Renee, Thanks for your reply. How would you know if a warrant was purchased from a land office or given for military service? Would there be a record of both of these situations? When the survey says "John Smith assignee of John Brown assignee of John Doe" - does this mean that John Doe held the original land warrant? That John Doe originally had this piece of land surveyed, but did not record a deed? Instead he 'sold' the warrant to John Brown who in turn sold it to John Smith? Also, is a warrant the same as a land patent? Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renee Dauven" <promine@web-ster.com> To: <VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [VAWASHIN] what is an assignee? > > > Linda Bailey wrote: > >> Can someone give me an explanation of what an assignee is in the >> surveyors records? Under what circumstances would this term be used? >> I seem to see it fairly often and am somewhat confused by this. Does the >> "assignee" now own the property? What about the person who names an >> "assignee?" > > Assignee is, basically, the buyer or purchaser. It means that the > original owner has sold and "signed over" his rights, etc. to the new > holder or owner. The original holder or assignor no longer has any > claims. > Land warrants either purchased from the land office or given as payment > for military service were deliberatley written vaguely. Thus a warrant > would be issued for 100 acres, for example, in a certain area but there > would be no specific piece of land connected to that warrant until the > holder applied for a survey and the survey was approved and registered. > The warrant, which was simply a piece of paper stating that the > current holder had a right to x amount of land in an area, could be > bought and sold several times over during that entire process...and > sometimes even afterwords for on occasion you will find that the last > assignee will ask to trade the surveyed land chosen by a previous holder > for another piece that the newest owner likes better. If actual title > hadn't been issued on either the survey or the new land choice, often > that swap would be made. > The original owner of the warrant may never have even visited the area > where the land is actually claimed and surveyed. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >