I have a general question about the 1805 and 1807 Georgia Land Lotteries. From what I've read the 15 Districts in which land was granted in 1807 were numbered in such a manner so as to continue the numbering system from the 1805 lottery and consisted of Districts 6-20 in Baldwin County and a series of Districts in Wilkinson County. If that is accurate, then District 4 in Baldwin County would logically have been a part of the 1805 drawing rather than the 1807 drawing. That poses a slight problem as it pertains to a person I am researching. The person of interest shows to have been "eligible" to draw in 1805 but is not listed among the grantees in that drawing. He is, however, listed as a grantee in the 1807 drawing. My dilemma is that later records reflect that his land was in District 4 "formerly Baldwin County." That seems to be in conflict with the 1807 grantee list, as District 4 does not appear to have been included in the 1807 lottery drawing. Anyone care to speculate as to what might be going on?

Hello Sue, It has been quite some time since I received any mail from this list. It's nice to know it still exists in some folks' minds. I have done some research in western NY. Most of it was many years ago. The distinct recollection is that the lands in Western NY were originally surveyed by the Ellicott brothers and sold by the Holland Land Company whose owners still resided in The Netherlands. This area was known as the Holland Land Purchase. It is unique from the rest of NY in that all the lands were laid out in Township and Range (T&R). This is a square grid system. All the other lands in NY were established with the Metes and Bounds technique. The lands sold by the Holland Land Company are not found in the sales by the colony of NY or State of NY. They are found in the Holland Land Company records. They can be found in the NY State Archives in Albany. The LDS also have copied these records and are available through them. This T&R system was extended to the new federal territory west of the OHIO River when the NW Ordinance was passed in 1785. One of the Ellicott brothers established the first survey for lands under this new federal law. Ultimately, all of these western federal lands out to the Pacific Ocean were surveyed with the Township and Range method. The southeastern US below the original colonies was also surveyed by T&R. My experience with land records in NY is that they are much more readily available than other record forms. I have received records directly from the County Clerk, or from the LDS microfilm project. The LDS land indexes and records can be rented from your nearest Family History Center and used there only. Look them up in the local phone book under Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They are also listed online at FamilySearch.org. Some county clerks might tell you the records were burned. Be persistent. That almost seems to be an excuse for not even looking for them. They may be found in a different facility than originally filed. Since most counties, and the State of New York, enact some form of tax on each parcel of land, the land records may be in the same building as the Tax Office for the county. The grants for military bounty lands are in the state archives in Albany. This is also true most of the original colonial land records. The state claims many of these records were lost by fire in1911. If your regional library has a collection of WPA County Records, a description of what was there in the late 1930's can help resolve the issue of land records still in existence for each NY county. Sue, I suggest you obtain a copy of E. Wade Hones book "/Land and Property //Research in the United States./" It was published in 1997, but is a nice comprehensive look at those records. It contains much detail about where NY records can be found and what is in them when you find them. It is a basic resource for lands anywhere in the US. Gerry Gerald S. Lenzen in the county of interest. 10411 SW 41st Ave. Portland, OR 97219-6984 Home: 503-244-4357 Cell: 971-227-0087 "No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn." Hal Borland, American author. 20th century. On 2/14/13 4:32 PM, Sue Christensen wrote: > Hello, > > I subscribed within the last 30 days wanting to learn more about how to find land records and what they can reveal. > Before I pose a question, I'd like to know who is still subscribed to this list that is versed in the subject matter. it seems from the archives that the activity has fallen from the inception--not surprising since few people subscribe to lists anymore but I am kind of old school that way. > > The reason I looked at joining a list was that it seemed as though lists, when compared to the general forum sites, tend to have people with a serious interest in delving more deeply into the particular subject matter. I have learned a lot from reading older discussions on the genealogy lists regarding history, sources, thought processes, etc. I find the other main geneology sites to be more hit and run with people just looking for a quick bite to their one question, then they move on. > > I am delving into New York state land records and want to find out how various types were recorded and where. I have been using the FamilySearch site land records for NYS counties and would like to ask some questions about land/property ownership. > > Thanks, > > Sue > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello, I subscribed within the last 30 days wanting to learn more about how to find land records and what they can reveal. Before I pose a question, I'd like to know who is still subscribed to this list that is versed in the subject matter. it seems from the archives that the activity has fallen from the inception--not surprising since few people subscribe to lists anymore but I am kind of old school that way. The reason I looked at joining a list was that it seemed as though lists, when compared to the general forum sites, tend to have people with a serious interest in delving more deeply into the particular subject matter. I have learned a lot from reading older discussions on the genealogy lists regarding history, sources, thought processes, etc. I find the other main geneology sites to be more hit and run with people just looking for a quick bite to their one question, then they move on. I am delving into New York state land records and want to find out how various types were recorded and where. I have been using the FamilySearch site land records for NYS counties and would like to ask some questions about land/property ownership. Thanks, Sue

