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

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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

Land titles--Kentucky.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Found in Collections.

Box and Folder Listing

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],
[Folder 9: General Land Office],
[Folder 10: Oversize Deeds],
[All]

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)