Acquiring
land through the patenting process in Kentucky consists of the following steps:
1. The Warrant - authorizes a survey. There are
four types of warrants: Military Warrants, Pre-emption Warrants, Treasury
Warrants and Exchange Warrants. Warrants
could be traded, sold or assigned.
2. The Entry - signals the intention of filing for
a patent and contains the name of the person wanting to patent the land, the type of
warrant authorizing the survey and the date of the entry. The date can be very
important, especially when there were conflicting claims on the same land.
3. The Survey - describes the metes and bounds
of the land and names the closest watercourse. The only exception to this
surveying method is in the Jackson Purchase, which uses sections, townships,
ranges in their surveys. The survey includes the names of the surveying party
(chain carriers and markers).
4. The Grant (Patent) - final step in the
patenting process. The grant lists the name of the recipient of the land, date
of the survey, type of warrant,
description of the land and date of the grant was issued. The grant could not
be assigned.
Sources:
"Land
Distribution in Kentucky," Kentucky Dept. for Libraries and Archives leaflet, Dec. 1995.
"The
Kentucky Land Grant System," Saddlebag Notes, Technical Leaflet, The Circuit Rider, Historical
Confederation of Kentucky, Vol. 13, No. 3: May/June 1990.
"Non-Military
Registers and Land Records," Kentucky Secretary of State Website , accessed 17 Jan 2017.
Published 15 Feb 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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