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Gerry: You are correct, it is RW bounty land either awarded to William Croghan or assigned to him. As I understand, the RW warrants and land patents for the state of Kentucky are available at <http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/patentseries/vaandokpatents/Default.aspx>. Some other land warrants/patents and related documents are available from links accessible from the same site. A few others of interest are available from LVA at <http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30> I've searched both of these, although I cannot claim to be 100% sure that I've covered everything. There is overlap between the two collections. I have made an index of all of the William Croghan patents in the Old Kentucky (OK), and VA (Virginia) land patents at the state of Kentucky. There are only 29 Croghan documents at the LVA site so that was easier to search. While I could have missed it, Croghan's 1666 2/3 acre survey does not seem to be there. Thus this query. These collections are not complete, and may also be currently "under construction" with new scans, so it may show up some day. The admins don't seem to have any way to show amendments to their collections, so rechecking is not easy. Thanks for the reply and the interest. Dave > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:07:50 -0800 > From: "Gerald S. Lenzen"<gerrylenzen@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [LAND-RESCH] Looking for a Deed > To: land-research@rootsweb.com > Message-ID:<4EB8B926.1090002@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Dave, > > The land you describe sounds like bounty land from service in the RW or > War of 1812. Since KY was territory under the control of VA, it should > show up as a bounty warrant and patent in the VA records. I'm not > familiar enough with the VA bounty lands to know if they are interfiled > with regular patents or in a separate place in the records. The patent > is about the size given to veteran military OFFICERS, not enlisted men. > Often, the veterans just sold off the land for any cash they could > derive from it. Sometimes they moved there as well, but not necessarily. > > Gerry > > Gerald S. Lenzen > 10411 SW 41st Ave. > Portland, OR 97219-6984 > Phone: 503-244-4357 > Cell: 971-227-0087 > > ?Families will live on through the stories we tell our children and grandchildren? > Carolyn J. Booth and Mindy B. Henderson, American writers, present day.

Dave, The land you describe sounds like bounty land from service in the RW or War of 1812. Since KY was territory under the control of VA, it should show up as a bounty warrant and patent in the VA records. I'm not familiar enough with the VA bounty lands to know if they are interfiled with regular patents or in a separate place in the records. The patent is about the size given to veteran military OFFICERS, not enlisted men. Often, the veterans just sold off the land for any cash they could derive from it. Sometimes they moved there as well, but not necessarily. Gerry Gerald S. Lenzen 10411 SW 41st Ave. Portland, OR 97219-6984 Phone: 503-244-4357 Cell: 971-227-0087 “Families will live on through the stories we tell our children and grandchildren” Carolyn J. Booth and Mindy B. Henderson, American writers, present day. On 11/7/11 5:18 PM, Dave Bird wrote: > I've been attempting to reconstruct the whereabouts of my ancestor's > original patent in Barren County. > > One key tract is referenced in several other deeds as William Croghan's > 1666 2/3 Acre survey on the waters of Beaver Creek or Skeggs Beaver > Creek in Kentucky. The tract lies roughly 4 miles West North West of > Glasgow in Barren County and straddles the creek. I know this from the > location of the deeds that reference it's location. > > I've looked in LVA, in the KY land office in OK, and VA patents. Lots' > of Croghan patents; he was a land trader. But, none of those are the > 1666 2/3 Acre survey on Beaver Creek. > > Croghan died in Jefferson Co in 1823. His will disposes of what appears > to be all of his remaining land, but his 1666 2/3 acre tract is not > mentioned. The Barren County Land Indexes do not appear to show anything > that would help either. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > > Dave > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I've been attempting to reconstruct the whereabouts of my ancestor's original patent in Barren County. One key tract is referenced in several other deeds as William Croghan's 1666 2/3 Acre survey on the waters of Beaver Creek or Skeggs Beaver Creek in Kentucky. The tract lies roughly 4 miles West North West of Glasgow in Barren County and straddles the creek. I know this from the location of the deeds that reference it's location. I've looked in LVA, in the KY land office in OK, and VA patents. Lots' of Croghan patents; he was a land trader. But, none of those are the 1666 2/3 Acre survey on Beaver Creek. Croghan died in Jefferson Co in 1823. His will disposes of what appears to be all of his remaining land, but his 1666 2/3 acre tract is not mentioned. The Barren County Land Indexes do not appear to show anything that would help either. Can anyone help? Thanks, Dave

Until the hyperlinking of Township-Range-Section to Google maps by the Bureau of Land Management is finished, there are some ways to get close. Because land was granted before the territory was purchased by the United States, LA has a lot less regularity than other states laid out under the Public Land Survey System. The Bureau of Land Management's new site will allow you to look at early surveys which show some geographical features for the townships and ranges. This site is really useful and worth getting to know. Some old plats are viewable on http://wwwslodms.doa.la.gov/HistoricalDocument. When I was looking for locations in LA, not as much was available online. I did not have access to http://www.geocommunicator.gov which will let you locate T-R-S and choose among several maps. The World Street Map ESRI option looks useful. Finally, most important, look at http://www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx. I think it will do most of what you want. At least to the section level. After that, you need to find the two quarters of quarters which include the 80 acres of interest. You do not need a subscription to use the basic features. Speaking of maps, http://usgwarchives.net/maps/louisiana/ is interesting. If you want to reach me by e-mail, I'm at familydog@comcast.net. All best, Don Maring familydog@comcast.net "Dates on the calendar are closer than they appear." -----Original Message----- From: land-research-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:land-research-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of freedbyluvv Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 8:17 PM To: LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAND-RESCH] (no subject)   Greetings list. I'm sure this has been asked here many times, but I cannot find an answer. Can someone take a minute to please tell me how I can locate my ancestor's old property on the ground?  I have all that is needed to do so. I have the twp, range and section number. I wrote the parish clerk in Louisiana a month ago as another suggested, and no answer. What I want is to put the land of 80 acres on top of an aerial view of Google Earth. I don't know how to do that. I see a website that you pay $99 a year to use their topographical tools, but I don't want that either.    If someone has that program, I'll gladly pay you for a nice, clear full color print out of those 80 acres on a real time Google map.    Can someone please help me?   Thanks. April. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

excellent, I'll look into these today, I really need help with this project. I've never heard of the land mapper list, I'll join there, thanks, April. --- On Wed, 3/2/11, Nancy Upshaw <nupshaw@compuserve.com> wrote: From: Nancy Upshaw <nupshaw@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: [LAND-RESCH] LAND-RESEARCH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1 To: land-research@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 7:36 AM You may want to join and pose this question to the deed-mapper list on rootsweb. Also, I seem to remember there is an online facility somewhere that will do it for you. Have you visited the web site for the Bureau of Land management? If they don't do it there they may tell you how to do it. - Nancy Upshaw On 3/2/2011 3:00 AM, land-research-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > >     1. (no subject) (freedbyluvv) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:17:17 -0800 (PST) > From: freedbyluvv<freedbyluvv@yahoo.com> > Subject: [LAND-RESCH] (no subject) > To: LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com > Message-ID:<62963.2810.qm@web45112.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > ? Greetings list. I'm sure this has been asked here many times, but I cannot find an answer. Can someone take a minute to please tell me how I can locate my ancestor's old property on the ground? > > ?I have all that is needed to do so. I have the twp, range and section number. I wrote the parish clerk in Louisiana a month ago as another suggested, and no answer. What I want is to put the land of 80 acres?on top of?an aerial view of Google Earth. I don't know how to do that. I see a website that you pay $99 a year to use their topographical tools, but I don't want that either. > ? > ?If someone has that program, I'll gladly pay you for a nice, clear?full color print out of those 80 acres on a real time Google map. > ? > ?Can someone please help me? > ? > Thanks. > April. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LAND-RESEARCH list administrator, send an email to > LAND-RESEARCH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the LAND-RESEARCH mailing list, send an email to LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of LAND-RESEARCH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1 > ******************************************* > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You may want to join and pose this question to the deed-mapper list on rootsweb. Also, I seem to remember there is an online facility somewhere that will do it for you. Have you visited the web site for the Bureau of Land management? If they don't do it there they may tell you how to do it. - Nancy Upshaw On 3/2/2011 3:00 AM, land-research-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. (no subject) (freedbyluvv) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:17:17 -0800 (PST) > From: freedbyluvv<freedbyluvv@yahoo.com> > Subject: [LAND-RESCH] (no subject) > To: LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com > Message-ID:<62963.2810.qm@web45112.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > ? Greetings list. I'm sure this has been asked here many times, but I cannot find an answer. Can someone take a minute to please tell me how I can locate my ancestor's old property on the ground? > > ?I have all that is needed to do so. I have the twp, range and section number. I wrote the parish clerk in Louisiana a month ago as another suggested, and no answer. What I want is to put the land of 80 acres?on top of?an aerial view of Google Earth. I don't know how to do that. I see a website that you pay $99 a year to use their topographical tools, but I don't want that either. > ? > ?If someone has that program, I'll gladly pay you for a nice, clear?full color print out of those 80 acres on a real time Google map. > ? > ?Can someone please help me? > ? > Thanks. > April. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LAND-RESEARCH list administrator, send an email to > LAND-RESEARCH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the LAND-RESEARCH mailing list, send an email to LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of LAND-RESEARCH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1 > ******************************************* >

Have you tried Google Earth? Downloads are free. On Mar 2, 2011, at 2:00 AM, land-research-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. (no subject) (freedbyluvv) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:17:17 -0800 (PST) > From: freedbyluvv <freedbyluvv@yahoo.com> > Subject: [LAND-RESCH] (no subject) > To: LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <62963.2810.qm@web45112.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > ? Greetings list. I'm sure this has been asked here many times, but I cannot find an answer. Can someone take a minute to please tell me how I can locate my ancestor's old property on the ground? > > ?I have all that is needed to do so. I have the twp, range and section number. I wrote the parish clerk in Louisiana a month ago as another suggested, and no answer. What I want is to put the land of 80 acres?on top of?an aerial view of Google Earth. I don't know how to do that. I see a website that you pay $99 a year to use their topographical tools, but I don't want that either. > ? > ?If someone has that program, I'll gladly pay you for a nice, clear?full color print out of those 80 acres on a real time Google map. > ? > ?Can someone please help me? > ? > Thanks. > April. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LAND-RESEARCH list administrator, send an email to > LAND-RESEARCH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the LAND-RESEARCH mailing list, send an email to LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of LAND-RESEARCH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1 > ******************************************* >

Thank you for the suggestion to try Google Earth. That is what I'm needing help doing however. I do not know the quadrants, just the range, twp, and section. So same question, how do I locate the property using Google Earth? April. On Wed Mar 2nd, 2011 5:05 AM PST Merri Vinton wrote: >Have you tried Google Earth? Downloads are free. > >On Mar 2, 2011, at 2:00 AM, land-research-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. (no subject) (freedbyluvv) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:17:17 -0800 (PST) >> From: freedbyluvv <freedbyluvv@yahoo.com> >> Subject: [LAND-RESCH] (no subject) >> To: LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <62963.2810.qm@web45112.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> ? Greetings list. I'm sure this has been asked here many times, but I cannot find an answer. Can someone take a minute to please tell me how I can locate my ancestor's old property on the ground? >> >> ?I have all that is needed to do so. I have the twp, range and section number. I wrote the parish clerk in Louisiana a month ago as another suggested, and no answer. What I want is to put the land of 80 acres?on top of?an aerial view of Google Earth. I don't know how to do that. I see a website that you pay $99 a year to use their topographical tools, but I don't want that either. >> ? >> ?If someone has that program, I'll gladly pay you for a nice, clear?full color print out of those 80 acres on a real time Google map. >> ? >> ?Can someone please help me? >> ? >> Thanks. >> April. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the LAND-RESEARCH list administrator, send an email to >> LAND-RESEARCH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the LAND-RESEARCH mailing list, send an email to LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of LAND-RESEARCH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1 >> ******************************************* >> > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

  Greetings list. I'm sure this has been asked here many times, but I cannot find an answer. Can someone take a minute to please tell me how I can locate my ancestor's old property on the ground?  I have all that is needed to do so. I have the twp, range and section number. I wrote the parish clerk in Louisiana a month ago as another suggested, and no answer. What I want is to put the land of 80 acres on top of an aerial view of Google Earth. I don't know how to do that. I see a website that you pay $99 a year to use their topographical tools, but I don't want that either.    If someone has that program, I'll gladly pay you for a nice, clear full color print out of those 80 acres on a real time Google map.    Can someone please help me?   Thanks. April.

