Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-08-25
Who Are Entitled to Bounty Land.

issue instructions and new regulations for
procuring bounty land warrants through that
office. The following instructions uro Of in
forest to many:
Tho acts of Congress now in force granting
bounty land entitle each of the surviving
persons ih the following classes to certificate
or warrant tor such quantity Of land as shall
make. in the whole. what he may have here
tofore received l6O urrcs, provided he shall
alnvc served u period Of not less than fourteen
dnys, to wit
|. Commissioned and non commissioned
officers, musicians, aud privutcs, whether of
the regulars, volunteers. rangers, or militia,
who were regularly mustered into the service
of the United States in any of the wars in
which this cuuutry has been rngngcd since
1890, aud prior to March 8, 1855. to wit
Ii. Commissioned and non commissioned
offisors seancn, ordinary seamen, noulia mon,
marines, clerks, and laidstIen in the navy in
any Of said wars.
III. Militia, volunteers, and State troa MS
Of any State or Territory called into military
service aud regularly mustered therein ana
whose services have been p,id BY the United
States.
" Wagonm,stnrs aud tenmsters who
have been employ d under the di ect,n ,f
co'uprtrnt authority in time of war in ,h,.
tr,nsp r,,,i'n IF n,,litary stores and supplies
Y Officers anh snl,l,r,s of the revuiutlnp
ary wir, aud n,,n,s. sc,mIcn aod other ucr
SONS in the naval service of the Uui,cd Stutrs
during that war
VI Chnplains who served with the army
IN the several wars Of this country.
VII Volunteers who served with the arn,
ed forces of the United States in any of the
wars mentioned. subject to military orders
whether regularly mustered iuto the service
of the United Suites or not.
Bach of The surviving persons in the follow.
ing classes are entitled to a like cc,tic IT. for
like quantity Of land, without regard to
the lens ! of service, provided he WIS regu
lary mustered into service. to wit:
l. Officers aud soldiers who have been ac-
tunlIy engaged in any battle in any of the
wars in which this 'un,ry hns been engaged
prior to the war of the rebellion
III. Those volunteers who served ut The in
vasinn of PIatshurg. in September, 1914
ILL., The volunteers who served ut the bat
tie of Kings Mountain, in the Revolutions
ry war.
w The volunteers who served ut the bat
ages oi the south
V. The volunteers who served Mt the vt
tack on Lewiston. ia Delaware. by the Brit
ish feet, III the war Of 1872
In addition TO these classes these acts also
extend to all Indians who have served the
United States in any of the wars prior to the
war nf the rebellion, the provisions Of this
aud all the bounty land laws heretofore pass
ed. in the same manner, aud to the same ex
'tent NJ if snid Indians had been white men.
Where the service has been rendered by
substitute, he is the person entitled to the
benefit Of these lunds, and not his employer.
In the event Of the death of any person
who, if living, would bc entitled to IL ccrti
cate or %urrati-as aforcslid, lp%4ing widow.
or, no widow, n minor child or children.
such widow, or, if no widow. such minor
child. or children, is entitled to ccriiicac
or warrant Tor the same quantity of land such
deceased persons would be entitled to receive
under the provisions of said acts if now lv
jug.
a subsequent marriage will not impair the
right Of any such widow to such warrant ii
she he widow ut tile time of her application
Fcrsnns within the ngc of twenty one years
on the third day OF March. 1895. are dceu
cd minors with the intent aud meaning of
said acts
= The Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial is casting his eye over
the Vice Presidential field and noting the
prominent figures therein. he is disposed to
concede the denomination of Grant, lnmcntng
it the while. and confines his attention to the
eligible candidates for the second place on
the ticket. The list Of names is very long
one, and is headed by two Cabinet officers.
Creswel and Akcrman. The Postmaster.
general is characterized as n most ambitious
man or very small capital. To obtain the
coveted cc.Prcsidcncy he is strnining cry
nerve and using his almost vnl'nitcd patron
age advantugrnusy as possible. lie is.
vain enough to suppose that he can unite the
South and Bnrder States, when the fact is
that he could not carry even Maryland The
second aspirant in the Cabinet is the Attor
'ney General A few obscure papers in TIL,
South, edited by United States attorneys or
mnrshals, have raised his name for the Vice
Presidency, and tho ponpous official is be
side himself with Pride IIo imngincs thut
his locality" is to be n sufficient reason fir
his selection, and that he is the only man n
tho South of any prominence in tho Rcpub
pnn Icnrtv Thu cnrreunnn ndant contcutv him.