Va Land Grants: Mercer Co. Ky Genealogy
Mercer County's First Settlers
A little history, some maps, and a lot of names!
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This page contains the names of some of the first people to receive land grants from Virginia for what had formerly been known as Kentucky County, Virginia. These grants were given at the time when the first three counties were formed, namely Lincoln, Fayette, and Jefferson.
Before you get to the names, a little bit of history, and a disclaimer ... This list does not contain every person who was granted land by the Virginia Company. It does not contain every area of Mercer County. This is an extraction of some data that I ran across in my own personal research, and I thought you would like it. It contains approximately 400 names, but only those I recognized at the time, or who were granted land in an area that I was familiar with at the time. This is in no way a complete list. Interesting - yes. Complete - no.
With that out of the way, on to the history lesson. - Northumberland County, Va. was formed in 1648.
- In 1651, part of it went to form Lancaster County, Va.
- In 1652 Rappahannock County was completely formed from a part of Lancaster
- In 1692 Rappahannock was dissolved, half of it becoming Essex County.
- In 1721 parts of several counties were merged, Essex being the biggest contributor, to form Spotsylvania County.
- In 1734 Orange County was completely formed from Spotsylvania
- In 1745, part of Orange County was taken to form Augusta County.
- From 1754 to 1791, pieces of Augusta County were taken to form many others, in 1770 it was Botetourt County.
Now comes the fun part !!!
In 1772 a large chunk of new territory, being part of Botetourt County at the time, was organized as Fincastle County, Va.
In 1777, Fincastle County was dissolved, being divided into three separate counties - Kentucky County, Montgomery County, and Washington County, all still a part of Virginia.
In 1780, Kentucky County was dissolved, being divided into three counties of it's own - Lincoln, Fayette, and Jefferson Counties, STILL a part of Virginia. It was at this point that Virginia started issuing land grants for these counties.
Families migrated to these new areas, and in 1786, Mercer County Kentucky (actually Mercer County, Virginia) came into it's own, being completely formed from the northernmost tip of Lincoln County. It was the geographic center of the new Kentucky area, conveniently located and nestled between all three original counties. Finally, in 1792, Kentucky gained statehood, having 8 counties at the time.
Following is a list of the first land grants issued by Virginia, to help settle the new and somewhat wild areas.
**Note: 'M' stands for Military Grant, 'W' stands for Withdrawn. Book #1 is in Lincoln Co., Book A is in Jefferson.
Last Name First Name Acre Location Date Bk-Pg
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Adams David 664 Salt River 06-03-1780 1-66
Samuel 1000 Salt River 06-26-1780 1-80
W. 400 Salt River 11-04-1779 1-1
William 600 Salt River 04-26-1780 1-23
William 400 Salt River 04-26-1780 1-23
Arnold Stephen 300 Harrods Lndg 05-18-1780 1-41
Stephen 200 Salt River 05-18-1780 1-41 W
Baker Samuel 1000 Salt River 06-22-1780 1-76 W
