I'm concluding the definition of terms used in the old land grants and often deeds. Many times as we read through these old documents we don't know what a word means - or it means something different now from what it meant then. Stamp - also known as a revenue stamp or tax stamp. This is affixed to documents such as deeds, marriage bonds, tobacco products, etc. to show that fees or taxes have been paid. State Warrant. This is the same as a Treasury Warrant. State-land-state: Any state not in federal public domain. Has or has had a land office for in-state land appropriations. The original 13 colonies plus Kentucky, Maine, Vermont, Texas, Tennessee, West Virginia & Hawaii are - or have been - state-land states. Survey: the third step in land patenting. This survey consists of a plat drawing, metes & bounds description and identification of the survey team. Survey certificate: often refers to the metes and bounds and a description of the survey. Surveying company: Business entities that surveyed frontier Kentucky and negotiated treaties with the Native Americans. Claims by surveying companies were declared void by Virginia and Kentucky government land laws. Tellico Patent Series: Land patents covering that part of Southeastern KY acquired by the 1805 Treaty of Tellico with the Cherokee Indian Nation. Third-rate land: For tax purposes, this land had the lowest appraisal rate. It had a difficult terrain and may be described as untillable. Tithable: the taxpayer. Township: one square block consisting of 36 sections. Each section equals one square mile; used in public land system of mapping. It covers 36 square miles. Trace: A path or trail. A beaten path left by the passage of people, buffalo, etc., became an early road. Transit: a surveyor's instrument used to determine arc or horizontal angles; may be mounted on a tripod. Transylvania Company: A land company organized by Richard Henderson who negotiated and signed the 1775 treaty with the Cherokee at Sycamore Shoals. Treasury Warrant: Also referred to as a State Warrant. Purchased from Virginia or Kentucky Land Office; no military service or residency requirement necessary to purchase these. Venue: County or locality in which an action occurs; that part of a declaration that designates the county in which the action occurs. Virginia Patent Series: Earliest series of land patents in Kentucky; grants signed by Virginia governors. These pre-date June 1, 1792 and includes military patents. Walk-around survey: A survey drawing that is larger than the actual tract being patented; surveyors often identified properties to be excluded from patents' acreage. Warrant: 1st step in land patenting; this document authorizes the survey. It may be combined with other warrants to increase acreage. West of Tennessee River Military Patents: Land patents issued to Revolutionary War soldiers or their assignees after the Jackson Purchase was acquired. West of Tennessee Non-Military Patents: Land patents for the Jackson Purchase area; land sold by quarter section; the Governor's grant finalized the patent. I hope this multi-series has been a help to you. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com