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From: Larry Olson <>
Subject: LEACH, VA - OH
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 20:56:56 -0800

Found this while researching ancestor George Leach, Revolutionary War
veteran, formerly of Wood County, Virginia (now West Virginia)

>From the book "Virginia Soldiers of 1776: Compiled from Documents on
File in the Virginia Land Office Together with Material found in the
Archives Department of the Virginia State Library, and other Reliable
Sources," Burgess, Louis A., compiler and editor, Vol. III, Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1973, page 1183-1184:

“George Leach, Private

In Council, 30 Mar., 1831. It is advised that George Leach be allowed
L. B. (Land Bounty) for three years service as a Private in the Va.
State line. John Floyd, Gov. Attest, J. W. Pleasants.

Jackson Co., Ohio. George Leach, formerly of Va., appointed H. L.
Prentiss his Atty. H. L. Prentiss was of Va. Witnesses, Vincent
Southard and Thompson Leach. Personally acknowledged before Vincent
Southard, J. of P. of the said county and state, 7th Jan., 1835.

Certified as to Vincent Southard, Daniel Hoffman, Clerk, Jackson Co.,
Ohio.

The above power of Atty. was vested in H. L. Prentiss of the House of
Delegates, Richmond, Va.

Warrant No. 8097 was issued to George Leach, Private in the Va. State
line for 100 acres. Recorded Book 2, page 371, Va. L. Off.”

Larry Olson

other keywords: bounty land warrant, Wood Co., WV

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