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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[New York]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[New York]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[New_York_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
[[Image:Essex County NY farm with Whiteface mountain showing.JPG|thumb|right|350px]]<br> | [[Image:Essex County NY farm with Whiteface mountain showing.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Essex County NY farm with Whiteface mountain showing.JPG|<center>Essex County, New York farm with Whiteface Mountain<center></center>]]<br> | ||
=== Early Land Records === | === Early Land Records === | ||
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*Ruth L. Higgins, editor, ''Expansion in New York with Especial Reference to the Eighteenth Century''.<ref>Ruth L. Higgins, editor, ''Expansion in New York with Especial Reference to the Eighteenth Century''. 1931; reprint edition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Porcupine Press, 1976.</ref> | *Ruth L. Higgins, editor, ''Expansion in New York with Especial Reference to the Eighteenth Century''.<ref>Ruth L. Higgins, editor, ''Expansion in New York with Especial Reference to the Eighteenth Century''. 1931; reprint edition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Porcupine Press, 1976.</ref> | ||
For more information about patent maps, see [[New York Maps|New York Maps]]. {{FHL|180475|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 H2h 1976, film 1036688 item 2}}. | For more information about patent maps, see [[New York Maps|New York Maps]]. {{FHL|180475|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 H2h 1976, film 1036688 item 2}}. | ||
All colonial patents and land grant applications and many deeds are in the State Archives. Patents and deeds from 1664 on are also on microfilm at the Family History Library. Some of the major collections of early land records are described in the following sections. | All colonial patents and land grant applications and many deeds are in the State Archives. Patents and deeds from 1664 on are also on microfilm at the Family History Library. Some of the major collections of early land records are described in the following sections. | ||
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*Colonial Patents Grantee Card Index, 1649-1912, FHL film 947096 | *Colonial Patents Grantee Card Index, 1649-1912, FHL film 947096 | ||
*Grantee Card Index for v. 18–53, ca. 1775–1912 FHL films 945386-97 | *Grantee Card Index for v. 18–53, ca. 1775–1912 FHL films 945386-97 | ||
*Index to Patents, ca. 1664–1864, FHL film 947116 Item 2 | *Index to Patents, ca. 1664–1864, FHL film 947116 Item 2 | ||
*Military Card Index for Patents, 1764–1797, FHL films 945291-95 | *Military Card Index for Patents, 1764–1797, FHL films 945291-95 | ||
Bowman, Fred Q. ''Landholders of Northeastern New York, 1739–1802'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983). Indexes patents, 1739–1775, and deeds and mortgages, 1764–1802, for the present-day counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Warren, and Washington. {{FHL|343454|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 R24b; film 1321009 item 8}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/landholders-of-northeastern-new-york-1739-1802/oclc/9616511&referer=brief_results Other libraries with this book]. | Bowman, Fred Q. ''Landholders of Northeastern New York, 1739–1802'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983). Indexes patents, 1739–1775, and deeds and mortgages, 1764–1802, for the present-day counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Warren, and Washington. {{FHL|343454|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 R24b; film 1321009 item 8}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/landholders-of-northeastern-new-york-1739-1802/oclc/9616511&referer=brief_results Other libraries with this book]. | ||
=== Surveys === | === Surveys === | ||
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*The names of Military Tract and Old Military Tract patentees are indexed by the ''Grantee Card Index to Patents, 1775–1912''. There is also a card index for the Military Tract. It is arranged by the township and lot number as part of the ''Patents of the State of New York, 1649-1912'' under ''Military Card Index for Patents'' {{FHL|629503|item|disp=FHL films 946418–20}}. | *The names of Military Tract and Old Military Tract patentees are indexed by the ''Grantee Card Index to Patents, 1775–1912''. There is also a card index for the Military Tract. It is arranged by the township and lot number as part of the ''Patents of the State of New York, 1649-1912'' under ''Military Card Index for Patents'' {{FHL|629503|item|disp=FHL films 946418–20}}. | ||
*Soldiers that drew land are listed in ''The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York''<ref>''The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York'' (Albany, New York: Packard &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Van Benthuysen, 1825.</ref> The book is arranged by township, lot number, and grantee name. There are volume and page cross references to the military patent books. {{FHL|61263|item|disp=FHL film 812864 item 4}}. <br>- An index to this source is M. Frances Ferris, ''Index, the Balloting Book and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York.''<ref>Ferris, M. Frances. ''Index, the Balloting Book and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York'', (Syracuse, New York: Onondaga Historical Association, 1954)</ref> {{FHL|61274|item|disp=FHL film 896803 item}}.<br> | *Soldiers that drew land are listed in ''The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York''<ref>''The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York'' (Albany, New York: Packard &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Van Benthuysen, 1825.</ref> The book is arranged by township, lot number, and grantee name. There are volume and page cross references to the military patent books. {{FHL|61263|item|disp=FHL film 812864 item 4}}. <br>- An index to this source is M. Frances Ferris, ''Index, the Balloting Book and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York.''<ref>Ferris, M. Frances. ''Index, the Balloting Book and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York'', (Syracuse, New York: Onondaga Historical Association, 1954)</ref> {{FHL|61274|item|disp=FHL film 896803 item}}.<br> | ||
*The State Archives has ''Revolutionary War Accounts and Claims''. These records were abstracted in James A. Roberts, ''New York in the Revolution as Colony and State.<ref>Roberts, James A. ''New York in the Revolution as Colony and State'', Revised Edition. (Albany, New York: 1904).</ref>'' See Revolutionary War at [[New York Military Records|New York Military Records]]. About two-thirds of the original documents plus the entire name index were destroyed in the Capitol fire of 1911. The surviving records have been microfilmed and the films are available for purchase or interlibrary loan from the [http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_mi_revwar_claims.shtml New York State Archives]. | *The State Archives has ''Revolutionary War Accounts and Claims''. These records were abstracted in James A. Roberts, ''New York in the Revolution as Colony and State.<ref>Roberts, James A. ''New York in the Revolution as Colony and State'', Revised Edition. (Albany, New York: 1904).</ref>'' See Revolutionary War at [[New York Military Records|New York Military Records]]. About two-thirds of the original documents plus the entire name index were destroyed in the Capitol fire of 1911. The surviving records have been microfilmed and the films are available for purchase or interlibrary loan from the [http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_mi_revwar_claims.shtml New York State Archives]. | ||
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