Miscellaneous land records, [ca. 1790-1849].

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Miscellaneous land records, [ca. 1790-1849].

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Miscellaneous records include headrights surveys cross index (3 v.); warrants for headright cross index (1 v.); commissioner certificates (3 v.); certificates by commissioner (3 v.); vacant land surveys (3 v.); May's entries (2 v.); Lincoln [County] entries (3 v.); Fayette [County] entries, with index (5 v.); Nelson [County] entries (1 v.); and resident lands forfeited (2 v.). Dates for particular volumes, as well as the particular scope of a ledger's contents, are difficult to determine. Materials frequently overlap ouplicate records found elsewhere in the Land Office, and in some cases the original purpose of the records is unknown.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

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Historical note: In an 1835 Act of the Kentucky General Assembly the counties lying East and North of the Tennessee River were given all vacant and unappropriated land within their boundaries. Following this Act, land grants continued to be made by the state but were authorized by county court order. From the description of County Court orders, 1836-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191915477 Historical note: Dr. Thomas Walker, in running his line for the southern boundar...