Here is a great website ....www.glorecords.blm.gov/..... It covers land patents issued in several Eastern States back to 1820. I entered a last name GLASS search and found 77 Patents in Alabama (Williamson and Zachariah Glass who were just mentioned on this page were there), 24 in Ohio, 22 in Indiana, etc.. I clicked on a highlighted name and the specifics of the patent, including the county appeared. Further down on that page I printed off a copy of the actual patent that was clear enough to be framed! Mike Cavenaugh