Kentucky Land and Property: Difference between revisions

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*'''1700-1909''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kentucky-wills-deeds-and-marriages-1700-1909-published-1929 Kentucky, Wills, Deeds, and Marriages, 1700-1909 (Published 1929)] ($), index.

*'''1773-1780''' [http://genealogytrails.com/vir/fincastle/fincastlecommissionerland.html Genealogy Trails History Group, Early Kentucky Land Records, 1773-1780], index.

*'''1850-1880''' {{RecordSearch|4231101|United States, Kentucky, Agricultural Schedules, 1850-1880}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Kentucky, Agricultural Schedules - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images

*'''1934-1953''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4903 U.S., Tennessee Valley, Family Removal and Population Readjustment Case Files, 1934-1953] ($), index.

*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48031/ Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. II] at Ancestry ($); {{FSC|86046|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.9 D2a 1969}}

*[https://www.sos.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx The Kentucky Land Office] has information and links to many land record collections. Select Land Office from menu, then Military Registers & Land Records and Non-Military Registers & Land Records. Some of these collections with additional links are also listed below under '''Land Grants'''.

The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land ownership was generally recorded in an area as soon as settlers began to arrive. Land records are primarily used to learn where an individual lived and when he or she lived there. They often reveal other family information such as the name of a spouse, heirs, other relatives, and neighbors.  

You may learn where a person lived previously, his or her occupation, if the ancestor served in the military, if he or she was a naturalized citizen, or other clues for further research. {{Adoption KYGenWeb}}Sale of the land may show when the person left and  may mention where he or she was moving to.   

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). The Land Grant Process consists of the following steps:  

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 and on microfilm at the FamilySearch 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.  

*''Early Kentucky landholders, 1787-1811''. Compiled by James F. Sutherland. {{FSC|481476|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.9 R2su}}

Once a parcel of land was transferred from the government to private ownership, it may have stayed in the family for generations or for only a few months. It may have been subdivided, sold, and resold, with each transaction creating new records. These person-to-person transactions are an important resource to the genealogist since the potential for an ancestor to be recorded is high. These records may offer genealogical clues such as the given name of the wife, a previous residence, names of children, or death information. Land records also offer clues to maiden names if a father deeded property to his daughter upon her marriage. Witnesses and neighbors may also be in-laws or relatives.  

#Once you have the film number, you should be given the information to locate the film at various FamilySearch Centers.

In the early days land disputes were common and so deeds ended up appealed to the STATE court level. These are abstracted in Michael L. and Bettie A. Cook's ''Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books Vol VI (Deed Books A-G, 1796-1803), Vol VII (Deed Books H-N, 1803-1811), Vol VIII (Deed Books O-U, 1811-1821) and Vol IV (Deed Books V-Z, 1821-1835)'' of the Kentucky Record Series. Vol IV includes the District of Kentucky (1783-1789) state supreme court records.

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