In KY and I assume in VA, a piece of land was listed on a tax list and when this was done, it stated: For whom Entered; for whom surveyed and for whom patented. These "for whoms" could be 3 different people. Request that this be explained, as I do not understand what it means. mary margaret selig-trahan mmst@classicnet.net

These three entry columns reveal much to the observant genealogist. The "for whom entered" tells you the name of the party who was to be the new "owner" of the land. That person might or might not have been the person who came to the recorder's office to do that little chore, and might have been an agent, lawyer, or other person with the authority to declare the person named as the rightful "owner." The "for whom surveyed" might have been the new "owner," the original patent holder, or for any other person, agent, or land speculator who intended a profit in buying up land rights here and there, having such surveyed and identified, and then selling the same to someone who wanted to buy that land for settling. The "for whom patented" may - MAY - reveal the original person who earned that patent (land) right for military service, payment, or for whatever other reason. If "A" was a veteran who earned that right to a patent, yet did not want to take up the land, he could sell, trade, give away, or dispose of that patent (or grant) right in any other way he saw fit. Often he sold it to others who wanted to settle or to land speculators, as mentioned. Notice that the surveyor might also have bought and sold the land as a profit making venture. The combinations of possibilities are many. Paul -- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Margaret Selig-Trahan" <mmst@classicnet.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Query-land listed on tax lists. | In KY and I assume in VA, a piece of land was listed on a tax list and | when this was done, it stated: For whom Entered; for whom surveyed and for | whom patented. These "for whoms" could be 3 different people. Request that | this be explained, as I do not understand what it means. mary margaret | selig-trahan | mmst@classicnet.net | | | ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== | USGenWeb Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb | | | ============================== | Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp |