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'''Military Bounty Lands'''. The state awarded some lands for military service. Certificates of depreciation were issued to Revolutionary soldiers to supplement the money they had received, which had depreciated in value. These certificates were sold or redeemed for land in the Last Purchase treaty area in western Pennsylvania, obtained in 1784. The library has Pennsylvania, Land Office, ''Original Warrants of Depreciation Lands, 1780-1800'', (on 4 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=9785&disp=Original+warrants+of+depreciation+lands++ 985462, 63, 64, and 987041]). | '''Military Bounty Lands'''. The state awarded some lands for military service. Certificates of depreciation were issued to Revolutionary soldiers to supplement the money they had received, which had depreciated in value. These certificates were sold or redeemed for land in the Last Purchase treaty area in western Pennsylvania, obtained in 1784. The library has Pennsylvania, Land Office, ''Original Warrants of Depreciation Lands, 1780-1800'', (on 4 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=9785&disp=Original+warrants+of+depreciation+lands++ 985462, 63, 64, and 987041]). | ||
'''Donation land in the Last Purchase treaty area''' was issued to veterans of the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental Army. Eligible veterans drew lots for a piece of land and then paid a small fee for their certificate. Most soldiers sold their title instead of settling on the land. The library has ''Pennsylvania, Surveyor General's Office, Donation Lands Records, 1780-1800'' (Family History Library film 987058-66). For a printed list of names, see Pennsylvania Archives, series 3, volume 7, pp. 659-795. | '''Donation land in the Last Purchase treaty area''' was issued to veterans of the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental Army. Eligible veterans drew lots for a piece of land and then paid a small fee for their certificate. Most soldiers sold their title instead of settling on the land. The library has ''Pennsylvania, Surveyor General's Office, Donation Lands Records, 1780-1800'' (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=987058 987058]-66). For a printed list of names, see Pennsylvania Archives, series 3, volume 7, pp. 659-795. | ||
A description of the Bureau of Land Records is in ''Pennsylvania Bureau of Land Records'', in Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, May 1982 (Family History Library book 974.8 B2wg; film 2024355). | A description of the Bureau of Land Records is in ''Pennsylvania Bureau of Land Records'', in Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, May 1982 (Family History Library book 974.8 B2wg; film 2024355). | ||