Where Revolutionary War Soldiers drew Land Grants

Jeannette Holland Austin
2 min readMar 23, 2022
To find the oldest part of the cemetery, look for the old slate markers. This portion of the cemetery is the “old neighborhood” and where you are most likely to locate kinfolks!

Warren County, Georgia is a county where many land grants were issued to veterans after the war. And it is amazing how so many of these families were inter-related. A good practice is to try and zero in on the approximate locations on the map. The tax returns offer some help. Locate the names of witnesses, amount and type of acreage on the tax return. The name and amount of acreage may be tracked from…

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Jeannette Holland Austin

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