Hi Katherine
In Canada after the war of 1812 it was a common practice to offer land
to pay out soldiers who fought in the war. Soldiers would write a letter
to the Land Petitions board putting their case forward that they
deserved to have a parcel of land. There was a number of reasons for
this which can be written about... The amount of land given to a soldier
was based on rank. A Sergent would get two hundred acres of land while a
common soldier would recieve one hundred acres of land. The soldiers
would have to clear land, build houses, dig wells etc... If they did all
of this and passed inspection they would recieve full title to the land.
Not all soldiers did take up the offer and many returned home. It was
not only Irish who were offered land but all soldiers who fought. It was
also not just the soldiers but members of the navey who served on the
great lakes and I believe in the Ocean fleet. There was also over five
thousand slaves who left the USA and fled to Canada and joined the
British fighting force who also recieved land grants.
Hope that is of some help to you.
cheers
Ron McCoy
On 1/18/2021 6:52 PM, Katherine Q via CoTyroneList wrote:
Hello Listers,
I have a 3 part question, referring to County Tyrone in the late 18th - early
19th century:
1. Does anybody know if it was a common practice for Irish members of the
British Royal Army/Military to be given incentives such as land for their
service?
2. Was it a common practice for the oldest son to inherit all of the land that
a father owned, if the father owned land?
And 3. If 1 and 2 are so, did that make it more common for younger sons who
would not inherit land to join the military in order to get land?
Thanks for any help you can provide,
Katherine Quigley
=================================
Send a Message to the List - [email protected]
List Archive -
https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com
Join the list by sending an email to -
[email protected]
To receive the Digest version, send an email to -
[email protected]
Unsubscribe by sending an email to -
[email protected]
=================================
=================================
Send a Message to the List - [email protected]
List Archive -
https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com
Join the list by sending an email to -
[email protected]
To receive the Digest version, send an email to -
[email protected]
Unsubscribe by sending an email to -
[email protected]
=================================
