1845 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Patent — Virginia Ensign Henry Tompkins’ Heirs — 250 Acres in Ohio

1845 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Patent — Virginia Ensign Henry Tompkins’ Heirs — 250 Acres in Ohio

$350.00
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1845 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Patent — Virginia Ensign Henry Tompkins’ Heirs — 250 Acres in Ohio
  • 1845 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Patent — Virginia Ensign Henry Tompkins’ Heirs — 250 Acres in Ohio
  • 1845 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Patent — Virginia Ensign Henry Tompkins’ Heirs — 250 Acres in Ohio
  • 1845 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Patent — Virginia Ensign Henry Tompkins’ Heirs — 250 Acres in Ohio
  • 1845 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Patent — Virginia Ensign Henry Tompkins’ Heirs — 250 Acres in Ohio
1845 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Patent — Virginia Ensign Henry Tompkins’ Heirs — 250 Acres in Ohio

1845 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Patent — Virginia Ensign Henry Tompkins’ Heirs — 250 Acres in Ohio

$350.00

Original United States land patent issued in November 1845 under President James K. Polk, granting 250 acres in Ohio’s Virginia Military District to members of the Tompkins family.

The patent expressly recognizes Henry Tompkins’ three years of military service as an ensign in the Virginia Line on the Continental Establishment. It traces the entitlement through William Tompkins, deceased, Henry’s heir at law, to William’s children and legal representatives.

The document provides valuable family information, identifying several female beneficiaries by their married and former surnames. It grants the property to the named heirs as tenants in common.

Designated Survey No. 14,897 and founded upon part of Military Warrant No. 405, the tract lay on Tick Run, a branch of Camp Creek, between the Little Miami and Scioto Rivers. A detailed boundary description uses neighboring surveys, compass bearings, distances, and trees as landmarks.

Handwritten on a large single sheet, apparently parchment, with the embossed General Land Office seal retained at lower left. Bears the presidential name “James K. Polk,” signed on his behalf by secretary J. Knox Walker, together with an additional General Land Office official’s signature. Recorded in Volume 16, page 460.

An appealing document linking Revolutionary War service, family inheritance, and the settlement of Ohio.

Condition: Age toning, intersecting storage folds, creasing, and localized discoloration and wear along folds. Writing remains substantially clear, and the embossed seal survives. Reverse bears docketing. See photographs.