PDF Document Version: LVA Rev War Military Certificates
Date : 08/03/2017
Record number : 1
Title Poythress, Willliam.
Gen. note Rank: Captain Lieutenant.
Data quality note Military certificate number: LO 1878.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia Land Office. Military Certificates, reels 1-38.
Biog./Hist. Note After examining and approving documentation of Revolutionary War military service, the governor issued a certificate on which the Land Office register subsequently issued a warrant for bounty lands. The certificates are printed forms filled in with the name of the individual, his rank, whether he served in a state or a continental line unit, and the length of such service. The original certificates are dated, signed, and filed in individual folders along with any
supplemental papers presented with the claim other than those actually proving military service. The certificates were numbered 1-9926 and cover the period July 14, 1782 – August 5, 1876.
Related Work The Land Office military certificates (RG #4 — Virginia. Land Office. Register and Entry 86 in the Virginia Land Office Inventory) are housed in the Archives of the Library of Virginia.
Note Original Documents: Box 150, 34 (1 item)
Subject – Personal Poythress, Willliam.
Subject – Topical Veterans — Virginia.
Subject – Topical Bounties, Military. — Virginia.
Subject -Geographic Virginia — History — Revolutionary War, 1775-1783.
Genre/Form Land grants — Virginia.
Genre/Form Certificates.
Added Entry Virginia. Land Office Military certificates, 1782-1876.
Added Entry Library of Virginia. Archives.
System Number 001053550
Record number : 2
Title Poythress, Francis.
Gen. note Rank: Sergeant.
Data quality note Military certificate number: LO 4256.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia Land Office. Military Certificates, reels 1-38.
Biog./Hist. Note After examining and approving documentation of Revolutionary War military service, the governor issued a certificate on which the Land Office register subsequently issued a warrant for bounty lands. The certificates are printed forms filled in with the name of the individual, his rank, whether he served in a state or a continental line unit, and the length of such service. The original certificates are dated, signed, and filed in individual folders along with any
supplemental papers presented with the claim other than those actually proving military service. The certificates were numbered 1-9926 and cover the period July 14, 1782 – August 5, 1876.
Related Work The Land Office military certificates (RG #4 — Virginia. Land Office. Register and Entry 86 in the Virginia Land Office Inventory) are housed in the Archives of the Library of Virginia.
Note Original Documents: Box 150, 33 (1 item)
Subject – Personal Poythress, Francis,
Subject – Topical Veterans — Virginia.
Subject – Topical Bounties, Military. — Virginia.
Subject -Geographic Virginia — History — Revolutionary War, 1775-1783.
Genre/Form Land grants — Virginia.
Genre/Form Certificates.
Added Entry Virginia. Land Office Military certificates, 1782-1876.
Added Entry Library of Virginia. Archives.
System Number 001053549