Research by Subject: Genealogy
LAND RECORD EXAMPLES
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some examples of various land records
Patent, Warrants etc.
1754 New Castle Delaware Warrant for Peter Truax p. 1 & p. 2
Patent Index entry for John Holmes 1754, Anson Co. NC [notice it is just the cover of the patent file arranged by the As, Bs etc.] Thomas Gillespie, 1751,
Pennsylvania Warrant Registers
Pennsylvania Tract Name Index
Land Surveys
1783 Monongahelia Co. VA - survey for Phinehas Kellum [son Asa Kellum is chain carrier]
1784 Abbeville survey for John Logan and 1784 Abbeville SC survey for John Day
Pennsylvania Survey Books
Deed Indexes
New Castle Co. DE Deed Index
Cecil Co. MD Deed Index
Somerset Co. MD Deed Index
Spencer Co. KY Deed Index
Deeds
1733 deed- Cecil Co. MD - Thomas Mercer, planter to son John Mercer p. 1 & p. 2 [Cecil Co. MD Deed Bk 4 p. 371-372]
1739 deed - New Castle Co. DE - Jonathan Strange to Thomas Bullock p. 1, p. 2 & p. 3 [New Castle Co. DE Deed Bk N p. 471]
1749 deed - Frederick Co. MD David Ogle to John Kimble p. 1 & p. 2 [Frederick Co. MD Liber B p. 108 & 109]
1756 deed - Sampson Co. NC Richard Holly to Sherod Runals [Reynolds] p. 1 & p. 2 [Sampson Co. NC Deed Bk 2 p. 388 & 384]
1772 deed - Cecil Co. MD - Phineas Hodgson (now of Frederick Co. MD) to John Mackey of Cecil Co. MD p. 1, p. 2 & p. 3 [Cecil Co. MD Deed Bk 13 p. 37-39]
1799 Deed - Bullitt Co. KY - Jacob Newland & Lucy his wife, William Price and Rebecka his wife, Robert Lemen "heir at Law of Robert Lemen, deceased" and Isabelle his wife of the of the County of Shelby, State of Kentucky to Peachy Wells p. 1 & p. 2 [Bullitt Co. KY Deed Bk A2 p. 84]
1805 deed Hardin Co. KY - Nathaniel & Mary Harned to Alexander Keith p. 1 & p. 2 [Hardin Co. KY Deed Bk C p. 19 & 20]
1805 deed Hardin Co. KY - Randal McGavock of Davidson Co. TN to Timothy Coe of Hardin Co. KY p. 1, p. 2, & p. 3 [Hardin Co. KY Deed Bk C p. 75-77]
Misc. types of records found in Deed Books
1749 Frederick Co. MD - misc. livestock marks recorded [Frederick Co. MD Liber B p. 174]
1801 deed Bullitt Co. KY - J. Michael Hinderliter sells various personal property to Martin Hinderliter [Bullitt Co. KY Deed Bk A2 p. 208]
1801 deed Bullitt Co. KY - Samuel Dunbar sells slave Charles to Evans Moore [Bullitt Co. KY Deed Bk A2 p. 211]
Tax Lists
Some states - like Kentucky - had tax records which show land ownership
1808 tax list Shelby Co. KY
1825 tax list Hardin Co. KY