FINDING A GRANT AT KY LAND OFFICE WEBSITE

FINDING A GRANT AT KY LAND OFFICE WEBSITE Donald L Williams

FINDING A GRANT AT KY LAND OFFICE WEBSITE TYPICAL GRANT FORMAT (1) Type of Grant, Warrant # & Date (2) Grantee Name (3) Size & Survey Date (4) Location (5) Metes & Bounds (6) Standard Boiler Plate (7) Grant Date Donald L Williams

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SUMMARY • TAX LIST HINTS • LOOKING FOR KEY INFORMATION IN LAND GRANTS • LOOKING FOR KEY INFORMATION IN DEEDS • LOCATING THE HOME PLACE 2 Feb 2008 Donald L Williams

THE TAX LIST HINTS • Quite often the owner’s name appeared in the same County District and same Page as prior year. • When confronted with more than one individual with the same or similar name use the several columns’ data from the prior year(s) to differentiate between them – especially acreage and watercourse. • Track the acreage and watercourse from year to year and compare to known deeds and/or to know when to look for first or additional deeds. Donald L Williams

LOOKING FOR KEY INFORMATION IN LAND GRANTS • If possible obtain copy of Survey with diagram. • Grant documents of this era follow a common format: • Warrant type, number & date • Grantee • Acreage • Survey Date • Location – County, Watercourse, Adjoining Grants • Metes & Bounds • Grant Date • Governor's Signature • Often the Metes & Bounds contains additional watercourses, common corners & lines to adjoining grants/owners and corner/line notations about ridges, roads, drains, etc. Donald L Williams

LOOKING FOR KEY INFORMATION IN DEEDS • Deed documents of this era follow a fairly common format: • Date of Deed (sometime at end) • Grantor, 1st part (Seller) (& spouse) & Grantee, 2nd part (Buyer) & County of residence • Consideration (usually $, and if needed terms) • Location – County, Watercourse, Adjoining Owners • Size (before or after M&B) • Metes & Bounds (record everything) • Warranties • Seller's Signature • Witnesses • County Clerk’s examination of Witnesses & Wife (can be several if parties executed a document elsewhere) • County Clerk’s Recorded Date (note the County, Deed Book & Pages) • Metes & Bounds description can contain watercourses, common corners & lines to adjoining owners and corner/line notations about ridges, roads, drains, buildings, etc. Donald L Williams

SUMMARIZING LOCATING THE HOME PLACE • If it was one of the original Early Land Grants – congrats that’s all you need to locate. • If you have an early deed, and cannot plot it on a map, the reference to the original grant holder in your Deed or Tax List become essential. • If there were interim owners, trace the ownership back as far as you can or at least until the original grant holder is named; also check the Warrant-Survey-Grant documents for assignees. • Check the Deed corners & lines for similarities to Grant corners & lines. • Plot the Grant & as many adjoining Grants needed to assure the correct location. • Overlay the Deed plot on the mapped Grant; check any corner notations against the physical characteristics on the map. • You have mapped the boundaries of your family’s Kentucky home place Donald L Williams

FINI MAY YOU FIND YOUR HOME PLACE & MUCH MORE 2 Feb 2008 Donald L Williams

FINDING A GRANT AT KY LAND OFFICE WEBSITE