Anyone know theese two Russells? Might be my Christian Russell (1803-1863) father. Samuel Russel. Steven Russell Land: N-Z Surname, Land Warrants 1771-1893: PA Archives Series III, Vol. 25: Bedford Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja. [email protected] USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? LAND WARRANTS IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD FROM PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES. THIRD SERIES, VOLUME 25: PROVINCIAL PAPERS: WARRANTEES OF LAND in the SEVERAL COUNTIES of the STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1730-1898. EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M.D., M.A. VOL. II. WM. STANLEY RAY. STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA 1898. WARRANTEES OF LAND IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD 1771-1893. NOTE: Land warrants were the first document issued to a person who wanted to obtain land from the state. A land warrant gave the applicant permission to have the land surveyed. When the survey was returned to the state with a fee, a patent was issued to the individual. There can be many years between the issuing of a warrant and the issuing of a patent, and it may not have been issued to the same person. A patent is the equivalent of a deed between the state and an individual. All land transfers after a patent was issued would be by deed. Most deeds (but not all) were recorded in the county courthouse of the county that had jurisdiction at the time the deed was recorded. This may be the current county, but it could also be any of the parent counties for a particular location. Some deeds were never recorded, and some may have been recorded much later than the date of the deed, some more than 100 years later. Copies of the original documents are available through the PA State Archives in Harrisburg. In most cases, the documents do not include the signature of the person warranting the land. Many of the warrants include the year the land was first settled (listed as the date when interest was to start, almost always on March first). This, however, may not be the date the the warrantee settled on the land if the land had changed hands before a warrant was applied for. LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, ACRES, DATE OF SURVEY Russel, Joseph, 300, April 27, 1773 Russell, Samuel, 400, April 10, 1794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.16.2/613 - Release Date: 1/1/2007