Thank you Gary for bring it to my attention, that I wrote Seventh Day Adventist. The Famliy History Library is the Church of Latter Day Saints (Morman) and not Seventh Day Adventist. I was tired and operating on automatic without great thought---really don't know how that came out! Anyhow, hope the information helps someone to find those needed documents. Chocy Go to Library of Virginia Online. Find "What We Have" Locate Microfilm Interbranch Loan page. Listed by Virginia Counties, than broke down by what kind of record aka wills, deeds, court, marriages and so forth. Each film lists the years that film covers plus the type of documents, example: Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 1 thru ?; 1743- ?. Find the films you want to see. Take the information to your local public library. They will order the film for you and let you know when it arrives. Film loan is for 2 weeks and you can order up to 5 rolls at a time. Cost is postage and handling. Some local libraries charge their own small handling charge; but other do not charge anything. You view the film at your local library and hopefully your library has a viewer-printer so that you can copy from the film the documents you want. At my nearby college library they charge only 10 cents per copy. At my local library they charge 25 cents per copy. Another inexpensive way to get those documents is to go to your nearest Church of Latter Day Saints Family Research Library. Everyone is welcomed to use the library and many well informed people to help you find what you need. If what you need can not be found in your branch, they can order it for you from Salt Lake City for a small fee. They have all the Virginia courthouse records for each county just as the Library of Virginia has on their Interbranch Loan microfilms. Good luck.

Go to Library of Virginia Online. Find "What We Have" Locate Microfilm Interbranch Loan page. Listed by Virginia Counties, than broke down by what kind of record aka wills, deeds, court, marriages and so forth. Each film lists the years that film covers plus the type of documents, example: Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 1 thru ?; 1743- ?. Find the films you want to see. Take the information to your local public library. They will the film for you and let you know when it arrives. Film loan is for 2 weeks and you can order up to 5 rolls at a time. Cost is postage and handling. Some local libraries charge their own small handling charge; but other do not charge anything. You view the film at your local library and hopefully your library has a viewer-printer so that you can copy from the film the documents you want. At my nearby college library they charge only 10 cents per copy. At my local library they charge 25 cents per copy. Another inexpensive way to get those documents is to go to your nearest Seven Day Adventist Family Research Library. Everyone is welcomed to use the library and many well informed people to help you find what you need. If what you need can not be found in your branch, they can order it for you from Salt Lake City for a small fee. They have all the Virginia courthouse records for each county just as the Library of Virginia has on their Interbranch Loan microfilms. Good luck.

If one is unable to travel to the courthouses in a Virginia county are they available on-line anywhere? Or is the only option hire a researcher or order microfilm? Thanks. Merri

Dear Family Dog This is super fantastic.  I can't thank you enough for sending this.  I will try all your suggestions and hope to be successful but your instructions are very clear and even this old brain should be able to do it......thanks a gazillion. PH DePoy Albany NY ----- Original Message ----- From: land-research-request@rootsweb.com To: land-research@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 3:00:30 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: LAND-RESEARCH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 2 Today's Topics:    1. Re: William Harris property (Family  Dog) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:34:09 -0500 From: "Family  Dog" <familydog@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [LAND-RESCH] William Harris property To: <land-research@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <2F666D3FC2304085851235C388EC80C9@Study> Content-Type: text/plain;        charset="iso-8859-1" You need to get to know the Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys. It takes patience, practice, and trial & error, but using Library of Virginia can open a gold mine. You can also sometimes buy copies of the surveys from them. http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/E2RBN1FHR8BEVGHCLUL55IL9F5XLPI3GHPJGA IE12I7GLNKVQK-16766?func=find-d-0 If you enter William and Harris and Campbell, you'll pull several patents. There are hyperlinks to the images. You need a tiff viewer. Event Microsoft Office Picture Manager works in a pinch. Click total number of docs to view records:  8 One of them is for  Description: 940 acres on the east side of Otter River including heads of branches of Cheese Creek, Flintstone Creek, and Ornsbey?s Creek. It may help you narrow down. The typing in the index isn't always so great, and you'll see things like 1648 for 1748 or 1848. If you enter Minters Creek Campbell, two William Harris patents show up. 350 acres on head branches of Minters Creek and on valleys of Hills Creek. 1075 acres including heads of branches of Seneca Creek, Minters Creek, Green Spring Creek, and Swan Creek, and other branches of Stanton River. Always follow up hyperlinks on index such as Subject - Personal Harris, William. grantee. Subject - Topical Land titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Campbell County Subject -Geographic Campbell County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century. Genre/Form Land grants -- Virginia -- Campbell County. There's over 50 references in land records to persons named William Harris getting patents. If you use Full Catalog, you'll find stuff like this: Record 10 out of 27     Main Entry Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg, Va. : 1829) Title Died- At his residence in the southern part of Campbell County, William Harris, Sr., in his 76th year, a soldier in the Revolution. (p. 3, c. 3) Publication Monday, October 22, 1832. Gen. note From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Other Format Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 138). Subject - Topical Obituaries -- Virginia. Subject -Geographic Lynchburg (Va.) Added Entry Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) Added Title Bernard J. Henley papers. System Number 001137366 -----Original Message----- From: land-research-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:land-research-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of memawphd@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:47 PM To: LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAND-RESCH] William Harris property My 5 great grandfather William Harris owned property in Campbell Co VA.? I would like to be able to pinpoint that property. Here are the clues I have: In his will he mentions Minters Creek and?Secon Creek. In a deed reference [1791 Campbell Co Deed Book 3, p.138] is mentioned a patent for 940 acres situated on the branches of Cheese Creek and on both sides of Ward Road, lines W120, N108 and S42W. Thanks, phd   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the LAND-RESEARCH list administrator, send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the LAND-RESEARCH mailing list, send an email to LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of LAND-RESEARCH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 2 *******************************************

