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*Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1988.) {{FHL|47143|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 M2bL}}.) This is a comprehensive list compiled from numerous primary and secondary sources. May give the soldier's name, military unit, residence, age, description, and occupation. | *Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1988.) {{FHL|47143|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 M2bL}}.) This is a comprehensive list compiled from numerous primary and secondary sources. May give the soldier's name, military unit, residence, age, description, and occupation. | ||
*Crozier, William A. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. (New York, NY: Genealogical Association, 1905. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.) | *Crozier, William A. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. (New York, NY: Genealogical Association, 1905. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.) {{FHL|72797|item|disp=FHL fiche 6048997; book 975.5 M2c}} Includes published rosters of soldiers listed in many sources such as land bounty certificates, militia rosters, or service records. | ||
*Eckenrode, H. J. ''List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia''. 1917. Reprint, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1974.) {{FHL|73202|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 M2vl}} 1974; 1917 ed. on fiche {{FHL|73202|item|disp=6046993}}) This is an alphabetical directory of 6,700 soldiers and transcripts of the original sources of information. | *Eckenrode, H. J. ''List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia''. 1917. Reprint, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1974.) {{FHL|73202|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 M2vl}} 1974; 1917 ed. on fiche {{FHL|73202|item|disp=6046993}}) This is an alphabetical directory of 6,700 soldiers and transcripts of the original sources of information. | ||
*Kegley, Mary B. ''Soldiers of Fincastle County, Virginia, 1774''. (Dublin, Virginia: M. B. Kegley, 1974) {{WorldCat|1325026|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|62113|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A1 no. 12}}) The record is arranged by companies and gives name, number of days served, rate, and amount paid. This record includes an index. | *Kegley, Mary B. ''Soldiers of Fincastle County, Virginia, 1774''. (Dublin, Virginia: M. B. Kegley, 1974) {{WorldCat|1325026|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|62113|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A1 no. 12}}) The record is arranged by companies and gives name, number of days served, rate, and amount paid. This record includes an index. | ||
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An estimated 64 percent of Virginia's bounty land claims were granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The Ohio Land Grant Office (c/o Auditor of State, 88 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215) has some records of these land grants. | An estimated 64 percent of Virginia's bounty land claims were granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The Ohio Land Grant Office (c/o Auditor of State, 88 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215) has some records of these land grants. | ||
*Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. ''Revolutionary War Records: Virginia Army and Navy Forces with Bounty Land Warrants for Virginia Military District of Ohio, and Virginia Military Scrip, from Federal and State Archives.'' Washington, D.C., 1936. Digital version at | *Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. ''Revolutionary War Records: Virginia Army and Navy Forces with Bounty Land Warrants for Virginia Military District of Ohio, and Virginia Military Scrip, from Federal and State Archives.'' Washington, D.C., 1936. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/214915-revolutionary-war-records-virginia-army-and-navy-forces-with-bounty-land-warrants-for-virginia-military-district-of-ohio-and-virginia-military-script-from-federal-and-state-archives?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. | ||
A significant collection of survey records and other information about this district is also at the Illinois Historical Survey Collection at the University of Illinois Library in Urbana. These are indexed in volume 4 of: | A significant collection of survey records and other information about this district is also at the Illinois Historical Survey Collection at the University of Illinois Library in Urbana. These are indexed in volume 4 of: | ||