I imagine that the land in question is part of the seven ranges....I was surfing around to see what I could find and ran across this site, that will, for a price, do land research for you, within their records. http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/forms/03LandRecords.pdf you might surf through the Bureau of Land Management site, too..... http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/oh_blm1.htm here's one about Belmont Co http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/belmont/land/belm-a-c.txt . " Trying to find Entrymen records which is SUPPOSED to list more information on their origin, birthplace, etc etc "