Did you find these in the internet? ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <OHSTARK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:42 PM Subject: [OHSTARK] Early Stark County Land Titles - Descriptions in TaxRecords > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: aandreje > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.stark/5025/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > My question deals with early land records (Ohio: 1818-1821) which I am > researching. In the Tax Records - 1819 - Stark County, Ohio there is a > column listing "Title". > For each land record, there is an entry in the title column showing the > type of title, i.e., Pat[ent], Deed, Cont[ract], or Agent. > > My question is what does the term "Contract" refer to? Does it refer to a > land contract transaction with another individual? Or was this a special > kind of title? The amount of acreage covered by this "contract" title is > relatively large (547 acres). I have gone through the records for the > year prior 1816-1818 and cannot find a transfer or purchase of this land > to my ancestor. > > Can anyone offer some additional insight or point me to other resources? > > Thanks, Jean > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHSTARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >