Tonya,
My name is Byron Stone & in my experiance a number of possibilities come to
mind:
(1) He may have never occupied the land & it may have been regranted at some
later date (2) If it were taxable property & he moved away & no no longer
paid his taxes ,the property may have been sold for taxes.(3) He may have
sold it to someone who never recorded the deed (4) many transactions were
done verbally.Just some ideas.


              regards Byron










-----Original Message-----
From: Tonya C Bales 
To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com 
Date: Sunday, May 28, 2000 9:54 PM
Subject: Land grants


Good evening all!  I am learning new things everyday about our history
>but I am stumped on one thing.  Does anyone know if somone was granted
>land after they served in the RW, that the land was theirs?  The reason I
>am asking is that my John Capps (Caps) that I am researching seems to
>have left no paper trail on who he either willed his 200 acres too or
>sold it too.  He died around 1840 (give or take).  Thanks for your help
>in understanding.
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>Sincerely,
>
>Tonya Bales
>SC
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