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What types of authorizations were used to obtain land under the Virginia & Old Kentucky Patent Series?

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What types of authorizations were used to obtain land under the Virginia & Old Kentucky Patent Series?

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Warrants issued for: (1) service in the French & Indian War and Lord Dunmore’s War; (2) warrants issued by Virginia Governors; (3) Certificates of Settlement, also known as the “corn claims”; (4) three types of Preemption Warrants; (5) Treasury Warrants; (6) Importation Warrants; (7) warrants used as payment for clearing roads or finding salt; (8) warrants issued to Virginia veterans of the Revolutionary War, their heirs, or assignees; and (9) various legislative acts passed by the Virginia General Assembly and the Kentucky General Assembly, such as the act “for the Relief of Certain Persons Now Resident on the Western Frontier” and legislation for funding various seminaries & academies. (For further research on legislation affecting Kentucky Land Patents, see “Legislation” in the “Reference Library” on the Land Office website.