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=== War of 1812 (1812-1815) === | === War of 1812 (1812-1815) === | ||
Bounty land in Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri was granted to soldiers who served in the War of 1812. Copies of the bounty land warrants are available at the Family History Library (Family History Library films 983163-77 index on 983163). They provide the name of the soldier, rank, unit, and date of warrant. A list of 6,600 grantees, arranged by county name, is in Katheren Christensen, comp., ''Arkansas Military Bounty Grants (War of 1812)''(Arkansas Ancestors, 1971; Family History Library book 976.7 R2c). | Bounty land in Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri was granted to soldiers who served in the War of 1812. Copies of the bounty land warrants are available at the Family History Library (Family History Library films 983163-77 index on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=290307&disp=War+of+1812%2C+military+bounty+land+warr%20%20&columns=*,0,0 983163]). They provide the name of the soldier, rank, unit, and date of warrant. A list of 6,600 grantees, arranged by county name, is in Katheren Christensen, comp., ''Arkansas Military Bounty Grants (War of 1812)''(Arkansas Ancestors, 1971; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=177880&disp=Arkansas+military+bounty+grants+%28War+o%20%20&columns=*,0,0 976.7 R2c]). | ||
=== Civil War (1861-1865) === | === Civil War (1861-1865) === | ||