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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]] [[Virginia_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' | ''[[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|200px | [[Image:384px-Land grant Hugh Mercer's Heirs Thomas Jefferson 1780.jpg|thumb|right|200px]] | ||
=== Colonial and State Land Grants === | === Colonial and State Land Grants === | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffff66" | <center>'''Accessing land grants and surveys on the [[Library of Virginia]] website'''</center><br><br>Land patents (pre-1779), land grants (after 1779), and Northern Neck grants (1692-1862) and surveys are available online. | | bgcolor="#ffff66" | | ||
<center>'''Accessing land grants and surveys on the [[Library of Virginia]] website'''</center><br><br>Land patents (pre-1779), land grants (after 1779), and Northern Neck grants (1692-1862) and surveys are available online. | |||
'''Headrights''' | |||
Transported individuals were not indexed by the Library of Virginia in their database. In order to find your immigrant listed in these records, search for the name of the person who claimed land for their importation. | |||
1. Identify the name of the person who received a headright grant by checking published abstracts: {{FHL|76227|item|disp=Nugent}} | |||
2. Search for the name of the person in the [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/NS5PKK96TPDPMRM5QTLULXH5LLCGM2KJBPR9CGSNYSYL266RQ9-45506?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 online search engine]. | |||
'''Land Grant Recipients''' | |||
1. Search for the name of the person in the [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/NS5PKK96TPDPMRM5QTLULXH5LLCGM2KJBPR9CGSNYSYL266RQ9-45506?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 online search engine]. | |||
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'''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 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. | ||
Published abstracts: {{FHL|476302|item|disp=Joyner}} and {{FHL|511490|item|disp=Gray}}. | |||
'''Northern Neck Surveys, 1786-1854'''. On 9 Family History Library films beginning with film 29533, {{FHL|679210|item}}. Each volume is indexed. | '''Northern Neck Surveys, 1786-1854'''. On 9 Family History Library films beginning with film 29533, {{FHL|679210|item}}. Each volume is indexed. | ||