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*[[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants#U.S._Military_District_Bounty_Land_Warrants|Bounty Land Warrants for the U.S. Military District of Ohio]] Contains land warrants dated 1789 to 1833 and related papers dated as late as 1880. The first film is an index to the collection. | *[[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants#U.S._Military_District_Bounty_Land_Warrants|Bounty Land Warrants for the U.S. Military District of Ohio]] Contains land warrants dated 1789 to 1833 and related papers dated as late as 1880. The first film is an index to the collection. | ||
*''Land Records of the Various Districts of Ohio'' <ref>United States. Land Office (Ohio). ''Land Records of the Various Districts of Ohio''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958. (Family History Library films 182624-70. {{FHL|312389|item}}.</ref>Registers of receipts, certificates, and entries for various land offices in Ohio, 1788 to 1876. Most are in chronological order of the transaction. Records contain the name of the purchaser, date of transaction, description of the land, and sometimes the residence of the purchaser and other information. Most volumes are not indexed by name. | *''Land Records of the Various Districts of Ohio'' <ref>United States. Land Office (Ohio). ''Land Records of the Various Districts of Ohio''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958. (Family History Library films 182624-70. {{FHL|312389|item}}.</ref>Registers of receipts, certificates, and entries for various land offices in Ohio, 1788 to 1876. Most are in chronological order of the transaction. Records contain the name of the purchaser, date of transaction, description of the land, and sometimes the residence of the purchaser and other information. Most volumes are not indexed by name. | ||
* | *Since Ohio officials had an interest in tracking the owner of Ohio lands for taxing and other purposes, many records of federal land sales and grants, as well as those for Ohio, Virginia, and Connecticut, are in the custody of the Auditor of State's Land Office. Their collection includes copies of the plats of land distribution and the names of the original owners. | ||
Since Ohio officials had an interest in tracking the owner of Ohio lands for taxing and other purposes, many records of federal land sales and grants, as well as those for Ohio, Virginia, and Connecticut, are in the custody of the Auditor of State's Land Office. Their collection includes copies of the plats of land distribution and the names of the original owners. | |||
:::'''Ohio Land Office'''<br>Auditor of State <br>P.O. Box 1140 <br>88 East Broad Street <br>Columbus, OH 43266-0040 <br>Telephone: 614-466-4514 <br>Fax: 614-466-6228 | :::'''Ohio Land Office'''<br>Auditor of State <br>P.O. Box 1140 <br>88 East Broad Street <br>Columbus, OH 43266-0040 <br>Telephone: 614-466-4514 <br>Fax: 614-466-6228 | ||