You need to get to know the Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys. It takes patience, practice, and trial & error, but using Library of Virginia can open a gold mine. You can also sometimes buy copies of the surveys from them. http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/E2RBN1FHR8BEVGHCLUL55IL9F5XLPI3GHPJGA IE12I7GLNKVQK-16766?func=find-d-0 If you enter William and Harris and Campbell, you'll pull several patents. There are hyperlinks to the images. You need a tiff viewer. Event Microsoft Office Picture Manager works in a pinch. Click total number of docs to view records: 8 One of them is for Description: 940 acres on the east side of Otter River including heads of branches of Cheese Creek, Flintstone Creek, and Ornsbey’s Creek. It may help you narrow down. The typing in the index isn't always so great, and you'll see things like 1648 for 1748 or 1848. If you enter Minters Creek Campbell, two William Harris patents show up. 350 acres on head branches of Minters Creek and on valleys of Hills Creek. 1075 acres including heads of branches of Seneca Creek, Minters Creek, Green Spring Creek, and Swan Creek, and other branches of Stanton River. Always follow up hyperlinks on index such as Subject - Personal Harris, William. grantee. Subject - Topical Land titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Campbell County Subject -Geographic Campbell County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century. Genre/Form Land grants -- Virginia -- Campbell County. There's over 50 references in land records to persons named William Harris getting patents. If you use Full Catalog, you'll find stuff like this: Record 10 out of 27 Main Entry Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg, Va. : 1829) Title Died- At his residence in the southern part of Campbell County, William Harris, Sr., in his 76th year, a soldier in the Revolution. (p. 3, c. 3) Publication Monday, October 22, 1832. Gen. note From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Other Format Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 138). Subject - Topical Obituaries -- Virginia. Subject -Geographic Lynchburg (Va.) Added Entry Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) Added Title Bernard J. Henley papers. System Number 001137366 -----Original Message----- From: land-research-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:land-research-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of memawphd@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:47 PM To: LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAND-RESCH] William Harris property My 5 great grandfather William Harris owned property in Campbell Co VA.  I would like to be able to pinpoint that property. Here are the clues I have: In his will he mentions Minters Creek and Secon Creek. In a deed reference [1791 Campbell Co Deed Book 3, p.138] is mentioned a patent for 940 acres situated on the branches of Cheese Creek and on both sides of Ward Road, lines W120, N108 and S42W. Thanks, phd ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My 5 great grandfather William Harris owned property in Campbell Co VA.  I would like to be able to pinpoint that property. Here are the clues I have: In his will he mentions Minters Creek and Secon Creek. In a deed reference [1791 Campbell Co Deed Book 3, p.138] is mentioned a patent for 940 acres situated on the branches of Cheese Creek and on both sides of Ward Road, lines W120, N108 and S42W. Thanks, phd

You seem to have a lot of information here. I'd think finding the property would not be too hard. I have no information on VA but a local map might help. -----Original Message----- From: memawphd@comcast.net To: LAND-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 2:46 pm Subject: [LAND-RESCH] William Harris property My 5 great grandfather William Harris owned property in Campbell Co VA. I would ike to be able to pinpoint that property. Here are the clues I have: In his will he mentions Minters Creek and Secon Creek. In a deed reference [1791 Campbell Co Deed Book 3, p.138] is mentioned a patent or 940 acres situated on the branches of Cheese Creek and on both sides of Ward oad, lines W120, N108 and S42W. Thanks, phd ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAND-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message