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:*Wilson, George R. Early Indiana Trails and Surveys. Indianapolis, Indiana: C. E. Pauley, 1919. (Family History Library book {{FHL|977.2 B4}}v.6 no.3; film {{

FHL|824286}}item 13; fiche {{FHL|6051190}}. This contains the history of early roads and land grants.

:*This Land of Ours: The Acquisition and Disposition of the Public Domain, Family History Library book {{FHL|977 R2ia}}, film {{FHL|20555585}}Item 8.

*United States Congress ''American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States'' La Crosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1959. 38 vols. On 29 films beginning with {{FHL|1631827}}; classes 8 and 9 are also on films {{FHL|899878}}–85. Volumes for classes 8 and 9 deal with public lands and claims for 1789 to 1837 and may name siblings or heirs of original claimants. Classes 8 and 9 have been republished in:

:*United States Congress. ''American State Papers, Class 8: Public Lands''; Class 9: Claims: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. {{FHL|973 R2ag}}1994).  The American state papers include many of the private land claims for the early time period prior to statehood

:*McMullin, Phillip W. and United States Congress ''Grassroots of America : a computerized index to the American state papers: land grants and claims (1789-1837) with other aids to research (Government document serial set numbers 28 through 36)'' Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994, c1990. {{FHL|973 R2ag}}index 1990. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/369896 World Cat]

*Cowen, Janet C. ''Jeffersonville Land Entries, 1808-1818''. Indianapolis, Indiana: J.Cowen, 1984. Family History Library book {{FHL|977.2 R2c}}[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12314556 World Cat]. This is an index to the records at the Jeffersonville land office, which was located in Clark County, in southeastern Indiana. This lists the receipt number, the person who purchased land, state of residence (including county or city), land description (section, township, and range), number of acres, and date of purchase.

*English, William Hayden and Clark, George Rogers ''Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783, and life of General George Rogers Clark : with numerous sketches of men who served under Clark and full list of those allotted lands in Clark's grant for service in the campaigns against the British posts, showing exact land allotted each'' Washington [District of Columbia] : L.C. Photoduplication Service, 1986. {{FHL|1454567}}items 3-4. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/172982721 World Cat.] Book on line at [http://books.google.com/books?id=-EgSAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=conquest+of+the+country+northwest+of+the+river+Ohio&hl=en&ei=bV2rTJOrKIe8sQOr9MifAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false google books.]

*Lux, Leonard. ''The Vincennes Donation Lands''. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society, 1949. Family History Library book {{FHL|977.2 B4}}vol.15, no.4; film {{FHL|928192}}item5; fiche {{FHL|6051134}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1247886 World Cat]. This book lists the names of persons having land claims of 400 acres each in the southwestern part of the state (1788–1792).

*Waters, Margaret R. ''Indiana Land Entries''. Two volumes. 1948. Reprint, Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1977-1979. Family History Library book {{FHL|977.2 R2w}}; fiche {{FHL|6046718}}vols. 1–2]). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52151905 World Cat]. Volume one has records of the Cincinnati, Ohio, land office, 1801 to 1840, and volume two, for the Vincennes, Indiana, land office, 1807 to 1877. Each volume is indexed and gives the location of the land, the date of the transaction, and the page number in the original land entries.

*''Illinois and Wabash land company minutes, 1778-1812'' Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948. Film {{FHL|20445}}item 5.