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Many of our Eastern Kentucky ancestors once lived in Virginia.
Please seePetition to form Russell County, Dec 1785
for more info on the county formation so that you can look at records from other counties that may apply to your research. That document also includes the names of the signers of the petition. We hope you'll find these free records useful!
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As per their site: Under the Virginia Land Law of 1779, residents
of the Kentucky District could purchase if they met certain residency requirements. This database is indexed by Preemption Warrant number, the individual acquiring the Warrant & Certificate of
Settlement, immediate assignees, and tract location. We have included information on the resulting patent number and series for the Kentucky Preemption Warrants. Some counties in present-day Virginia and
West Virginia are also included in this index.
Caution: This one will keep you busy all day! The largest series
of Kentucky Land Patents is the County Court Orders. These patents are authorized by warrants/orders purchased from the county court and this patent series was created in 1835. Many prior Virginians here.
This is an excellent resource for establishing a middle initial or Jr. and Sr. identifiers, as they seemed to pay particular attention to that in these records. HINT: Use the drop down boxes on the
search page to see all the different things you can search for.
Indexes 4,748 Revolutionary War Warrants and many of our Kentucky ancestors can be found here. Contact the Ohio Historical Society
in Columbus, Ohio for Virginia warrants with higher numbers than 4,627.
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You can access a TON of other info, as well as much of the information here at the wonderful KYGenWeb site hosted by Rootsweb Russell County VA GenWeb
site! They truly are incredible in the effort they put forth to bring us such valuable free resources...
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