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MS98-05 Land Records

Land Records

Collection Title: Land Records

Series Number: MS98-05

Processed and Cataloged by: Processed by Dieter C. Ullrich on May 5, 2010.

Date Listed: May 5, 2010

Date Span: 1785-1832

Size of Collection: 0.10 linear feet.

Number of Boxes: 1 legal sized file folder; 12 items.

Type of Material: Documents.

Condition of Material: Fair with tears and foxing caused by aging and improper storage.

Arrangement: Organized by state of origin; Chronological arrangement.

Biographical / Historical Information: N/A

Scope and Content: Collection consists of twelve hand scribed copies of land records from Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland and Ohio. The land records were issued to: Isaac Parker (1835) of Tennessee; N. R. Knight (1857) Ann Threlkeld (1801) and Francis Ash (1794) of Kentucky; John Williams (1787), John Moylan (1791), John Lewis (1785) and George Farrow (1788) of Virginia; John Heathcote (1814 & 1833) of Maryland; and Avery Henry (1832), James Taylor (1832), John Blair (1832) and Ezekiel S. Haines of Ohio. 

Subject Headings / Descriptors:

Land titles – Registration and transfer – Kentucky.

Land titles – Registration and transfer – Ohio.

Land titles – Registration and transfer – Virginia.

Land titles – Registration and transfer – Maryland.

Land titles – Registration and transfer – Tennessee.