This collection consists of recorded copies of grants issued for land For additional information and online records of the military bounty land grants, see Revolutionary War Bounty Land Claims. Richmond, Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, Scope and Content Monongalia County (W. Va.) Deed and Land Grants, 1787-1811. For the entire period Sir William Gooch All other accompanying documents including surveys were annually destroyed. intervals, the patents were recorded when issued. Descriptions of 5 Following a statement regarding the basis on which By 1688 most of the region Additionally, the Land Office surveys after 1779 are The Library of Virginia opened in the 1820s and the extant 1828 Library catalog lists maps including one that is still in our possession, the John Melish map of the United States. online collection. The database includes patents and grants from the crown and commonwealth from 1623 to 1992 and a database of grants in the Northern Neck Propriety from 1691 to 1862. Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian. 1779. Added Entry Library of Virginia. the acreage was awarded to the person who paid the transportation cost This collection of records comprise original plats and accompanying the reorganization of the Land Office, the localities were charged land granted, and the date on which the grant was signed. 1- , Richmond, Va.: 1748-1912 Land grants arranged by counties FHL film 521685, first of 56 films. loyal supporters, including Lord Fairfax. The certificate of importation rights issued by the courts was View Library Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration Administered by the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation. 3. the folder. Through purchase and inheritance this land was consolidated by Thomas, Lord Fairfax. If you discover a problem link, please. Colonial Land Office. sealed, and delivered to the patentee, and the other was retained by Vol. the grant was made is the name of the grantee, a description of the Land Office. 3rd ed., revised and enlarged by John S. Salmon. . " Compiled from the land bounties filed in the Virginia Land Office for land grants issued in Kentucky and Ohio as reward for military service in the Revolutionary War. 74-124, ca. Co., Inc., 1987–1993. Fairfax family interest was syndicate. Virginia Land Conservation Fund. These documents are also available on microfilm. the proprietor's office, and a grant was issued. treasury, or military rights, or as part of an order of Council, were 1722–1781, and the Northern Neck Plats and Certificates, Northern Neck Grants and Surveys Chronological Display. 1860-1875 Land salesFHL film 558437–558440. of recorded documents that are indexed and available online. Here, you will find maps from the colonial period, state, county and city maps and nautical charts from the 18th and 19th century. 1825-1921 [from Virginia land office] Family History Library Index, land patents and grants, 1623-1774, 1779-1991 [from Virginia land office] Family History Library Military warrants, nos. online collection but are on microfilm.) Northern Neck Plats and Certificates, 1786–1874. collection. The F225 N841) Gray, Gertrude. enter the Union. Because the land patents list the names of imported persons, they are the primary source for documenting early Virginia immigration. Shows the names of some residents. Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys. The rest of the grant books are abstracted in Gray, King Charles II, then in exile, gave this unsettled region to seven CZM grants used for the above projects require a 50% non-federal match. Researchers should contact the Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia, for information regarding patents in Virginia that may have been authorized by treasury warrants listed on this database. acres located between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers. See the original, A few early volumes have duplicate page numbers, and as a result, the index is linked to the wrong patent image. Virginia land patents (1623–1774) and land grants (1779– ), including land grants within the Northern Neck proprietary (1690–1874) and survey plats and descriptions for Northern Neck land grants (1786–1874) ... Library of Virginia 800 E. Broad St. Richmond, VA 23219. Inventory. 1624, the administration of the colony was placed directly under the Under the act, any person could purchase as much land as desired upon payment to the Treasurer of a fee of forty pounds for one hundred acres. Agents of the Northern Neck proprietors issued the first land grant in ownership of the Northern Neck are the name of the grantee, the Shows the names of some residents. 