John S. George has again created an agency in Washington, D.C., to procure bounty lands, pensions, &c. Every person who has served in any of the wars of the United States for a period of not less than fourteen days is by the Act of Congress, approved March 3rd, 1855, entitled (“An act in addition to certain acts granting bounty land,”) &c., entitled to 160 acres of land, who has not already received a warrant for that amount.
Every person who has received 40 acres is entitled to 120 acres more, and every person who has received 80 acres is entitled to 80 acres more &c.
The widows, or minor children of deceased soldiers, are entitled to the same amount. He would also say to all those for whom he has heretofore procured land warrants if they called again, he would be pleased to procure for them the additional amounts of land to which they are entitled, and all who have never applied, he would say, Come along, now is your time.
Office on the Second st., over the Iron Bank. Ironton, April 17th, 1855
Soldiers of all Wars of the United States
John S. George, Attorney at Law, Ironton, Ohio
Spirit of the Times
Ironton, Ohio
08 May 1855, Tue • Page 3
The first claim under the recent Bounty Lands Law was received at the Pension Office one week after its passage, and up to the 19th inst., 81,800 applications had poured in.
Spirit of the Times, Ironton, Ohio, 8 May 1855 p2
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