Research Guides & Indexes: Kentucky Records: Other Resources

Published Sources

Brookes-Smith, Joan. Master Index, Virginia Surveys and Grants, 1774–1791. Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society, 1976.
Alphabetical listing by name, with the county, number of acres, and dates of survey and grant.

Certificate Book of the Virginia Land Commission, 1779–1780. Easley, S.C: Southern Historical Press, 1981.
Abstracts of certificates (in lieu of deeds) provided to early Kentucky settlers who proved their land claims. See Online Sources for digital version.

Dorman, John F., comp. Petitions from Kentucky to the Virginia Legislature, 1776 to 1791: A Supplement to Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia, 1769 to 1792. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1981.

Hammon, Neal O. Early Kentucky Land Records, 1773–1780. Louisville, KY: Filson Club, 1992.
An index of early Kentucky land records, including entries for Fincastle County (now in Montgomery County, Virginia, records). See Online Sources for digital version.

Robertson, James R. Petitions of Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia, 1769–1792. Louisville, KY: Filson Club, 1914. Reprint, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1981. Available online (Hathitrust)

Kentucky Land Office
Searchable databases and information regarding military land warrants issued for service in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore’s War and the Revolutionary War, as well as non-military (treasury) warrants. Includes the resulting patents.
Early Kentucky Land Records, 1773-1780
An index of early Kentucky land records, including Fincastle County entries. Digital version of Neal Hammon's book. Available from Genealogy Trails (free).
Certificate Book of the the Virginia Land Commission, 1779-1780
Abstracts of early land certificates. Published in the Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, vol. 21 (1923). Available through JSTOR (free).