Lists of caveats determined in the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky, 1785-1786.

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Lists of caveats determined in the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky, 1785-1786.

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Lists related to court sessions of March, June, and September 1785, and March, June, and November 1786. Although the form of the lists varies, their content remains the same. In either column or paragraph form are given the names of the disputing parties, the number of acres under dispute, the county in which the land was located, and the judgment rendered in each instance.

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