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=== Colonial and State Land Grants === | === Colonial and State Land Grants === | ||
Virginia has been a state-land state in which property has been distributed by the colony or state rather than the federal government. Various methods of distributing land have been used. | |||
The Virginia Company of London, incorporated in 1606, granted land patents to settlers until 1623. These early patents have been lost or destroyed; however, much information on the persons (and their descendants) who received these patents is found in the John F. Dorman's source listed in the “[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Virginia_Genealogy Genealogy]” section (also see the “[[Virginia Public Records|Public Records]]” section). | The Virginia Company of London, incorporated in 1606, granted land patents to settlers until 1623. These early patents have been lost or destroyed; however, much information on the persons (and their descendants) who received these patents is found in the John F. Dorman's source listed in the “[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Virginia_Genealogy Genealogy]” section (also see the “[[Virginia Public Records|Public Records]]” section). | ||
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=== Online Sources === | === Online Sources === | ||
[http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 Library of Virginia] | [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 Library of Virginia] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Virginia|Virginia}} | |||
{{Virginia|Virginia}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | |||
[[Category:Virginia|Land]] | [[Category:Virginia|Land]] | ||