Bounty payments to Revoutionary War soldiers and widows, 1802-1842 (bulk 1830-1842).

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Bounty payments to Revoutionary War soldiers and widows, 1802-1842 (bulk 1830-1842).

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Massachusetts passed a bounty law in 1801 (Resolves 1800, c 139, Mar. 5, 1801) granting payment of $20 or 200 acres to anyone having served in the Continental Army for 3 years or the duration of the war. Resolves 1829, c 52 (Feb. 18, 1829) allowed veterans who had not yet chosen land to chose from selected lots in the counties of Penobscot or Somerset or from Mars Hill township (Maine). Resolves 1833, c 88 ( Mar. 27, 1833) granted $50 or 200 acres to soldiers (or widows) not previously receiving a bounty. Resolves 1835, c 49 ( Mar. 12, 1835) provided a $50 payment to all soldiers who had served at least two years six months. Series consists of account books showing payments of bounty money and land issued to individuals. See also: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Muster rolls of the Revolutionary War ((M-Ar)57X), v. 29, p. 136-158: Men entitled to $20 bounty or 200 acres of land. This is one of a set of record series relating to Massachusetts Revolutionary War and other early military pension and bounty payments. For a complete list see: Massachusetts Revolutionary War pension/bounty records. Additional background materials relating to such records are pending at the repository website, including list of records as noted above, lists of documents in Revolutionary War muster rolls and Eastern Lands papers, list of Massachusetts Revolutionary War pension/bounty laws, and Federal pension law timeline. There is also an onsite collection of these and other documents at the Archives reference desk.

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