List Members, It seems that the land grant process in NC may not be as simple as the process used in KY listed in the site I posted earlier. Here is a web site which details the VA system, which Fran Powell believes to be more like the NC system. http://home.nc.rr.com/rwbaird/Misc/Landgrants.htm That would make the steps as: 1. Entry 2. Waiting period - important to allow someone to protest. 3. Warrant 4. Survey 5. Patent Three documents are issued for each grant, and all can contain information helpful to researchers. They are the warrant, survey document, and the grant. I started this discussion in the first place, because I wanted to mention to you the great resource from the NC Archives we have available ONLINE to learn the dates of these requests for unassigned land. It can save a lot of trips to the NC Archives. The Manuscript and Archives Reference System, MARS, can be accessed at the following website by following the directions given. http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/MARS.HTM To use it you must put the mouse aside and use the keyboard only. It takes a while to work with it to get the information you need, but it is well worth the effort. When it says "Select Terminal from the following Menu", choice number 1 usually works with most computers. Everything else can be understood by reading the directions. Using MARS you can get the date of the land Entry and the date of the Grant. The date of the survey is not listed. Often the names of adjacent landowners are given. There also Marriage Bond records available there. Armed with the information on these photographed cards, you can write to the Archives for the actual documents if you want them. I have just recently learned to use MARS and found it to be such a valuable resource, I wanted to share the information with you. Lura