If your relative obtained a land warrant (usually veterans or their widows for US pre-Civil War military service) and assigned that warrant to someone else, the reverse of the warrant could contain valuable information: the signature of the warrant’s recipient and residential information at the time the warrant was assigned. The National Archives has these surrendered warrants.
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How do we search for these surrendered land warrants?
They are not online. The originals are at the National Archives and can be obtained through them directly or by having a researcher obtain them for you. The surrendered land warrant usually is a part of the patent application since the warrant was used to “pay” for the property acquired by the patent.