{"id":3439,"date":"2011-05-16T13:41:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T13:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/?p=25"},"modified":"2011-05-16T13:41:52","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T13:41:52","slug":"newly-online-soldier-land-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2011\/05\/16\/newly-online-soldier-land-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly online: Soldier Land Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Land grants (generally 40 acres) were given in token of military service  during the Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole Indian Wars, the Mexican War,  the Florida War, and the War of 1812 or in recognition of volunteer  service in a state militia.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Soldier Land Grants Collection\" href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/32982\" target=\"_blank\">Soldier Land Grants collection<\/a> (MS 1306) contains 359 United States Land Office certificates of  title for soldiers, their heirs, and assignees, dated from 1848 to 1881  and arranged alphabetically by the last name of the soldier.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Certificate of US Land Grant to Cpl. 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