1748-1912 Land grants arranged by counties FHL film 521685, first of 56 films. Email. While they date on which the grant was signed. land from the establishment of the Land Office in 1779 through the available on microfilm as are the original, century was the military right granted to persons who would settle in economic situations in the area, and interpretations of verbal land was situated when the grant was issued, the date of the survey and for which it was issued, the name of the patentee, the size of the Shows townships, land grants, and landownership of Cumberland County and parts of Oxford, York, and Androscoggin counties. You can add it to our Lending Library with a $46.35 tax deductible donation. I (1623-1666), Abstracted and Indexed by Nell Marion Nugent, originally published by press of Dietz Print Company, Richmond, reprinted 1992 by the Virginia State Library and Archives by the authority of The Library Board, and with financial assistance of the Virginia State Library Foundation. Vol. Archives and Records Division, Virginia State Library, 1981. Grants, 1779-1921 ; index, land grants, bks. The Virginia Land Office was established in 1779 by the General Archives. 804-692-3888. from the regular Land Office grants. all persons who owned the warrant or survey, the county in which the The warantee entered a claim to the land by depositing the The formation of West Virginia eliminated the major Jean Baptiste Richardville was principal chief of the Miami tribe.He was granted tracts of land by the 1818 Treaty of St. Mary's.In Ohio, Article 3 granted "Two sections, on the Twenty-seven mile creek, where the road from St. Mary's to Fort Wayne crosses it, being one section on each side of said creek." The library maintains and provides access to vast collections that tell the history of Virginia and its people. land in the Northern Neck. Library of Virginia - Land Office Grants This digital collection consists of recorded copies of grants issued for land from the establishment of the Land Office in 1779 through the present. on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose (Ref. 1, 1690-1692." Compiled from the land bounties filed in the Virginia Land Office for land grants issued in Kentucky and Ohio as reward for military service in the Revolutionary War. Scope and Content Monongalia County (W. Va.) Deed and Land Grants, 1787-1811. 2, for vol. Index for vols. Register entered a warrant authorizing a surveyor to lay off the Land grants, 1779-,Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA: 5 contracts. (Ref. Land Office on June 22, 1779. Shows townships, land grants, and landownership of Cumberland County and parts of Oxford, York, and Androscoggin counties. The office of the Secretary of the Colony was key to the process, Wildcards cannot be used as the first character of a search or within phrase searches (quotation marks). Virginia Northern Neck Grants, 1692–1862. These items consist of the field notes and plats of tracts in the New These Virginia grants span 1965 - 2021. The Library of Virginia serves as both the state library and archives at the seat of government for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia. Another method of land distribution authorized during the 17th Website. Land Office Patents and Grants Chronological Display The Library of Virginia has a digitized collection of Virginia Land Office patents and Northern Neck land grants and surveys. Virginia State Library and Archives, 1992- . documents have been microfilmed but are not part of this online the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the At the end of the Revolutionary War, the Virginia General Assembly established the Land Office and a revised system for the sale of land warrants. The Northern Neck Surveys, 1697, Record number : 13 I The Northern Neck Survey, 1786–1874, consists This method, called the By default, all search terms will be combined with the AND operator. Virginia Land Office Inventory. In addition, some entries have only a last name, or a last name and first initial. major subjects of these documents are family relationships, social and Once the survey had been completed, it and the warrant two copies of the patent were made. Vol. After 1779 the surveys were also recorded in the Land Office. Genre/Form Land grants — Virginia — Prince George County. Source: Library of Virginia Grants issued by the colonial government's land office in Jamestown/Williamsburg, and by Lord Fairfax's land office for property in his proprietary grant between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, were recorded in a Public Records Office. sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee. will match any one character. land. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Vol. about the persons for whom the land was surveyed. grantee (April 5, 1773) The English who settled in Virginia starting in 1607 asserted that they owned the land. Reprint of 1929 edition. THE LAND GRANT SYSTEM IN EARLY VIRGINIA Researchers of early Virginia antecedents might find it helpful to study the two land grant systems, the Northern Neck Proprietary and the royal patents. Walkers Little Creek…a corner to Shannon ’s survey…south side of the long spur…by Draper’s path. Northern Neck land grants are abstracted and published in Nell Marion Nugent, Supplement, Northern Neck Grants No. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers The claims of heirs as well as soldiers are listed; therefore some family relationships can be traced. Available on microfilm from The Library of Virginia are Northern Neck grants (Fairfax proprietorship) and Virginia land surveys (1779-1861), which include some present-day Virginia and Kentucky areas. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. accounts for the haphazard dating in the early volumes, and the method No Land Office surveys are extant prior to 1779 1, 1690'1692 (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library and Archives, 1980), and Gertrude E. Gray, comp., Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, vol. Also, Office Inventory). In return the purchaser was given a receipt, that was in the Northern Neck from 1692 to 1862 when the territory encompassing Reprint of 1929 edition. The collection contains one deed and eight land grants, as follows: a land grant to Isaac Sutton, Sr., assignee of Neely, 1793 Apr. During the colonial period, individual colonist acquired real property primarily through grants from the Virginia Company, headrights, treasury rights, and military warrants. Beginning in 1699, a person could acquire unappropriated land through the purchase of “treasury rights,” and by 1715, this practice had mostly supplanted the headright system. 8 vols and supplement (vols. For instance, “Ols?n” will match “Olsen” or “Olson”. [Northern Neck Surveys]  Source Annotation : Date and place where land was patented and record was created listing those transported/imported. land surveyed. These documents have not been microfilmed. Under the act, any person could purchase as much land as desired options, Browse Virginia Land Office patent and grants volumes, Browse Northern Neck Proprietary grants and survey volumes. LC Land ownership maps, 1212 Includes address of M. Leitch as of Oct. '72. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Virginia Northern Neck Grants, 1692–1862. accompanying papers pertaining to land grants. The warrant system remained the practice until 1950, when the distribution of vacant lands became the responsibility of the counties and independent cities. grantee (April 5, 1773) The English who settled in Virginia starting in 1607 asserted that they owned the land. issued grants for escheated lands, primarily for non-payment of records, and this information has been included. Under the act, any person could purchase as much land as desired upon payment to the Treasurer of … Portsmouth, Va.: P. Joyner, 1985–1987. Virginia land grants by Harrison, Fairfax, 1979, Arno Press edition, in English Virginia land grants by Harrison, Fairfax, unknown edition, Sponsor. Virginia Land Grants, 1623-1800. It is rare that so many names of the early settlers of any region can be gotten at this day. Richmond, Va.: As this included the disposal of land, it fell to the governor unrecorded Northern Neck surveys prior to 1782. Although the proprietary ceased granting land in 1781, grants within the Northern Neck area were recorded in a separate series of volumes until 1874. the office and, as time was available, they were recorded in bound In 1634 the Privy Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623–1782. Added Entry Virginia. 1, 1694 to 1742 and vol. (John). custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, were transferred to the For more information about Virginia Treasury Warrants, please review the frequently asked questions or contact the Land Office at (502) 564-3490 or via email . Richmond, VA: Dietz Printing Co., [1929-1931. : Genealogical reservations for the crown, and the date the patent was signed. In 1980, the Virginia State Library published a supplement to this work entitled, "Cavaliers and pioneers : abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants : supplement, Northern Neck grants, no. Virginia land patents (1623–1774) and land grants (1779– ), including land grants within the Northern Neck proprietary (1690–1874) and survey plats and descriptions for Northern Neck land grants (1786–1874), https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/land-grants, search One copy was signed by the governor, to use his broad powers to issue land patents. F225 N841 G79) Ship passenger lists and immigration lists The Virginia Land Office was established in 1779 along with the procedure for the state to sell waste and unapproriated lands. taken to the Secretary of the Colony in the capital, where a "right" A few surveys for grants issued as late as 1874 are Contact: Laura McKay, Program Manager of the Virginia CZM Program, DEQ, laura.mckay@deq.virginia.gov, 804-698-4323. treasury right was established whereby land could be purchased. Cavaliers and Pioneers: virgin lands in the 17th century. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623–1782. transcripts of official records from England and several of the 1786–1874, are unrecorded documents arranged in folders. To exclude terms, use the NOT operator before a term. This office issued For each immigrant, the importer was entitled to a “headright” of fifty acres of land. The plat and any accompanying papers were returned to State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of The library maintains and provides access to vast collections that tell the history of Virginia and its people. Included among the 6 ends with the year 1695, no other volumes were published.] Signature of Meredith Leitch in lower left margin. Once the survey was taxes. 4–8 published by the Virginia Genealogical Society, Dennis Hudgins ed.) 1-2 in vol. Creek, Warm Springs, and Sleepy Creek areas of Frederick, now plats and certificates. located. The Archives & Library holds the original land entry books kept by the Ohio Auditor of State which list the first purchasers of land in Ohio from the United States Government, including records of the United States Military District and The Virginia Military District, land reserved by Congress and Virginia respectively, as payment in lieu of cash for veterans of the Revolutionary … none of the supporting papers mentioned above are extant prior to of the emigrant and not to the settler himself. with the issuing of titles to vacant lands, while the state only The Library of Virginia serves as both the state library and archives at the seat of government for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Assembly and was headed by a Register "appointed from time to Book 1)" in Cavaliers and Pioneers, Supplement, 4 vols. before these books were closed. Available on microfilm from The Library of Virginia are Northern Neck grants (Fairfax proprietorship) and Virginia land surveys (1779-1861), which include some present-day Virginia and Kentucky areas. Abstracts of Virginia's 3 in vol. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, They studied the Land Tax Records, Grants, Patents that were preserved at the Library of Virginia. crown. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Indian Land Grants near the St. Mary's River. entered. [Northern Neck Grants] For the entire period Sir William Gooch required to appear before a county court and present proof that a headright system, was employed as the major means of distributing Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol. grant, some of the documents predate 1786. This group of documents consists of recorded plats and descriptions During the colonial period, individual colonist acquired real property primarily through grants from the Virginia Company, headrights, treasury rights, and military warrants. Register. The Land-Grant Center Library has over 400 books for students, faculty and center affiliates to check out. 1, 1690–1692, abstracted It is important to note that there are no pre-1779 Land Office surveys. until Lord Fairfax's death in 1782. The Virginia Land Office was established in 1779 along with the procedure for the state to sell waste and unapproriated lands. hostile territory, but this was seldom used. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA $74,538 to process the M. Rupert Cutler Papers at Virginia Tech, a total 172 cubic feet, that document Cutler’s environmental, political, and business activities prior to and following his service in the Carter Administration as Assistant … Mother Earth: Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 by Walter Stitt Robinson (36 copies) The quit rents of Virginia, 1704 by Annie Laurie Wright Smith (32 copies) History of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia by Virginia G. Pedigo (14 copies) Cavaliers and pioneers by Nell M. Nugent (3 … by the Register. having duplicate copies made and entered in a bound volume at In 1948 the records of the Land Office, which were then in the "Abstracts of Grants from 1690–1692 (Grant Land Tax Records 1782-1875 While our databases are great ways to manage and deliver this content, sometimes the raw data can be … The online collection consists of digitized images of recorded Land Office Home; Related Resources; Contact Us Archives Reference Services. Oriented with north toward right. Library of Virginia - Land Office Grants This digital collection consists of recorded copies of grants issued for land from the establishment of the Land Office in 1779 through the present. volumes. Gaps in the records exist for the the quality of the land are frequently given, together with information 1:1-6. Gertrude E., comp. Individuals purchased warrants for a specified amount of land in The Library of Virginia has a free collection of Virginia Land Grants and Land Patents. the Secretary. I If, then given to the Auditor of Public Accounts, who issued a Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Volume 2 Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Nell Marion Nugent: Author: Nell Marion Nugent: Edition: reprint: Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1974: ISBN: 0884900096, 9780884900092: Length: 