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*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/29778/ Early Ohioans' Residences from the Land Grant Records] at Ancestry - index ($)

*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/ohio-first-land-owners-published-1911 Ohio, First Land Owners (Published 1911)] at Findmypast - index & images ($)  

*[http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10051/land-patents-ohio?s=218489221 Land Patents - Ohio] at MyHeritage - index ($)

*[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=1 Survey Plats and Field Notes] at Bureau of Land Management - index  

*[https://historygeo.com/ Land Owner Search] at Historygeo.com ($), index to maps of original land owners

The value of land records lies in the fact that land was highly sought after and the transactions were recorded from the time settlers began to arrive. Therefore it is a consistent and continuous record of many ancestors lives. Land records can be used to learn where and when an individual lived in certain areas, as well as often revealing useful and interesting family information.  

If you are new to land research, you may wish to read the Beginner’s corner and other articles included on the [[United States Land and Property|United States Land and Property]] page.

*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Company_of_Associates#Settlement_at_Marietta.2C_Ohio The Ohio Company First Purchase]'''. This land was sold by the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohfrankl/Land/ohl2.html Continental Congress] to an association of former officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts and nearby areas. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Company_of_Associates#Settlement_at_Marietta.2C_Ohio The Ohio Company Second Purchase], made in 1792, was acquired by redeeming military bounty land warrants obtained by the association. Original records of the Ohio Company of Associates are in the custody of [https://library.marietta.edu/c.php?g=1020714&p=7394024 Marietta College], Dawes Memorial Library, Marietta, Ohio.  

Federal Grants to the State were given for various purposes. Grants were given for school, swamp, ministerial, canal, wagon road or turnpike, and university lands. Grants were also given for salt reservations and other purposes. Acts of the Ohio State Legislature determined how these lands were used, granted or sold.

Virginia Military District was surveyed in 1787, and the first patent was issued in 1796. Bounty land warrants issued for military service in Virginia during the Revolutionary War or the French and Indian Wars were redeemed for land in Kentucky or in this district of Ohio. The first owners may not have been from Virginia and may not have been soldiers, since warrants could be inherited, sold, or legally assigned. Lands were described by metes and bounds in this district and are identified in deeds, tax lists, and other records by the original survey number assigned to each parcel. Original records for this district are found at the [http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/suitland/ National Archives—Suitland Branch]; the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management, Springfield, Virginia]; the [Ohio] Auditor of State's Land Office (address to follow); and the [http://www.ohiohistory.org/ Ohio Historical Society].  

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After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse. Original documents were retained by the families, while abstracts of deeds, mortgages, leases, and a few land grant records were kept by the recorder of deeds in each county. Abstracts and indexes for these records are generally available at the county courthouse.  

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