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Collection Overview
Title: Land Grants and Documents Collection (Subject), 1788-1858
Extent: 5.0 Folders
Date Acquired: 02/23/2004
Subjects: Land titles--Kentucky.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This is a collection of land records which were found in the Townsend Room collections with no provenance. They have been arranged together to provide access to the materials. The records include agreements, deeds, grants, surveys and warrants. Some of the early warrants are signed by prominent citizens of Virginia and Kentucky.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Found in Collections.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Folder:
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Folder 1: Agreements],
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Folder 2: Deeds],
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Folder 3: Surveys],
[Folder 4: Warrants],
[
Folder 5: Georgia Land Grants, 1793],
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Folder 6: Illinois Land Grants, 1855],
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Folder 7: Kentucky Land Grants, 1793-1858],
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Folder 8: Virginia Land Grants, 1788-1792],
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Folder 9: General Land Office],
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Folder 10: Oversize Deeds],
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All]
- 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.
Browse by Folder:
[
Folder 1: Agreements],
[
Folder 2: Deeds],
[
Folder 3: Surveys],
[Folder 4: Warrants],
[
Folder 5: Georgia Land Grants, 1793],
[
Folder 6: Illinois Land Grants, 1855],
[
Folder 7: Kentucky Land Grants, 1793-1858],
[
Folder 8: Virginia Land Grants, 1788-1792],
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Folder 9: General Land Office],
[
Folder 10: Oversize Deeds],
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All]
