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Subject: Re: [LEWIS-L] Original Land Grant Owners - MAINE
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 11:57:08 -0400


Hi Wanda,
I am very curious to find out who the others were who owned the Original
Land Grant in Maine? Brenda
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From: Wanda Peacock <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, July 01, 1999 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [LEWIS-L] Migrational Tidbit

>When we owned a farm in Maine we noticed, upon purchase, that the oringinal
>deed was, indeed, one of these Revolutionary War grants and signed by
>General George Washington. The three men who had been given the grant (two
>brothers and the oldest man's son) were buried only a short distance from
>the house and we were honored that the DAR came up to decorate their graves
>on every holiday.
>
>Wanda Worthington Peacock
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kathleen T. Choi <>
>
>
>>I've known this for so long through research into my father's side that
>>it just occurred to me it might be a useful fact for others. After the
>>American Revolution, the new Congress had no money to pay its soldiers.
>>Instead it offered them land in northern NH, VT, and ME.
>
>>It wouldn't surprise me to learn that Congress also offered land in the
>>sparsely settled southern colonies as well, such as GA and SC.
>>
>
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