A land patent record tells the following information: Patentee's name, Volume and Page Number, Land Office, Date, Doc. and Misc. and Doc. Numbers, Transaction Type, Warraniee's Name, Multiple Patentees, Remarks, Description Part Number, Twp and Range. These do not include patents issued after 30 June 1908, when the new record keeping program began in the General Land Office. If a transaction was canceled it will most likely not be included in the book. I have one on Crawford, Washington, and Carroll Co. of Arkansas. I am going to get one on Franklin Co. Janette ARCRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: ARCRAWFO-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 34 Today's Topics: #1 Patent Book [BANDGMETAL@aol.com] #2 Re: [ARCRAWFORD] Patent Book [JCBrooks@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from ARCRAWFO-D, send a message to ARCRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:44:27 EDT From: BANDGMETAL@aol.com To: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Patent Book What is a Patent book? Who would be in one? Linda > Janet, can you look up several names for me who should be in the Patent > Books of Crawford County? > ______________________________Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:44:22 EDT From: JCBrooks@aol.com To: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFORD] Patent Book In a message dated 7/24/2006 6:45:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, BANDGMETAL@aol.com writes: > What is a Patent book? Who would be in one? > Patent as in land patents to the first person to claim the land....usually very early (or before) in the creation of a county. Michele

Ms. Perryman: Would your patent records show any information on John Ratliff, Job Ratliff, William Ratliff, James Ratliff or Thompson Ratliff? Time frame would be about 1826 - 1840. Counties would probably be Washington and Crawford. Thanks you, JoRetta Lewis ----- Original Message ----- From: Janette Perryman<mailto:janettesworld@sbcglobal.net> To: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:46 PM Subject: [ARCRAWFORD] Arkansas Land Patents A land patent record tells the following information: Patentee's name, Volume and Page Number, Land Office, Date, Doc. and Misc. and Doc. Numbers, Transaction Type, Warraniee's Name, Multiple Patentees, Remarks, Description Part Number, Twp and Range. These do not include patents issued after 30 June 1908, when the new record keeping program began in the General Land Office. If a transaction was canceled it will most likely not be included in the book. I have one on Crawford, Washington, and Carroll Co. of Arkansas. I am going to get one on Franklin Co. Janette ARCRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ARCRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: ARCRAWFO-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 34 Today's Topics: #1 Patent Book [BANDGMETAL@aol.com] #2 Re: [ARCRAWFORD] Patent Book [JCBrooks@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from ARCRAWFO-D, send a message to ARCRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:ARCRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com> that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:44:27 EDT From: BANDGMETAL@aol.com<mailto:BANDGMETAL@aol.com> To: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Patent Book What is a Patent book? Who would be in one? Linda > Janet, can you look up several names for me who should be in the Patent > Books of Crawford County? > ______________________________Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:44:22 EDT From: JCBrooks@aol.com<mailto:JCBrooks@aol.com> To: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFORD] Patent Book In a message dated 7/24/2006 6:45:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, BANDGMETAL@aol.com<mailto:BANDGMETAL@aol.com> writes: > What is a Patent book? Who would be in one? > Patent as in land patents to the first person to claim the land....usually very early (or before) in the creation of a county. Michele ==== ARCRAWFO Mailing List ==== Come join us for discussing of all things Arkansas, from Arkansas surnames to Southern recipes, old stories, photos and folklore @ ArkansasGenChat@arkansasfamilies.net<mailto:ArkansasGenChat@arkansasfamilies.net> ! ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx>

Janette, I have better information now about the Land Patent books at The Crawford County Genealogy Library. There are two Franklin County books, 1. Franklin County Land Patents by Virginia McPail , Arkansas Historical Commission, One Capital Mall, Little Rock, Ar. 72221. It starts in 1828 and is organized by land definition ( Section, Township, Range) 2. Franklin Land Patents from Arkansas Research, P.O. Box 303 Conway, Air 72032 This is organized by grantee name and goes until 1908. Hope this helps Best, Gail -----Original Message----- From: Janette Perryman [mailto:janettesworld@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:47 PM To: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ARCRAWFORD] Arkansas Land Patents A land patent record tells the following information: Patentee's name, Volume and Page Number, Land Office, Date, Doc. and Misc. and Doc. Numbers, Transaction Type, Warraniee's Name, Multiple Patentees, Remarks, Description Part Number, Twp and Range. These do not include patents issued after 30 June 1908, when the new record keeping program began in the General Land Office. If a transaction was canceled it will most likely not be included in the book. I have one on Crawford, Washington, and Carroll Co. of Arkansas. I am going to get one on Franklin Co. Janette ARCRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: ARCRAWFO-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 34 Today's Topics: #1 Patent Book [BANDGMETAL@aol.com] #2 Re: [ARCRAWFORD] Patent Book [JCBrooks@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from ARCRAWFO-D, send a message to ARCRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:44:27 EDT From: BANDGMETAL@aol.com To: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Patent Book What is a Patent book? Who would be in one? Linda > Janet, can you look up several names for me who should be in the Patent > Books of Crawford County? > ______________________________Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:44:22 EDT From: JCBrooks@aol.com To: ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFORD] Patent Book In a message dated 7/24/2006 6:45:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, BANDGMETAL@aol.com writes: > What is a Patent book? Who would be in one? > Patent as in land patents to the first person to claim the land....usually very early (or before) in the creation of a county. Michele ==== ARCRAWFO Mailing List ==== Come join us for discussing of all things Arkansas, from Arkansas surnames to Southern recipes, old stories, photos and folklore @ ArkansasGenChat@arkansasfamilies.net ! ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx