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== Online Resources ==
== Online Resources ==
 
*''See [[United States Military Online Genealogy Records]] for more resources.''
[[U.S. Military Online Genealogy Records]] provides more links for nationwide military record collections.
 
*'''1775-1783''' {{RecordSearch|2068326|United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783}} at FamilySearch — index & images - [[United States, Revolutionary War Rolls - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1775-1783''' {{RecordSearch|2546162|United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783}} at FamilySearch — index & images - [[United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48433 Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776, Vol. II] ($)  
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48433 Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776, Vol. II] ($)  
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48434 Virginia Colonial Soldiers] ($)  
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48434 Virginia Colonial Soldiers] ($)  
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*'''1876-1947''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62775 Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947] at Ancestry — index & images ($)*
*'''1876-1947''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62775 Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947] at Ancestry — index & images ($)*
{{RecordSearch|3326851|Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967}}, index - [[Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
{{RecordSearch|3326851|Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967}}, index - [[Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1917-1940''' {{RecordSearch|2968245|United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940}} at FamilySearch — index - [[United States, Veterans Administration Master Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1919-1980''' {{RecordSearch|4380168|Virginia, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1919-1980}} at FamilySearch — [[Virginia, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1919-1980''' {{RecordSearch|4380168|Virginia, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1919-1980}} at FamilySearch — [[Virginia, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*{{RecordSearch|2659404|Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945}}, index & images - [[Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*{{RecordSearch|2659404|Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945}}, index & images - [[Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant.  
The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant.  


===Lands Granted in Kentucky (Virginia warrants) ===
'''Lands Granted in Kentucky (Virginia warrants)'''<br>


Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 {{FSC|241747|title-id|disp=FS Library films 272809-17.}} The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky.  
Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 {{FSC|241747|title-id|disp=FS Library films 272809-17.}} The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky.  
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Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788 ''{{FSC|439115|item|disp=FS Library films 272979-80}}. The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants''. 1926. Louisville, Kentucky : Standard Printing Co. Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/526299-old-kentucky-entries-and-deeds-a-complete-index-to-all-of-the-earliest-land-entries-military-warrants-deeds-and-wills-of-the-commonwealth-of-kentucky?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. 1978, c1969 reprint at {{FSC|489197|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j.}}
Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788 ''{{FSC|439115|item|disp=FS Library films 272979-80}}. The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants''. 1926. Louisville, Kentucky : Standard Printing Co. Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/526299-old-kentucky-entries-and-deeds-a-complete-index-to-all-of-the-earliest-land-entries-military-warrants-deeds-and-wills-of-the-commonwealth-of-kentucky?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. 1978, c1969 reprint at {{FSC|489197|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j.}}


===Lands Granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio (Virginia Warrants)===
'''Lands Granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio (Virginia Warrants)'''<br>


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.  
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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 FamilySearch 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 FamilySearch 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)'''<br>


The records of these land grants are described in [[United States Land and Property]].  
The records of these land grants are described in [[United States Land and Property]].  
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