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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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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. | 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}} | 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 who received the land in the [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/NS5PKK96TPDPMRM5QTLULXH5LLCGM2KJBPR9CGSNYSYL266RQ9-45506?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 online search engine]. | 2. Search for the name of the person who received the land 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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Land transactions after the original patent was issued have been recorded in county deed books. Many independent cities in Virginia also kept their own records. The original deed books are kept in courthouses. You can obtain copies by contacting the appropriate clerk's office—usually the clerk of the circuit court. | Land transactions after the original patent was issued have been recorded in county deed books. Many independent cities in Virginia also kept their own records. The original deed books are kept in courthouses. You can obtain copies by contacting the appropriate clerk's office—usually the clerk of the circuit court. | ||
The [[Family History Library]] has microfilm copies of most pre-1880 deed books and indexes. | The [[Family History Library]] has microfilm copies of most pre-1880 deed books and indexes. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||