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'''Bounty warrants, 1779-1860'''. On 31 Family History Library films beginning with film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=414179&disp=Bounty+warrants%2C+1779%2D1860%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29821]; index on films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=414179&disp=Bounty+warrants%2C+1779%2D1860%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29850-51]. The warrants are in alphabetical order. These are bounty land claim papers and may include affidavits giving service information, assignment of warrant to another person, enlistment date and place, discharge or death information, petitions from heirs, and the dates when bounty land was allowed or rejected.  
'''Bounty warrants, 1779-1860'''. On 31 Family History Library films beginning with film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=414179&disp=Bounty+warrants%2C+1779%2D1860%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29821]; index on films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=414179&disp=Bounty+warrants%2C+1779%2D1860%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29850-51]. The warrants are in alphabetical order. These are bounty land claim papers and may include affidavits giving service information, assignment of warrant to another person, enlistment date and place, discharge or death information, petitions from heirs, and the dates when bounty land was allowed or rejected.  


Register, Bounty Land Warrants, numbers 5479-9914; March 20, 1808-March 11, 1870. Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=583033&disp=Register%2C+bounty+land+warrants%2C+nos%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29653 items 4-6].  
*''Virginia Military Bounty Land in the Northwest Territory''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2010. '''Free online surname index''' and purchase details at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0717w.html Mountain Press] website. [Identifies Virginia Revolutionary War Patriots who received bounty land in the "Territory North of the River Ohio."]
 
*Register, Bounty Land Warrants, numbers 5479-9914; March 20, 1808-March 11, 1870. Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=583033&disp=Register%2C+bounty+land+warrants%2C+nos%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29653 items 4-6].  
Register, Military Warrants numbers 1321-1553, 4057-5478; and preemption warrants 1783-1787. On Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=583030&disp=Register%2C+military+warrants+nos%2E+132%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29653 item 3].  
*Register, Military Warrants numbers 1321-1553, 4057-5478; and preemption warrants 1783-1787. On Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=583030&disp=Register%2C+military+warrants+nos%2E+132%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29653 item 3].


Many of the records of headright grants and land purchases to 1749 have been indexed and published in:  
Many of the records of headright grants and land purchases to 1749 have been indexed and published in:  


Nugent, Nell Marion. ''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants''. Five Volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Print.: Virginia State Library: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1934, 1963, 1977-1979, 1994. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=76227&disp=Cavaliers+and+pioneers%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 R2n]; volume 1 on film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=160644&disp=Cavaliers+and+pioneers+%3A+abstracts+of+++ 1320779 item 5].) Volume 1 has 1623-1666, volume 2 1666-1695, volume 3 1695-1732, volume 4 1732-1741, volume 5 1741-1749. Helps determine residence and sometimes relationships. The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy continues to publish the remaining land patents. Nugent prepared volumes 1-3. The Virginia Genealogical Society prepared volumes 4-5.  
*Nugent, Nell Marion. ''Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants''. Five Volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Print.: Virginia State Library: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1934, 1963, 1977-1979, 1994. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=76227&disp=Cavaliers+and+pioneers%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 R2n]; volume 1 on film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=160644&disp=Cavaliers+and+pioneers+%3A+abstracts+of+++ 1320779 item 5].) Volume 1 has 1623-1666, volume 2 1666-1695, volume 3 1695-1732, volume 4 1732-1741, volume 5 1741-1749. Helps determine residence and sometimes relationships. The Magazine of Virginia Genealogy continues to publish the remaining land patents. Nugent prepared volumes 1-3. The Virginia Genealogical Society prepared volumes 4-5.


The Family History Library has several other publications of Virginia land records. These include lists of pre-Revolutionary landowners that have been transcribed and published in:  
The Family History Library has several other publications of Virginia land records. These include lists of pre-Revolutionary landowners that have been transcribed and published in:  


Foley, Louise P. H. ''Early Virginia Families Along the James River''. . . . Two Volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Louise P. H. Foley, 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=76582&disp=Early+Virginia+families+along+the+James+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.5 R2f; film 1036802 item 5; fiche 6046679].) Helps locate pre-revolutionary families in Henrico, Goochland, Prince George, and Charles City counties.  
*Foley, Louise P. H. ''Early Virginia Families Along the James River''. . . . Two Volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Louise P. H. Foley, 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=76582&disp=Early+Virginia+families+along+the+James+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.5 R2f; film 1036802 item 5; fiche 6046679].) Helps locate pre-revolutionary families in Henrico, Goochland, Prince George, and Charles City counties.


Reprints and an index of many colonial land records dating from the 1600s to 1834 that were originally published in periodicals are in:  
Reprints and an index of many colonial land records dating from the 1600s to 1834 that were originally published in periodicals are in:  


''Virginia Land Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=209566&disp=Virginia+land+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 R2v].) See [[Virginia Genealogy]] and [[Virginia Periodicals]] for information about these periodicals.  
*''Virginia Land Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=209566&disp=Virginia+land+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 R2v].) See [[Virginia Genealogy]] and [[Virginia Periodicals]] for information about these periodicals.


Also see [[Virginia Taxation]] for information about quitrent and other records that help identify early Virginia landowners.  
Also see [[Virginia Taxation]] for information about quitrent and other records that help identify early Virginia landowners.  
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A history of early land companies and policies is in:  
A history of early land companies and policies is in:  


Robinson, W. Stitt. ''Mother Earth—Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699''. Williamsburg: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corp., 1957. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=64845&disp=Mother+earth%2Dland+grants+in+Virginia%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 A1 number 81].)  
*Robinson, W. Stitt. ''Mother Earth—Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699''. Williamsburg: 350th Anniversary Celebration Corp., 1957. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=64845&disp=Mother+earth%2Dland+grants+in+Virginia%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 A1 number 81].)


=== Transfers of Land between Individuals  ===
=== Transfers of Land between Individuals  ===
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== References ==
== References ==
 
''[[Virginia]] Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.
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