Welcome to the bureau of land managementblm, general land office glo records automation web site. The first warrants for military bounty land in presentday west virginia were issued in 1782. About the virginia land office patents and grantsnorthern neck grant and surveys this database consists of entries that index two major collections of land records housed in the library of virginia plus a small collection of field notes and plats of tracts surveyed by guy broadwater. Virginia state land office records northern neck grants book a no. George fawdon ca 1600 ca 16541655, also spelled in various sources as george fawden, george fawder, george fadoin, george faudon, george fawdoune, george faudown, george fawdowne, and george fowden, was an early virginia colonist, landowner, militia officer, county court clerk, county clerk justice and legislative representative politician. Patents issued for land in the northern neck, or fairfax, proprietary are not included in this series of records. Nell marion nugents abstracts, in three volumes, of the first fourteen books have become standard reference works in genealogical libraries throughout this country. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Pa state archives rg17 patent index images main interface. Recognizing that need, the virginia state library has given the publications committee of the virginia genealogical society permission to abstract and publish in the magazine of virginia genealogy the remaining patents for the colonial period. The headright system, widely used for acquiring land in virginia was never recognized in the northern neck.
Adventurers of purse and person, virginia, 160716245. More information about early virginia land patents and settlers can be found in the book. This book contains only the original volume of information which only has patents to 1666, not 1800, as is in the title. Statewide collections are found on the west virginia land records page. Abstracts of virginia land patents with added notes by the original author prepared by w.
Payments are due on december 15, march 15, june 15, and september 15, for quarters beginning january 1, april 1, july 1, and october 1. Below are links to the scanned pages of the patent indexes. Date and place where land was patented and record was created listing those transportedimported. William stone 1 1,800 acres, beginning at the blunt point between hungers and mattawamus creeks, and abutting westerly on the bay, due for his own personal adventure and for that of his brother, andrew stone, and for the transportation of 34. A variety of land warrants and special legislative acts could be used to initiate a patent. Only the names of those to be transported were indexed. In 1774, the shawnee and their indian allies, led by the shawnee chief cornstalk holokeska. Early virginia land patents in virginia genealogy trails.
West virginia land and property genealogy familysearch wiki. Locating the lands of the early daniel family in middlesex va capt. Early colonial settlers of southern maryland and virginia s northern neck counties. About the virginia land office patents and grantsnorthern. But the need exists now for a beginning to make these records available to a larger public. An online series on research in virginia documents. Contains the musters of the inhabitants of virginia, 162425, as well as information on those who came to or had land in virginia during the period 160725. Anne burras was an early english settler in virginia and an ancient planter. Inevitably aggressive frontiersmen trespassed on ohio lands, and eastern land companies sent scouts into indian lands seeking favorable locations in which to plant commercial ventures. By 1754 over 2 1 2 million acres had been granted to land companies.
Virginia and old kentucky patent series secretary of state. She was the first english woman to marry in the new world, and her daughter virginia laydon was the first child of english colonists to be born in the jamestown colony. Virginia land and property genealogy familysearch wiki. Early virginia court records west virginia and regional. Abstracts of virginia land patents and grants, 16231666. His will, written 8 oct 1694 and proved 3 oct 1698, devises his homestead and other lands he had purchased to his sons, william, robert, james, and richard. This book is, in my opinion, of the very few that also recognizes land patents as result of a royal land grant, or in my case, where my ancestor traded land in northumberland for land in accomack, va. The patent and grant books of the virginia land office are available online. Secondly, in the description, the listing of the additional volumes without publication dates is misleading, as well.
Dormans source listed in the virginia genealogy and virginia public records sections. The northern neck of virginia comprises all of the territory between the potomac and the rappahannock rivers. Order of first families of virginia, 1607 16245, 1987. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Click to read more about cavaliers and pioneers, volume 2. The land patenting process continued after statehood. Cavaliers and pioneers vanotes library of virginia. Abstracts of virginia land patents and grants, 16231666, vol. Virginia state land office records northern neck land book ac 17221731 thru book z 18001801. Cavaliers and pioneers abstracts of virginia land patents and grants, 16231800. These books do not contain actual patents, but serve as patentee name indexes to the original land patents granted by the commonwealth of pennsylvania for the dates 16841957. These companies surveyed the land and sold the surveys to individuals who obtained title by patent from the secretary of the colony or, after 1779, from the virginia land office. For anyone whose research takes them into seventeenth and early eighteenthcentury virginia, nell marion nugents threevolume cavaliers and pioneers is an indispensable source.