Peter VanBibber1 
M, (26 December 1798 - 17 May 1873)
- Relationship
- 5th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
Peter VanBibber was born on 26 December 1798 at Kanawha County, Virginia.1 He was the son of Jacob VanBibber and Sarah Miller.1 Peter VanBibber married, at age 16, Nancy Mary DeVore on Thursday, 4 May 1815 at Greenup County, Kentucky. Peter VanBibber died on 17 May 1873 at Caldwell County, Missouri, at age 74 years, 4 months and 21 days.1
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Earl Quintrell, comp., 'Bounty Land File of Peter VanBibber,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 9 (July 2001), pp. 20 - 22.
BOUNTY LAND FILE OF PETER VAN BIBBER
Peter VanBibber served as a Private in Captain Benedict Bacon's Company, 16th Regiment, Kentucky Militia, War of 1812. This company was designated at various times as Captain George Bishop's and Captain Benedict Bacon's Company.
The following is from the Bounty Land File of Peter VanBibber. It was received from the National Archives.
Know all men by these present that I Peter VanBibber of the County of Philips and State of Arkansas do constitute, nominate, empower and appoint William H. Hamilton, Esquire of the City of Washington, D.C., my Agent and Attorney in fact with plenary powers to receive the land warrant due me from the United States for my service in the War of 1812, said warrant being due under the provisions of the Act passed September 28, 1850, hereby satisfying what my said agent and attorney may do in the premises in as full and complete a manner as if I were present and to do the same myself.
Given under my hand and seal the 5th day of September 1851 at Sterling, Philips County, State of Arkansas.
/s/ Peter Vanbibber
Attest: W.M. Martin and Samuel Royall.
Sworn and subscribed before me, the 5th day of September 1851.
/s/ M.W. Allen
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Sir - Herewith please find the application of Mr. Peter Vanbibber for a Land Warrant under the provisions of Act of September 28, 1850. When the Warrant is issued please send to the undersigned, as per the accompanying Power of Attorney.
Yours, etc.
/s/ Wm. H. Hamilton
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Bounty Land Warrants for Military Service in the
War of 1812
by Jan Bishop McFarland
After the War of 1812, Congress enacted legislation to reward military service by entitling veterans to claim land in the northwest and western territories. This so-called 'bounty land' was not granted outright to the veterans, but was instead awarded to them through a multi-step process beginning with a bounty land warrant.
Bounty land warrants weren't automatically issued to every veteran who served. The veteran first had to apply for a warrant, and then, if the warrant was granted, he could use the warrant to apply for a land patent. The land patent is the document, which granted him ownership of the land.
Basically, the warrant is a piece of paper which states that, based on his service, the veteran is entitled to X number of acres in one of the bounty land districts set up for veterans of the War of 1812. These land districts were located on public domain lands in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri.
The warrants, themselves, were not delivered to the veterans; all the veteran actually received was a notification telling him that Warrant #XXX had been issued in his name and was on file in the General Land Office.
Prior to 1842, if a veteran chose to redeem his warrant for land, he was required to choose land in one of the three states listed above. (After 1842, he could redeem his warrant for public lands in other states.)
Warrants could be assigned or sold to other individuals.
Benjamin Hibbard, an American public lands historian, believed that the government chose to set the land districts up in these frontier areas because they thought it would be really nifty to have a few thousand battle-hardened war veterans & their families acting as buffers between established settlements and the Native American population. For good or for ill, the veterans were too smart to fall for that one, and most chose to sell their patents to land speculators. So keep in mind that, even if your ancestor applied for a patent, he may never have set foot on his land.
The Bounty Land Warrant File
A veteran who decided to redeem his warrant was issued a patent for the land itself, and a 'Bounty Land Warrant File' was created in the General Land Office. This file contains the surrendered warrant, a letter of assignment (if he assigned his interest to another party) and any other documents pertaining to the transaction. The warrant itself should include the name of the veteran, his rank on discharge, his branch of service (including company, etc.), and the date the warrant was issued. It may also include the date the land was located and a description of the land.
If he obtained bounty land, you should be able to find your ancestor in National Archives Microfilm Series M848 (14 rolls), War of 1812 Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1815-1858. This series includes an index to patentees in Missouri & Arkansas, a partial index for Illinois, and an index for patentees under the 1842 act (the one that allowed them to choose lands in areas other than MO, AR & IL). If you find that he patented his land, and you want more information than is contained on the microfilm, you may be able to obtain it by writing the National Archives and having them search the General Land Office abstracts of military bounty land warrant locations.
http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds/bounty.htm.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Earl Quintrell, comp., 'Bounty Land File of Peter VanBibber,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 9 (July 2001), pp. 20 - 22.
