Sue, Some info. on a William Bradford in Ky. & Oh: Kentucky Land Grants Grantee Acres Book Survey Date County WaterCourse Bradford, Wm 400 1 5-22-1804 Muhlenberg Pond R Bradford, Wm 400 1 6-12-1804 Muhlenberg Isaac Cr Bradford, Wm 400 8 10- 9-1809 Muhlenberg Pond R Bradford, Wm 610 17 11-24-1810 Hopkins Pond R Bradford, Wm 50 29 9- 7-1846 Whitley Meadow Cr Bradford, Wm 60 96 5-19-1870 Whitley Cumberland Bradford, Wm 100 101 9-13-1881 Whitley Mud Cr >From Ancestry.com: Ohio Land Records (View originals at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Default.asp? ) Name: William & John Bradford) Land Office: CINCINNATI Document Number: 379 Total Acres: 80.16 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 14 Mar 1825 Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warrantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: Yes Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Remarks: JOSH BRADFORD Land Description: 1 W½NW WEST OF THE GREAT MIAMI No 3 N 6 E 22 Ohio Land Records Name: William Bradford Land Office: CINCINNATI Document Number: 7831 Total Acres: 80 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 1 Nov 1840 Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warrantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Remarks: PURCHASE OF LANDS IN INDIANA Land Description: 1 E½SW 2ND PM No 20 N 15 E 5 Military Surveys - Ohio http://www.blm.gov/cadastral/meridians/pob.htm The Northwest Territory was formally created by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Congress, in a move to speed up the survey and sale of Ohio land, agreed to sell large tracts to the Ohio Company (in 1787 and 1792 in Athens, Meigs, and adjoining counties) and to John Cleves Symmes (in 1794 in parts of Hamilton, Butler, and Warren counties.) These developers then subdivided, surveyed, and sold their tracts. Some bounty warrants were honored, wholly or partially, as payment for tracts. The Land Ordinance of 1796 was passed. It defined the surveying system to be used by all future public land surveys. In this system the townships are 6 miles square, composed of 36 one mile square sections, each of which may be subdivided into quarters or smaller. The numbering of the sections is serpentine, starting in the northeast corner of the township. Townships are identified as being north or south of a baseline and in a range east or west of a longitudinal meridian line. The Land Ordinance also created the Congressional Military Tract in the heart of Ohio. The survey system used was one of 5 mile square townships, and the minimum purchase was 1/4 township (about 4000 acres), much larger than the standard military bounty warrant of 160 acres. This had the effect of decreasing the value of the warrant and encouraging speculation in land warrants. The Ohio Land Office opened in 1800 and began selling land to individuals. Ohio became a state in 1803. In Beers History of Brown County - 1883, pg. 506, " Sharondale Mill was built by Daniel Boone. The building was log, and stood on the right bank of Big Three Creek, two miles north of Aberdeen, near the old stone still-house below where William Bradford's residence now stands. ... T. B Fulton went in as a partner (with a Dr. Moore about 1844). In 1857 T. B Fulton bought out Dr. Moore and operated it very successfully till 1874, when he sold it to Jacob Pimm....then A. R Brookover became a partner. In March 1878, Brookover became bankrupt and ....his interest was sold to William Bradford, who also bought out Pimm's interest and operated the mill till May, 1882, when it was burned down." T. B (Titus Bennett) Fulton was my wife's g-g-grandfathers brother. Her name is Jeanine Bennett (Fulton) Watters. Dick Watters r.watters@att.net On Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:47 PM Sue wrote: Was there a Fox Military Survey No.401 done in Mason Co.,KY? Would appreciate if anyone can shed some light on the Fox Military Survey No.401, as I can't find any information on it. Thanks, Sue suesisk@yahoo.com