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From: Robin Petersen <>
Subject: Re: War of 1812 Land Grants
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:07:59 -0700 (MST)


On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Doug and Chris Showalter wrote:

> I have checked War of 1812 Land Grants from the Bureau of Land Management
> site [Eastern states] at:

>
> Is there an easy way to trace what happened to that warrant land--i.e. who
> it was passed down/sold to, to see if it ended up years later in the
> possession of the family member I do know--thus strengthening the link
> between the two individuals?


Hi Doug,

>From what I have read, it was a rare occurance that property granted to
the soldiers of the War of 1812 in the Military Tract, were actually
settled by them. Though it did happen in some instances.

There are two ways to track the land records which I would suggest (and I
am no expert :) First, if you have a family history center nearby...order
the grantor and grantee indexes. You can track who bought and the sold
land...but you would need to order in all the indexes. The Schuyler County
Historical Jail Museum has some land abstracts for Schuyler County. They
follow the ownership from the original Military Land grant down through
the years. Some people have had very good luck by searching the land
records, because sometimes, even copies of wills are included in the
abstracts.

The history of the townships that are currently (when I can type fast
enough) being added to the McDonough page, list the early settlers. These
are some of the best bios of the early families that I have ever seen. I
am not sure what is available for McD County, though the family history
center does have their grantor and grantee indexes, too.

I hope this has given you some ideas.
Robin

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