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Why these battles matter for genealogy
Fort Laurens, Crawford's Defeat, Blue Licks, Piqua: these frontier fights involved men whose families later settled Ohio. A soldier who served in one of them may have left a pension application, a bounty land warrant, or a muster roll entry that names his wife, children, or later residence.
Records to look for
- Revolutionary War pension files (NARA M804), often with family details and later residences
- Bounty land warrants and applications
- Muster rolls and militia records from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky
- County histories and local newspapers that name veterans who settled in Ohio
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