I have a copy of a half sheet of paper that is a military warrant for 200 acres in KY. for James Baker, a bugle boy for the VA. Continental Line. These warrants are in VA.'s records. Sometimes there were details too on the grant itself. You can order a full color copy of your ancestor's KY. Land Grant (the original on parchment with an official wax seal) from the Ass't. Sec. of State in Frankfort. (if it weren't stolen a few years ago before security was tight!) Ms. Kandi Atkinson is in charge of them. I forget the price of the copy. Elizabeth Kaspar Rex Kirby wrote: > Thanks for the additional input...... > Other than for those who may have purchased their land, do you > know whether or not a person had to fill out a written application > of "petition" of some sort to get a patent or grant? And if so, were > those documents kept by the land office? >