Crawford Land Patent

I recently found the land records for John Crawford of Lincoln County, Kentucky. He owned 913 acres of land on Hanging Fork of Dick's River.

Land-Office Treasury Warrant, No. 2690

To the principal Surveyor of any County within the Commonwealth of Virginia
This shall be your WARRANT to survey and lay off
in one or more surveys, for John Crawford
his heirs and assigns the Quantity of One thousand
acres of land, due unto the said John Crawford in
right of pre-emption as a certificate form the Supreme Court of the
Kentucky District
In consideration of the sum of five pounds thirteen shillings
current money paid into the Public Treasury the
payment whereof the Treasurer hath been duly certified by the Auditors of public
accounts, and their certificate received into the Land-Office.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the said office, this 29th
day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and 86.

Test
Samuel M Craw Clk
John Harvie Be S O N

Lincoln County Sct

Surveyed the 14 day of December 1784 for John

Crawford 913 acres of land by virtue of part of

an entry of 1000 acres made the 24 day of Oct

ober 1786 upon a preemption warrent No 2690

187 acres the ballance of said preemption fall

ing into Samuel Craigs Preemtion claim

of one thousand acres and represented by the

dotte lines lying on both sides of the Hang

ing fork of Ricks River adjoining Samuel

Craigs preemtion on the Northwardly side

of the same and James Logans Preem

tion of 400 acress on his Eastwardly side and

William Crages deeds preemption of 1000 acres on the Southwardly

side and bounded as flooweth to wit Beggining at James 

Logans SE Corner of his 400 acre preemtion at a white oak and two Hicory

saplings at A  thence North 25 degrees East 218 poles crossing the Hang

ing fork to a beech tree on and B Logan’s NE Corner in the line of

William Craigs Preemtion thence with the line of said Craigs Preemtion

south 65 degrees East 57 poles to a Walnut tree at C thence

South 38 degrees East 112 poles to a Sugar Tree at D thence

South 11 degrees East 68 poles to a Sugar Tree at E a corner of said

Craigs Preemtion standing on the bank of the Hanging fork and on

the East side of the same thence with said Craigs line South 58 deg

rees East 314 poles passing Craigs Corner 14 poles to a Black

Walnut Sugar Tree and hoppwod at F thence South 32 degrees West

270 poles to a Hiccory and two Sugar tree saplings at G thence North

70 degrees west 100 poles to a stake standing in Craigs line at H thence with

Craigs line North 25 degrees east 39 poles to a stake and pointers

in said line at I thence running north 70 degrees West 360 poles to

an Elm sapling and a sugar tree Mark JC at K from thence

running north 25 degrees East 188 poles passing an to corner 60 poles from

K and so continuing the course to the beginning at A

layd down by a

scale of 100 pole to half inch

Samuel Davis A[sst]

James Thompson SS

Chain carryeers

Wm James

and Sam’l Gilmore

Virginia Land

Grant Book 14 page 118-120

John Crawford

913 Acres

Lincoln

#7612 and 7613

Beverley Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia

To all to whom these presents shall come greeting know ye that by

virtue and in consideration of a preemption treasury warrant no

2690 issued the 29th day of September 1786 there is granted by the

said Commonwealth unto John Crawford a certain tract or parcel of land

containing nine hundred and thirteen acres by survey bearing date the

14th day of December 1787 lying and being in the county of Lincoln

on both sides of the Hanging fork of Dicks River adjoining Samuel

Craigs preemption on the northwardly side of the same & James 

Logans preemption of four hundred acres on the Eastwardly side and

William Crag decds preemption of one thousand acres on the Southwardly

side and bounded as followeth to wit Beginning at James Logans

page 119

South East corner of his four hundred acre preemption at a white Oak

and two hickory saplings thence north twenty five degrees East two

hundred and eighteen poles crossing the hanging fork to a beech tree

Logan’s north East corner in the line of William Craigs preemption

thence with the line of said Craigs preemption south sixty five degrees

East fifty seven poles to a walnut tree thence south thirty eight degrees

East one hundred and twelve poles to a sugar tree thence south eleven

degrees East sixty eight poles to a sugar tree a corner of said Craigs

preemption standing on the bank of the Hanging fork and on the East side

of the same thence with said Craigs line south fifty eight degrees East three

hundred and fourteen poles passing Craigs corner fourteen poles to a

Black Walnut sugar tree and hopwood thence south thirty two degrees

West two hundred and seventy poles to a hickory and two sugar tree

saplings thence north seventy degrees west one hundred poles to a

stake standing in Craigs line thence with Craigs line north twenty

five degrees East thirty nine poles to a stake and pointers in said line

thence north seventy degrees west three hundred and sixty poles to an

Elm sapling and sugar tree marked JC from thence running north

twenty five degrees East one hundred and eighty eight poles passing

an old corner sixty poles and continuing the course to the beginning

with its appurtenaces to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of 

land with its appurtenances to the said John Crawford and his heirs

forever. In witness whereof the said Beverley Randolph Esquire

Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand

and caused the lesser seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at

Richmond, on the Eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord

one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine and of the 

page 120

Commonwealth the thirteenth

B Randolph

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Kentucky, Virginia and Old Kentucky Patent Series, Virginia Patent Series, VA 7612.0 | John Crawford, 29 Sept 1786; digial images, Kentucky.gov http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/patentseries/vaandokpatents/Default.aspx . viewed online February 2019.