The bounties were awarded as follows:
Private in Georgia Line 230
Lieutenant in Militia 460
Major in Georgia Line 920
Private in Minute Battalions 287 ½
Lieutenant in Minute Battalions 460
Refugee Captain in Militia 977 ½
Private in Militia 287 ½
Lieutenant in Georgia Line 460
Lt. Colonel in Georgia Line 1035
Refugee Private in Militia 287 ½
Refugee Private in Militia (also Citizen) 575
Lt. Colonel in Militia 1035
Seaman in Galleys 287 ½
Captain in Militia 575
Lt. Colonel in Minute Battalions 1035
Citizen 287 ½
Captain in Minute Battalions 575
Colonel in Militia 1150
Deserter from British 287 ½
Refugee Sergeant in Militia (also Citizen) 632 ½
Colonel in Georgia Line 1150
Sergeant in Minute Battalions 345
Captain in Georgia Line 690
Refugee Major in Militia 1207 ½
Sergeant in Militia 345
Refugee Lieutenant in Militia 747 ½
Brigadier General in Militia 1955
Sergeant in Georgia Line 345
Major in Militia 920
Refugee Sergeant in Militia 345
Major in Minute Battalions 920
The land set aside for the veterans of the Georgia Line or Continental Line, as
it was previously called, was a tremendous tract known as the Bounty Reserve or
simply the Reserve, located in the south end of old Franklin County and the
north end of old Washington County. The same territory is today part of Oconee,
Oglethorpe and Greene Counties, lying between the Oconee and Appalachee rivers.
The Minutemen were all non-residents of Georgia at the time of
their enlistments,
recruited from other states.
The State Militia was in the service of the state, and not of the
Continental Congress, from the start to the finish of the war.
Men who had fled from the state when their homes were overrun by the British and
had enlisted and fought in the Militia Regiments of South Carolina and North
Carolina were known as Refugees.
The fifth and largest class who received bounty grants, entitled Citizens,
was the least deserving.
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