Bounties, 1825.

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Bounties, 1825.

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Balloting book, 1825, recording New York State properties given as bounties to soldiers. Entries record the patent recipient's name, and, in some instances, rank; along with the numerical designation for the township and the lot number of the land received. Additionally included is a list of dead soldiers, listing name, rank, and regiment.

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At least seven of the signers who were paid here may be found in Thomas L. Cook's Palmyra and Vicinity as prominent citizens (Palmyra, 1930; see index). Some also appear in Backman, The First Vision (SLC, 1980). Of one of these, for example who tried to help Martin Harris borrow money to print the Book of Mormon, we obtain some interesting background in Backman's work, pp. 30, 37 (regarding Henry Jessup). Other representative names include Milo Galloway, Luther Reeves, Zebulon Reeves, Thomas Rog...