frank gray wrote:
> 
> ... At the top of the document is handwritten
>                      BOUNTY LAND
> ....  Also on another document there
> refers to 100 acres as a "MEMORIAL" ...

BOUNTY. A sum of money or other thing, given, generally by' the government, to
certain persons, for some service they have done or are about to do to the
public. As bounty upon the culture of silk; the bounty given to an enlisted
soldier; and the like. It differs from a reward, which is generally applied to
particular cases; and from a payment, as there is no contract on the part of the
receiver of the bounty. 

MEMORIAL. A petition or representation made by one or more individuals to a
legislative or other body. When such instrument is addressed to a court, it is
called a petition. 

Extracted From:

A LAW DICTIONARY ...
by John Bouvier
SIXTH EDITION, 1856
CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA

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