This comes from the Hatcher List. I thought it was interesting, as I
remember,
we have a William Cato awarded a land grant as a Refugee.
"In the case of Georgia bounty land grants, "refugee" is one of five
classes of recipients. It was the fourth class and consisted of refugees
who were former Georgia residents who fled the state when the British
reimposed royal authority and served in the militia regiments of
neighboring South Carolina and North Carolina. Grants from Georgia ran
from 230 acres up to 1955 acres depending on rank and I presume length of
service. Generally speaking the date associated with the grant is the date
of the grant (which means an application could have been filed at some
earlier time in some cases while in other cases it would be the date of the
application.) In Virginia a private would be entitled to 100 acres if he
served out his three year enlistment and a noncommissioned officer
(corporal, etc) would be entitled to 200 acres if he served a three year
enlistment. If either served throughout the war he was entitled to 400
acres. A major general was given 15,000 to 17,500 acres. "