Land Grants and Documents Collection (Subject), 1788-1858 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Folder 1: Agreements

Item 1: DS Wm. McConnell, 27 Jan 1784

Agreement  to sell part of McConnell's preemption and settlement to Richard Martinson and George Taylor. Signed by McConnell, Christo. Greenup, John Tebby, and Ignatius R. Mitchell.

Item 2: DS S.M. Noel, Robert Church and John Haly, 22 Apr 1868

Title bond from Noel and Church to Haly of Frankfort, KY.

Item 3: DS Isaac Hill, n.d.

This is a land rental agreement between Isaac Hill and Doctor Adamson. From Dorris Museum Collection, accession # N.78.

Folder 2: Deeds

Item 1: DS Peter Evans, James French, et al., 4 Feb 1792

This deed is for a lot on Main Street in the town of Boonesborough sold to William Calk by the trustees of Boonesborough. Other signatures include John Wilkerson, William Bush, Nicholas George and John Holder. (From the Dorris Museum Collection, no accession # on document, but N.84 on card)

Item 2: DS Wm. Jones, 7 Apr 1795

Deed from William Jones to Aaron Richerson for land in Madison County, KY.

Item 3: DS Green Clay, 22 Aug 1795

Deed for land on Tates Creek sold to Francis Taylor. Includes order to record the deed signed by William Irvine, clerk. (From Dorris Museum Collection, no accession #, but attached note in Dr. Dorris' hand states that it was given to Eastern by Mrs. John C. Taylor. Her husband was a grandson of Francis Taylor.)

Item 4: DS David Irvine, 13 Aug 1812

A clerk's copy of a deed conveying land from Alexander Miller to Asa Smith for 150 acres in Madison County, Kentucky. Also included is a survey for this acreage. From the Dorris Museum Collection, accession # N.77.1 and N.77.2.

Item 5: DS Henry O. Clagett and Evelina Clagett, 18 Jan 1825

Deed from the Clagetts to Henry Tomlinson

Item 6: DS Nicholas Biddle, 11 May 1827

Deed from the Bank of the United States to Daniel McCalister for a .

Item 7: DS William Hardin, 30 Aug 1826

Deed from William Hardin to John M. Gayle for land in Franklin County, KY.

Item 8: DS Heirs of Benjamin Bennett, 1829

Deed from John and Martha McCampbell, Katharine Bennett, John and Susanah Bennett, Benjamin Bennett, Susanah Bennett, Thomas P. Major, father of Ben. P. Major to Richard Bennett of Franklin County, KY.

Item 9: DS Mary Tipton, 26 Feb 1848

Mary Tipton of Montgomery County, KY to Jail and Anna Tipton of Madison County, KY.

Item 10: DS Jno. W. and Mary E. Light, 25 Feb 1856

Deed for land in Mercer County, KY to John McLane, filed in the Pulaski County, KY Court.

Item 11: DS James G. and Elizabeth Hatchitt, 19 Jul 1867

Deed from the Hatchitts to Kate M. Williams, wife of R.C. Williams for a lot in Frankfort, KY.

Item 12: DS Thomas Hughes, 9 Apr 1872

Deed from Thomas and Sally Hughes to John M. Scott for land in Frankfort.

Folder 3: Surveys

Item 1: DS Kiah Crooke, 5 Mar 1823

Survey for Matthew Clay's Heirs against Miller, Givens and McWilliams.

Item 2: DS Jefferson Craig, 12 Sep 1829

Survey for Harlan County County Court for 100 acres, part of Warrant No. 18302.

Item 3: DS John Stow, 17 Feb 1838

Survey for Ford's heirs and George Alcorn for 198 1/2 acres on Paint Lick Creek in Madison and Garrard Counties.

Folder 4: Warrants

Item 1: DS John M. Foster, 29 Dec 1779

James Gates by Samuel Henderson claims a preemption on Muddy Creek for raising a crop of corn in 1776.

Item 2: DS John S. Rees, n.d.

Survey of land overlapping tracts owned by Nasby Mills and J.G. Eves on Stinking Creek in Knox County, KY.

Item 3: Doc. Warrant, 16 Aug 1858

Land warrant for S.C. Davis assignee of Benajmin F. Herrindon for land in Knox County, KY on Stinking Creek.

Folder 5: Georgia Land Grants, 1793

Item 1: Grant to Richard Middleton, 11 May 1793

Folder 6: Illinois Land Grants, 1855

Item 1: Swamp and Overflowed Lands Grant to Tolbert Weaver, 25 Jun 1855

(Dorris Museum Collection, N.5.3)

Folder 7: Kentucky Land Grants, 1793-1858

Item 1: DS Isaac Shelby, 8 May 1793

Grant to William Johnson

Item 2: DS James Garrard, 31 Oct 1796

Grant to Jacob Brehner

Item 3: DS James Garrard, 18 Sep 1797

Grant to James Nourse

Item 4: DS James Garrard, 18 Sep 1797

Grant to James Nourse

Item 5: DS Isaac Shelby, 10 May 1814

Grant to James Wilson

Item 6: DS Isaac Shelby, 10 Oct 1815

Grant to William Campbell

Item 7: DS Charles Wickliffe, 20 Sep 1839

Grant to Samuel Sadler

Item 8: DS Charles Wickliffe, 23 Jun 1840

Grant to Samuel Sadler

Item 9: DS William Owsley, 11 Sep 1845

Grant to Lewis Peavler

Item 10: DS Charles S. Morehead, 1 Nov 1856

Grant to Samuel Sadler

Item 11: DS Charles S. Morehead, 26 Jul 1857

Grant to Wm. S. Cook

Item 12: DS Charles S. Morehead, 14 Jul 1858

Grant to Robert Partin

Folder 8: Virginia Land Grants, 1788-1792

Item 1: DS P. Henry, 20 Sep 1786

Land granted to Thomas Welsh for land in Lincoln County, VA. The land is at the mouth of Jacks Creek, so is in present day Madison County, KY. (From Dorris Museum Collection, no accession #)

Item 2: DS Edmund Randolph, 15 Apr 1788

Grant to Benjamin Wynkoop

Item 3: DS Edmund Randolph, 24 May 1788

Grant to Robert Fleming

Item 4: DS Edmund Randolph, 2 Jul 1788

Grant to David Ross and James Currie

Item 5: DS Edmund Randolph, 15 Jul 1788

Grant to Hugh Logan

Item 6: DS Edmund Randolph, 23 Aug 1788

Grant to John Hopkins

Item 7: DS Beverly Randolph, 25 May 1791

Grant to Michael Woods

Item 8: DS Henry Lee, III, 4 May 1792

Grant to George Pickett

Item 9: Doc Randolph, n.d.

Grant to Evan Shelby. This is a partial grant for land in Fayette County, VA. (Dorris Museum Collection, N.97)

Folder 9: General Land Office

The materials include military land warrants and other warrants or grants from the United States.

Item 1: DS Z. Taylor, 1 Feb 1850

Land Grant for Stokely Weaver of Illinois. (From Dorris Museum Collection, no accession #, but described on cards as N.5.1))

Item 2: DS Millard Fillmore, 10 Jan 1851

Warrant to Thomas Stiff assignee of Nathaniel Stiff who served in the 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteers. Land is in Illinois. (From Dorris Museum Collection, N.5.2)

Folder 10: Oversize Deeds

Item 1: DS Aaron Levy, 28 Jan 1799

Pennsylvania deed for land in Fayette County, KY from Aaron Levy to Simon Snyder.