Shortly before the
War of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It be ...
, congress passed Military Tract of 1812. This allowed for
quarter-sections of land to be promised to those enlisting to fight against the British. This encouraged both enlistment and later settlement, although many soldiers sold or traded their plots.
The Archives and Special Collections Unit at Western Illinois University Libraries has information on the history of the Illinois Military Tract.
See also
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Central New York Military Tract
The Military Tract of Central New York, also called the New Military Tract, consisted of nearly of bounty land set aside in Central New York to compensate New York's soldiers after their participation in the Revolutionary War.
Establishment
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Land grant
A land grant is a gift of real estate—land or its use privileges—made by a government or other authority as an incentive, means of enabling works, or as a reward for services to an individual, especially in return for military service. Grants ...
References
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An Act to provide for designating, surveying and granting the Military Bounty Lands Act of the 12th United States Congress, Session I, Chapter 77, May 6, 1812
An Act to authorize the survey of two million acres (8,000 km²) of the public lands, in lieu of that quantity heretofore authorized to be surveyed, in the territory of Michigan, as military bounty lands Act of the 14th United States Congress, Session I, Chapter 164, April 19, 1816
Description of the military land in Michigan report by surveyor-general
Edward Tiffin
Edward Tiffin (June 19, 1766August 9, 1829) was an American politician from Ohio. A member of the Democratic-Republican party, he served as the first governor of Ohio and later as a United States Senator.
Biography
Sources indicate that he was ...
, November 30, 1815, in ''Michigan As a Province, Territory and State, the Twenty-Sixth Member of the Federal Union'' Vol. 2, by Henry M. Utley and Clarence M. Cutcheon. pg. 254-255.
* The History of McDonough County, Illinois compiled by R. Chenoweth and S.W. Semonis, sponsored by the McDonough Co. Genealogical Society, 1992, Curtis Media Corporation, Dallas, TX.
* http://www.historyillinois.org/Markers/old_markers/224.htm Illinois State Historical Society, IL Military Tract, Henry County
* http://users.arn.net/~billco/uslpr4.htm
MAXWELL v. MOORE, 63 U.S. Supreme Court 185 (1859)Black Hawk WarQuincy Herald-WhigWestern Illinois University Archives and Special Collections
War of 1812
Veterans' settlement schemes