Saturday, January 12, 2013

1797 Virginia Land Grant Issued to Larkin Hensley


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Virginia State Land Grant issued  to Larkin Hensley on 4 Sept 1797, referencing a land warrant granted in 1782, for 89 acres in Washington County,Virginia, on Ketron's Fork, a branch of Cove Creek, on the waters of the North Fork of Holston River.  This area became part of Scott County in 1815, where a court case regarding this tract of land was filed by the heirs of Larkin Hensley in 1819.
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4 comments:

Yvonne Demoskoff said...

This document is in remarkably good shape for being over 200 years old!

M.J. said...

What a great find - congratulations!

Lisa said...

Where did you find a land grant like this? I'm looking for a similar land grant in Pennsylvania or Albany County NY from this time period as well. Curious where to dig further.

TCasteel said...

I found this in the Library of Virginia - Virginia Memory Digital collection: Chancery Records