TIP# 203 - BOUNTY LAND RECIPIENTS, PART 1
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BOUNTY RECIPIENTS, PART 1

According to the old records, Bounty lands were received primarily in Kentucky, 
Indiana and Ohio. Major-Generals received from 15,000 to 17,500 acres; Colonels 
normally received 8,888 acres; Lieutenant-Colonels normally received 6,666 
acres; Majors normally received 5,333 acres; Surgeons and Surgeon’s Mates 
received from 2,666 to 8,000 acres; Captains usually received 4,666 acres and 
Lieutenants, Ensigns and Cornets received normally 2,666 acres.

The following lists show those Virginia officers and soldiers who received 
bounty lands – however, no distinction is made as to in which state the land 
lay. Not all of them located in Kentucky.

MAJOR-GENERALS: 
GATES, Horatio and STEUBEN, Baron

BRIGADIER-GENERALS:
BARRON, James 
CLARK, George Rogers
LAWSON, Robert 
MERCER, Hugh
MORGAN, Daniel 
MUHLENBERG, Peter
SCOTT, Charles 
STEVENS, Edward
WEEDON, George 
WOODFORD, William

COLONELS:
BAYLOR, George 
BLAND, Theodoric
BRENT, William 
BUFORD, Abraham
CAMPBELL, Richard 
CRAWFORD, William
DAVIES, William 
FEBIGER, Christian
FINNE, William 
FLEMING, Thomas
GIBSON, John 
GIST, Nathaniel
GRAYSON, William 
GREEN, John
HARRISON, Charles 
HETH, William
LEWIS, Charles 
MARSHALL, Thomas
MATTHEWS, George 
McCLANAHAN, Alex.
MUTER, George 
NEVILLE, John
PARKER, Josiah 
PARKER, Richard
PARKER, Thomas 
REED, Isaac
RUSSELL, William 
SIMMS, Charles
SMITH, Gregory 
STEVENS/STEPHENS, Edward
STEVENSON, Hugh 
SPOTTSWOOD, Alex.
TOWLES, Oliver 
WOOD, James

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