantity:
0.3 cubic feet
1 volume
Inclusive Dates:
1817-1819, 1853
Series Number:
A4151
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