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Lee,
Unfortunately the Bounty Land Warrant information, for nearly all those who were granted them, has only the acreage entitlement, warrant number, State organization the man served in (in this case, Maryland State Troops or a Maryland Regiment of the Continental Line) and often the name of the person to whom the man sold the Land Warrant.
The numbers given you by Geri are the Warrant number followed by acreage and date issued.
Because of fires in Washington in 1800 and 1815, the information given on the index cards is the only information that remains. You and I both would love to have copies of the Applications for Warrant that were submitted by our target persons, but these documents do not survive.
This Bounty Land Warrant information will not tell you whether the Warrant was issued to your ancestor.
However, since there was much fraud and forgery concerning the warrants, some States set up procedures to verify that the person selling a Land Warrant was indeed the intended veteran. I am not sure that MD did this.
The MD Bounty Land Warrants could be used for land in present Allegany and Garrett counties. A sale of a Bounty Land right could be recorded in the Garrett County courthouse (Register of Deeds or County Clerk's office, I am not sure which). Garrett was created in the last half of the 19th century, so all records regarding land transactions before that time, for what is now Garrett Co. territory, would have been recorded in Allegany Co. beginning in 1791. Since the Land Warrants were issued afte that, if there were a transaction recorded concerning this Land Warrant, it would be recorded in Allegany Co.
Unfortunately, Francis Sherrard may have sold the Land Warrant that he bought from Ashmore. The sale may only have been written on the back of the Warrant. I checked the MD land grants and patents site as well as Allegany Co. deeds, which are posted on the web by the Maryland Archives. There is nothing indexed under Francis Sherrard's name on either site, nor under Ashmore.
You can download a copy of the BLW index card free at HeritageQuest if you have a library card and your library provides access. See the earlier thead where I have posted information on how to do this, under the "Service in VA" query.
If your man's Georgia grant was pursuant to military service, you may be able to obtain documentation of this from the Georgia Archives. With luck this would more securely link Revolutionary War service to your particular ancestor. Not all Georgia land grants were by virtue of military service, however.
Another approach would be to go to the County where the land was located, and check deeds in person. Your man or one or more of his heirs may have given information in a sale deed, explaining the reason for the land grant. Or if Ashmore sold his Land Warrant without claiming specific land, there could be a deed recording this in whatever county the land was actually claimed. In this case, your best bet would be whatever information Georgia has concerning the reason for issuing the Bounty Land warrant.
I wish you good hunting,
Jade
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