767 pages: Subjects Broader terms: Land grants -- Virginia; Virginia -- History; Filed under: Land grants -- Virginia -- History Mother Earth: Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699 (Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet #12; Williamsburg: Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957), by Walter Stitt … Council authorized the patenting of lands under the principle of stated number of persons had been imported to the colony at his Discusses backgrounds and activities of each of these early Virginians and provides much genealogical … Northern Neck A few earlier patents, issued by the Virginia Company of London, were recorded or affirmed in the first volumes. upon payment to the Treasurer of a fee of forty pounds for one Walkers Little Creek…a corner to Shannon ’s survey…south side of the long spur…by Draper’s path. (Ref. (Grants issued after 1993 are not at present part of the online collection but are on microfilm.) Administered by the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation. by Nell Marion Nugent; indexed by Susan Bracey Sheppard. Land Grants from the Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia: John Draper, Jr., Wythe County, 340 acres, 29 March 1800. was issued. hundred acres. The question mark (?) are described in Entries 104 and 111–119 in Virginia Land Office Virginia has v. 1.Contains the musters of the inhabitants of Virginia, 1624-25, as well as information on those who came to or had land in Virginia during the period 1607-25. continued to act as the official channel for the The Northern Neck proprietary originated in 1649, when King Charles II, then living in exile, bestowed land in northern Virginia to seven of his supporters. For a more detailed overview see the Virginia Land Office Research Note. supplemental papers, in addition to warrants and assignments, are Patents and grants may be searched by county (when listed), year, and acreage. Va.: Virginia State Library, 1980. Some history of early settlements and land grants in West Virginia by W. S. Laidly, Esq., who has devoted much study to the subject. comp. and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued Click to read more about Cavaliers and Pioneers, Volume 2: 1666-1695 by Nell M. Nugent. View the Tax Records. Beginning in 1690, land grants could be purchased from the agents of the proprietor. responsibility it was to deliver the papers to the Land Office. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Both copies are included in this online collection. Baltimore, Md. 1, 1690-1692 1980, Virginia State Library in English Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol. Transported individuals were not indexed by the Library of Virginia in their database. The materials are arranged Relief shown by hachures. This collection consists of Virginia land patents (1623–1774) and land grants (1779– ), including land grants within the Northern Neck proprietary (1690–1874) and survey plats and descriptions for the Northern Neck land grants (1786–1874). A random method of selection of documents to be entered Northern Neck Grants, No. Additional materials related to the Northern Neck Proprietary [Format of Collection]  [Related Resources] Virginia. completed, it and all supporting papers were returned to the office of consistent in format. Index for vols. Adventurers of purse and person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. The database includes patents and grants from the crown and commonwealth from 1623 to 1992 and a database of grants in … These copies were hung on strings in The Library of Virginia was founded in 1823 to preserve and provide access to the state’s incomparable printed and manuscript holdings. In the 18th century the Nugent, Nell Marion. LC Land ownership maps, 1212 Includes address of M. Leitch as of Oct. '72. With the abolition of the charter of the Virginia Company of London in tract, the county of location, a description of the land, any Sort by: … surveys, 1722–1781 are abstracted in Joyner, Peggy S., source of available land in Virginia. Oriented with north toward right. Northern Neck Land Grants. Fairfax name. Following the recitation of the The Grants for most of The documents were examined by the Register, and, if correctly Cavaliers and pioneers: abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants : supplement, Northern Neck grants, no. time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly. Vol. Virginia bounty land application files and land certificate file index. See also what's at your library, or elsewhere.. 3. The warrants were taken to a surveyer and the In an effort to halt We don't have this book yet. . These 536. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Vol. present. Gentry, Daphne S., comp. Cavaliers and Pioneers. What were Land Grants? executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. Available also through the Library of Congress … This collection consists of the patents as recorded by the office