Ginny, You have probably been hit with all kinds of requests, but are there and Dixons/Dixsons mentioned in the 1790 KY census? If you get the time, I thank you for your trouble. George C. Dixon Virginia L. (Ginny) Keefer in LasVegas wrote: > Kentucky Land Grants in KY to soldiers in French & Indian War. > To order copies- Mail Name, Bundle and Warrant number to; > Kandie Adkinson, Land Office Division, Secretary of State's Office, > Capitol Bldg. Frankfort, KY 40601. > You will need a form to send with request. If you decide to order, I > can scan a copy and forward it to you. > > Bundle 50 > [Warrant number] # 48. Lewis Green soldier 50 acres Surveyed Sept > 8, 1783 Assigned to Abraham Hite -then to John Kennedy. > no # John Adkins Soldier 50 acres Jan 12, 1783 By Daniel Boone, > Fayette Co on Two Mile Creek > no # listed William Branaugh [Part.] 500 acres Nov 8, 1783 By > Jeremiah Briscoe, Jefferson Co on main Fork of Simpson's Creek. > #1821 or 1021 Archibald Buchanan Sergt Capt Preston's Rangers 200 > acres Sept 8, 1783 By Wm. McBrayer, Lincoln Co on w.s. Salt River adj > James McConn Sr > # 959 William Smith Sergeant 200 acres Mar 9, 1783 By Robert > Johnson, Fayette Co on the Ohio, near mouth of Dry Creek, cor to > William Peachy, Ass'd to Cave Johnson. > # 47 William White Soldier 50 acres By ___. Jefferson Co on > Beech Fork, ass'd to Henry Carryer > > Bundle 52 > # 179 Thomas Poe soldier 50 acres Feb 1, 1783 By Alex'r > Breckinridge, Jefferson Co on Fish Pool Creek and Floyd's Fork, cor > William McConley and Gabriel Jones. > > # 306, 307, 308 Alexander Finnie Qr. Mr. Byrd's R. 400 acres. same > again, same again. > > # 333 Sylvester Hughes Sold. [ means soldier ] Robert Stewart's Co > Reg's. 50 acres. > > # 334 Charles Croucher Sold. Washington's Reg't. 50 acres > > # 731 James Keeling Corp. Washington's Reg't Reg's 200 acres > > #740 Samuel Sparks Soldier Washington's Reg't Reg's 50 acres > > #1048 John Edwards Sold, 1st VA Dec 12, 1781 > #1049 John Taggart Soldier 50 acres > #1050 Samuel Conner Old VA Reg't 50 acres > By Wm. McBrayer, Lincoln Co w.s. Salt. R- George McAfee's Settlement. > all assgn to William McBrayer. > > #349 Joel Harlow Soldier 50 acres Jan 4, 1783 By I. Hite, > Jefferson Co on Fern Creek. > # 350 James Hebdon Soldier 50 acres > #351 Thomas Hill Sergeant 200 acres June 25, 1782 > #357 William Kincade [Kincaid] 5-0 acres > All assgn'd to Sampson Matthews. By Thomas Allin, Lincoln Co on > Woolsey's Run,a br of Paint Lick, Peter Woolsey's Cabin. > > Bundle 53 > # 249 Christopher Hudson Captain 1500 acres Jane 13, 1783 By Samuel > Grant, Fayette Co, on N fork of Elkhorn- adj Phillips- Elijah Craig's > line. Ass'd to Lewis Craig. > # 178 James Parrish Soldier 50 acres May 24, 1783 By Robert > Johnson, Fayette Co on Hickman Creek. > #251 John Poindexter Soldier, Capt Fox's Rangers 50 acres > # 300 William Soudren Sergeant 200 acres > # 476 Charles Arnold Soldier 50 acres > # 523 Richard Four Acres Soldier Col. Washington R. 50 acres > All assgn'd to Lewis Craig > > Bundle 54 > # 252 John Thompson Soldier Capt Jno Faris Ranger's 50 acres Apr > 27, 1784 > # 717 William Edwards Soldier, Capt Steward's Rangers 50 acres > By Richard Young, Fayette Co on Waters of Glen's Creek, waters of KY > about 2 miles s of Sam Estill's cabin. assgn'd to William Arnold- > Robert Sanders- Lewis Craig. > > # 266 Henry Harvie Soldier 50 acres Dec 23, 1785 By John H. Craig, > Fayette Co on Glen's Creek, Joseph Blackford's Line. Ass'd to Jeremiah > Craig. > > # 162 Major General Charles Lee Major [par. 5,000 acres] Dec 19, > 1783. By I. Hite [Isaac Hite] Jefferson Co, on N fork of Green River, > adj Abraham Hite- cor Isaac Hite, ass'd to James Nourse. > > > A Calendar of the Warrants for Land in Kentucky, Granted for Service > in the French & Indian War. > The information contained in this book was excerpted from The Yearbook > of the Society Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of KY, 1917. > Original pagination remains unchanged since the index is keyed to > those numbers. > > I have a copy of 1790 Census of KY. It has a map of KY Counties in > 1792. Much different than Counties today. > Beginning on left [western end] of KY.; lower end was called Jackson > Purchase acquired in 1818. All across the bottom on KY was Lincoln Co. > Center above Lincoln Co was Nelson Co. > The right end [ Eastern ]was more populated in 1792.above right end of > Nelson Co was Jefferson County. to the immediate right of Jefferson Co > was Woodford Co, then Bourbon County, then Mason County - these were > at top of state on eastern end of KY > Below Woodford County was Mercer Co on west side and Fayette Co on > eastern side. > Below Fayette Co was Madison Co > Between Madison Co and Mason Co was Bourbon County. > I am not good with maps but if you pencil out what I have typed, it > will make more sense...I hope. > > Seems like the acreage above was confined to Lincoln, Fayette and > Jefferson Counties. They were situated in middle of State of KY from > Lincoln at bottom, Fayette in middle on East side of center and > Jefferson at top center of KY. > > In 1790 census of KY > Hite's listed were; > Abraham Hite Sr. Jefferson Co > Isaac Hite, Jefferson Co > Joseph Hite Jefferson Co > Thomas Hite Lincoln Co > James Hiter Fayette Co ? > Elias Hitt Fayette Co > > Waddell's listed; > George Bourbon Co > Henry Madison Co > Henry Madison Co > James Bourbon Co > > White's listed; > Andrew Lincoln Co > Catherine Fayette Co > Charles Madison Co > Daniel Lincoln Co > Elizabeth Jefferson Co > George Lincoln Co > George Madison Co > James Fayette Co > James Fayette Co > Jas. Fayette Co > James Madison Co > James Nelson Co > James Woodford Co > Jeremiah Fayette Co > Joel Fayette Co > Joel Fayette Co > Joel Woodford Co > John Fayette Co > John Fayette Co > John Lincoln Co > John Madison Co > John Jr Madison Co > John Sr Fayette Co > Stephen Bourbon Co > Thomas Fayette Co > Wm Fayette Co > William Jefferson Co > > .·:*¨¨*:·.~* Ginny *~.·:*¨¨*:·. > > > ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mason County Website! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymason/mason.htm > Be sure to bookmark it! > > >