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 You may learn where a person lived previously, his or her occupation, if the ancestor served in the military, if he or she was a naturalized citizen, or other clues for further research. Sale of the land may show when the person left and may mention where he or she was moving to. [[Portal:Kentucky|Kentucky]] was a "state-land" state, meaning the state government appropriated all land within its borders.
-Land was surveyed in odd-sized lots in much of the state, but west of the Tennessee River it was surveyed in townships. Several types of land grants were issued in Kentucky. Warrants authorizing surveys of the desired land were issued to persons qualified to receive grants for military service (military warrants) or cash payments (treasury warrants).&nbsp; Land grants, original warrants, surveys, patents, and Virginia land records are at the Kentucky Land Office, Capitol Building, Frankfort, KY 40602. The files and their indexes are open to the public. Additional land records are at the Kentucky Historical Society and the various county courthouses. The following collections are at the Kentucky Land Office and on microfilm at the Family History Library. Indexes are generally found at the beginning of each set.
+Land was surveyed in odd-sized lots in much of the state, but west of the Tennessee River it was surveyed in townships. Several types of land grants were issued in Kentucky. Warrants authorizing surveys of the desired land were issued to persons qualified to receive grants for military service (military warrants) or cash payments (treasury warrants).&nbsp; Land grants, original warrants, surveys, patents, and Virginia land records are at the Kentucky Land Office, Capitol Building, Frankfort, KY 40602. The files and their indexes are open to the public. Additional land records are at the Kentucky Historical Society and the various county courthouses. The following collections are at the Kentucky Land Office&nbsp;and on microfilm at the Family History Library. Indexes are generally found at the beginning of each set. The Kentucky Land Office website has much of this collection online at [http://sos.ky.gov/land/ http://sos.ky.gov/land/].
 '''Virginia Grants (1773–1792)'''. These grants were issued to men who served in the French and Indian War and in the Revolutionary War or their heirs. Hammon, Neal O. ''Early Kentucky Land Records, 1773–1780''. Louisville, KY: Filson Club, 1992. This book indexes early Kentucky land records, beginning with the Fincastle County entries in 1774 to 1776 and continuing to the military surveys. The original Fincastle records are at the Montgomery County, Virginia, Courthouse. Military lands do not include grants for Revolutionary War service. Virginia. Governor. ''Virginia Grants, 1782–1792''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1962. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=241747&disp=Virginia+grants%2C+1782%2D1792%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 272809–17].) Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=241747&disp=Virginia+grants%2C+1782%2D1792%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 272809] is an index to this record.
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 Jillson, Willard Rouse. ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants, Deeds and Wills of the Commonwealth of Kentucky''. 1926. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Publishing, 1978. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=74688&disp=Old+Kentucky+entries+and+deeds%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1035625 item3; fiche 6051260].) This is a name index that is alphabetical within the name of the county, military warrant, deed, or will.
-Jillson, Willard Rouse. ''The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782–1924''. Louisville, KY: Standard Printing, 1925. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=20583&disp=The+Kentucky+land+grants%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 272808].) This index is alphabetical by the location of the grant.
+Jillson, Willard Rouse. ''The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782–1924''. Louisville, KY: Standard Printing, 1925. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=20583&disp=The+Kentucky+land+grants%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 272808].) This index is alphabetical by the location of the grant. An electronic&nbsp;version of this book is available online at Ancestry.com under the database&nbsp;title of ''Kentucky Land Grants''.
 ''Index for Old Kentucky Survey’s and Grants; Index for Tellico Surveys and Grants''. Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society, 1975. (Family History Library&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=286811&disp=Index+for+old+Kentucky+survey%27s+and+gr%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1402856].) This index shows the name of the person receiving the land, survey number, county, acreage, survey and grant dates, volume and page numbers of original documents, and Kentucky Historical Society volume number.