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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Virginia Land and Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
[[Image:384px-Land grant Hugh Mercer's Heirs Thomas Jefferson 1780.jpg|thumb|right|300px]] | [[Image:384px-Land grant Hugh Mercer's Heirs Thomas Jefferson 1780.jpg|thumb|right|300px]] | ||
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'''Finding the Records'''. Lists of headright grants and the names of persons brought to Virginia from 1623 to 1732 were recorded in the county court records and in the secretary of the colony's records. The Library of Virginia has these records as well as other grant records and various card indexes. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of: | '''Finding the Records'''. Lists of headright grants and the names of persons brought to Virginia from 1623 to 1732 were recorded in the county court records and in the secretary of the colony's records. The Library of Virginia has these records as well as other grant records and various card indexes. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of: | ||
'''Patents, 1623-1774''', 42 volumes; Index, Land Patents, [to] volumes 1-42. On 43 Family History Library films beginning with film | '''Patents, 1623-1774''', 42 volumes; Index, Land Patents, [to] volumes 1-42. On 43 Family History Library films. {{FHL|584564|item}}, beginning with film 29318; index on film 29308. See below for 1775-1776 and 1779-1781. | ||
Indexes and digital images of these volumes are available on the Internet site for the Library of Virginia. See the link below in the Online Sources section. | Indexes and digital images of these volumes are available on the Internet site for the Library of Virginia. See the link below in the Online Sources section. | ||
'''Grants, 1779-1921 | '''Grants, 1779-1921; index, land grants, bks 740124, ca 1825-1921''' On 150 FHL films beginning with 29360, {{FHL|415819|item}}. Includes patents from 1775-1776, 1779-1781. Includes Land grants 1779-1921; index, 1825-1921-, on film 29308 item 2. | ||
Many of these land grants are available on the Internet site for the [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 Library of Virginia]. | Many of these land grants are available on the Internet site for the [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 Library of Virginia]. | ||
<br>'''Northern Neck Grants, 1690-1862'''. Index, Northern Neck Grants, 1690-1874. On 25 Family History Library films beginning with film | <br>'''Northern Neck Grants, 1690-1862'''. Index, Northern Neck Grants, 1690-1874. On 25 Family History Library films beginning with film 29509, {{FHL|414338|item}}; index on film 29508. | ||
'''Northern Neck Surveys, 1786-1854'''. On 9 Family History Library films beginning with | '''Northern Neck Surveys, 1786-1854'''. On 9 Family History Library films beginning with film 29533, {{FHL|679210|item}}. Each volume is indexed. | ||
'''Surveys, 1779-1878 | '''Surveys, 1779-1878; index, land surveys, 1779-1924'''. On 92 FHL films beginning with 29542; {{FHL|415347|item}}, index on films 29542-43. | ||
'''Bounty warrants, 1779-1860'''. On 31 Family History Library films beginning with film | '''Bounty warrants, 1779-1860'''. On 31 Family History Library films beginning with film 29821, {{FHL|414179|item}}, index on films 29850-51. The warrants are in alphabetical order. These are bounty land claim papers and may include affidavits giving service information, assignment of warrant to another person, enlistment date and place, discharge or death information, petitions from heirs, and the dates when bounty land was allowed or rejected. | ||
*''Virginia Military Bounty Land in the Northwest Territory''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2010. '''Free online surname index''' and purchase details at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0717w.html Mountain Press] website. [Identifies Virginia Revolutionary War Patriots who received bounty land in the "Territory North of the River Ohio."] | *''Virginia Military Bounty Land in the Northwest Territory''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2010. '''Free online surname index''' and purchase details at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0717w.html Mountain Press] website. [Identifies Virginia Revolutionary War Patriots who received bounty land in the "Territory North of the River Ohio."] | ||
*Register, Bounty Land Warrants, numbers 5479-9914; March 20, 1808-March 11, 1870. Family History Library film | *Register, Bounty Land Warrants, numbers 5479-9914; March 20, 1808-March 11, 1870. Family History Library film 29653 items 4-6, {{FHL|583033|item}}. | ||
*Register, Military Warrants numbers 1321-1553, 4057-5478; and preemption warrants 1783-1787. On Family History Library film | *Register, Military Warrants numbers 1321-1553, 4057-5478; and preemption warrants 1783-1787. On Family History Library film 29653 item 3, {{FHL|583030|item}}. | ||
Many of the records of headright grants and land purchases to 1749 have been indexed and published in: | Many of the records of headright grants and land purchases to 1749 have been indexed and published in: | ||