BOUNTY LAND FILE OF PETER VAN BIBBER
Peter VanBibber served as a Private in Captain Benedict Bacon's Company, 16th Regiment, Kentucky Militia, War of 1812. This company was designated at various times as Captain George Bishop's and Captain Benedict Bacon's Company.
The following is from the Bounty Land File of Peter VanBibber. It was received from the National Archives.
Know all men by these present that I Peter VanBibber of the County of Philips and State of Arkansas do constitute, nominate, empower and appoint William H. Hamilton, Esquire of the City of Washington, D.C., my Agent and Attorney in fact with plenary powers to receive the land warrant due me from the United States for my service in the War of 1812, said warrant being due under the provisions of the Act passed September 28, 1850, hereby satisfying what my said agent and attorney may do in the premises in as full and complete a manner as if I were present and to do the same myself.
Given under my hand and seal the 5th day of September 1851 at Sterling, Philips County, State of Arkansas.
/s/ Peter Vanbibber
Attest: W.M. Martin and Samuel Royall.
Sworn and subscribed before me, the 5th day of September 1851.
/s/ M.W. Allen
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Sir - Herewith please find the application of Mr. Peter Vanbibber for a Land Warrant under the provisions of Act of September 28, 1850. When the Warrant is issued please send to the undersigned, as per the accompanying Power of Attorney.
Yours, etc.
/s/ Wm. H. Hamilton
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Bounty Land Warrants for Military Service in the
War of 1812
by Jan Bishop McFarland
After the War of 1812, Congress enacted legislation to reward military service by entitling veterans to claim land in the northwest and western territories. This so-called 'bounty land' was not granted outright to the veterans, but was instead awarded to them through a multi-step process beginning with a bounty land warrant.
Bounty land warrants weren't automatically issued to every veteran who served. The veteran first had to apply for a warrant, and then, if the warrant was granted, he could use the warrant to apply for a land patent. The land patent is the document, which granted him ownership of the land.
Basically, the warrant is a piece of paper which states that, based on his service, the veteran is entitled to X number of acres in one of the bounty land districts set up for veterans of the War of 1812. These land districts were located on public domain lands in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri.
The warrants, themselves, were not delivered to the veterans; all the veteran actually received was a notification telling him that Warrant #XXX had been issued in his name and was on file in the General Land Office.
Prior to 1842, if a veteran chose to redeem his warrant for land, he was required to choose land in one of the three states listed above. (After 1842, he could redeem his warrant for public lands in other states.)
Warrants could be assigned or sold to other individuals.
Benjamin Hibbard, an American public lands historian, believed that the government chose to set the land districts up in these frontier areas because they thought it would be really nifty to have a few thousand battle-hardened war veterans & their families acting as buffers between established settlements and the Native American population. For good or for ill, the veterans were too smart to fall for that one, and most chose to sell their patents to land speculators. So keep in mind that, even if your ancestor applied for a patent, he may never have set foot on his land.
The Bounty Land Warrant File
A veteran who decided to redeem his warrant was issued a patent for the land itself, and a 'Bounty Land Warrant File' was created in the General Land Office. This file contains the surrendered warrant, a letter of assignment (if he assigned his interest to another party) and any other documents pertaining to the transaction. The warrant itself should include the name of the veteran, his rank on discharge, his branch of service (including company, etc.), and the date the warrant was issued. It may also include the date the land was located and a description of the land.
If he obtained bounty land, you should be able to find your ancestor in National Archives Microfilm Series M848 (14 rolls), War of 1812 Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1815-1858. This series includes an index to patentees in Missouri & Arkansas, a partial index for Illinois, and an index for patentees under the 1842 act (the one that allowed them to choose lands in areas other than MO, AR & IL). If you find that he patented his land, and you want more information than is contained on the microfilm, you may be able to obtain it by writing the National Archives and having them search the General Land Office abstracts of military bounty land warrant locations.
http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds/bounty.htm.
Last Edited=25 Jul 2011
Citations
- [S2150] Nicole Merkle, Carl Family Tree, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16574224/ ( page last updated 2011) viewed on 25 July 2011.