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 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&nbsp;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;The Land Grant Process consists of the following steps:
+#A person selected a piece of vacant land. They applied for it by entering a claim that described its features to a government official or entry-taker who recorded it. Entries/applications list the name of the person seeking the land, a description of the land, the number of acres, the name of adjacent land owners, and the date the entry was made.
+#A warrant was authorized after a three month period if no legal caveat, formal opposition, was filed. There was sometimes as many as 10 years between a claim or application and the warrant was authorized.
+#Then a plat or survey was created from the land description given in the entry or warrant. The surveyor sent copies of the plat to the land office.
+#Finally after officals received the necessary papers and fee a grant or patent was issued that entitled applicatant to the land.
+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.
 '''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.