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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. | *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. Online 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], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3206/ Ancestry] ($). | ||
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: | ||
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*Clifford Neal Smith, ''Federal Land Series: A Calendar of Archival Materials on the Land Patents Issued by the United States Government''. . . . Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association, 1972. {{FHL|253710|item|disp=FHL book 973 R23s.}} This book indexes land grants in the Virginia Military District of Ohio and may show survey number, acreage, survey book page numbers, county, or township. | *Clifford Neal Smith, ''Federal Land Series: A Calendar of Archival Materials on the Land Patents Issued by the United States Government''. . . . Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association, 1972. {{FHL|253710|item|disp=FHL book 973 R23s.}} This book indexes land grants in the Virginia Military District of Ohio and may show survey number, acreage, survey book page numbers, county, or township. | ||
The surrendered warrants and related papers were sent to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, and are now at the National Archives in Warrants Surrendered for Land in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The National Archives also has an alphabetical index, numerical register, and survey register that can help you find a warrant in this collection. These records are not on microfilm or at the Family History Library. | The surrendered warrants and related papers were sent to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, and are now at the National Archives in Warrants Surrendered for Land in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The National Archives also has an alphabetical index, numerical register, and survey register that can help you find a warrant in this collection. These records are not on microfilm or at the Family History Library. | ||
===Lands Granted in the U.S. Military District and Other Public Domain Areas (U.S. Warrants)=== | ===Lands Granted in the U.S. Military District and Other Public Domain Areas (U.S. Warrants)=== | ||