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Machine-readable finding aid derived from derived from Paper by Claire Radcliffe, 20 November 2014 Description is in English A Guide to the Lists of caveats determined in the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky from the Virginia Land Office, 1785-1786 A Collection in the Library of Virginia LOI 102 Claire Radcliffe

Library of Virginia 2014 Daphne S. Gentry Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Lists of caveats determined in the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky from the Virginia Land Office, 1785-1786. LOI 102 6 items English Virginia. Land Office. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Virginia. Land Office. Lists of caveats determined in the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky from the Virginia Land Office, 1785-1786. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 102, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.

Acquisition Information

Accession LOI 102 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.

Historical Information

The act which established the previous Land Office passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. The register was the head of the Office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature.

Scope and Content

These records contain lists of judgements on caveats passed down by the Supreme Court for the district of Kentucky during the March, June, and September terms in 1785, and the March, June, and November terms of 1786. The lists vary in format, but they all contain in either column or paragraph form the names of the disputing parties, the number of acres under dispute, the county in which the land was located, and the judgment rendered in each instance.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Virginia. Land Office Virginia. Supreme Court. Subjects: Judicial opinions -- Virginia. Land grants -- Kentucky. Right of property -- Virginia. Genre and Form Terms: Lists. State government records -- Virginia.