Bell Samuel 1000 Salt River 05-17-1780 1-39
Bowman Abrh,Jno,Jos 1000 Harrods Run 05-10-1780 1-31 W
Abrh,Jno,Jos 2000 Harrodsburg 05-10-1780 1-31
John 400 Harrodsburg 02-21-1780 1-13
Boyd John 372 Salt River 10-31-1780 1-91
Briscoe Parmenter 400 Salt River 04-22-1780 1-17
Parmenter 400 Salt River 06-20-1780 1-75
Bulger Edward 40 Harrods Run 02-21-1780 1-13
Edward 1000 Harrods Run 05-10-1780 1-32
Bunton John 400 Harrods Lndg 06-01-1780 1-63
Caldwell George 500 Salt River 05-24-1780 1-49 W
Carrington Paul 1000 Chaplins Fk 05-12-1780 A-49
Casey Peter 400 Shawnee Run 03-02-1780 1-15
Peter, Jr. 1000 Shawnee Run 06-26-1780 1-80
Cave Richard 1000 Shawnee Run 04-26-1780 A-26
Chaplin Abraham 400 Shawnee Run 11-11-1789 A-3
Chinn Charles 500 Chaplins Cr 05-12-1780 A-47
Clark Christopher 1000 Chaplins Fk 05-17-1780 A-64
Christopher 300 Chaplins Fk 10-31-1780 1-90
Christopher 300 Salt River 10-31-1780 1-90
Consuela Harman 400 Salt River 11-15-1779 1-3
Cowan Daniel 400 Chaplins Fk 02-22-1780 1-14
David 400 Chaplins Fk 02-22-1780 A-16
Crutchfield John 50 Chaplins Fk 04-29-1780 A-35 M
Curry John 400 Chaplins Fk 05-24-1780 A-96
William 400 Chaplins Fk 05-24-1780 1-50
Davis Azariah 400 Salt River 11-03-1779 A-1
Cornelius 300 Chaplins Fk 06-14-1780 A-132 W
Isaac, Jr. 1000 Chaplins Fk 09-22-1780 A-173
Robert 100 Salt River 05-11-1780 A-43
800 Salt River 05-11-1780 A-43
William 1000 Salt River 09-20-1780 A-173
Denton Dianna 400 Shawnee Run 12-24-1779 A-6
Thomas 400 Salt River 11-03-1779 A-1
400 Salt River 02-19-1780 A-14
Dickens John 200 Chaplins Fk 05-16-1780 A-64
Dolan Patrick 400 Shawnee Run 02-21-1780 A-15
Dowdall John 500 Salt River 05-26-1780 A-100
Early Joseph 1000 Salt River 05-30-1780 A-115
Easty William 500 Chaplins Fk 05-27-1780 A-104
Edwards Benjamin 500 Salt River 05-15-1780 A-55
1000 Salt River 05-15-1780 A-55
Ewing Daniel 250 Salt River 06-13-1780 1-71 W
Fallis Isaac 500 Chaplins Fk 05-16-1780 A-60
Farmer William 1000 Salt River 05-29-1780 A-155
Fisher Adam 500 Harrods Run 05-17-1780 1-39 W
Barnett 400 Salt River 02-07-1780 1-8
Floyd David 50 Salt River 04-29-1780 A-34 M
Forsythe Robert 500 Salt River 05-27-1780 A-103
Froman Jacob 1000 Salt River 09-13-1780 A-171
500 Salt River 10-09-1780 A-176
Fry Benjamin 400 Salt River 06-26-1780 A-153
Garrard James 400 Salt River 05-10-1780 A-41
Gilmore John 50 Harrod's Cr 04-26-1780 1-25 M
Goodnight Michael 400 Chaplins Fk 06-22-1780 1-76
Gordon George 1000 Chaplins Fk 10-23-1780 1-87
James 400 Shawnee Run 11-11-1779 1-2
John 1000 Shawnee Run 04-29-1780 1-28
William 1000 Chaplins Fk 10-23-1780 A-180
Graham Christopher 1000 Salt River 05-19-1780 A-73
Grayson William 400 Chaplins Fk 02-19-1780 A-14
Grigsby Nathaniel 333. Salt River 05-11-1780 A-46
Harbison Arthur 400 Chaplins Fk 12-17-1779 A-6
James 400 Chaplins Fk 12-27-1779 1-4
Harlen Silas 1000 Salt River 05-10-1780 A-142
Silas 1000 Salt River 06-22-1780 A-42
Harrison Cuthbert 1000 Chaplins Fk 05-12-1780 A-47
Thomas 200 Salt River 05-11-1780 A-46
Hart George 400 Chaplins Fk 06-21-1780 A-139
Harvie John etal 1000 Chaplins Fk 05-15-1780 A-57
John etal 2000 Salt River 05-15-1780 A-57
Hawkins Edmund 200 Shawnee Run 05-15-1780 1-38
John 400 Salt River 11-11-1779 A-3
Haydon Enoch 400 Chaplins Fk 06-22-1780 1-76
Higgins Henry 400 Harrods Lndg 03-02-1780 1-15
Peter 400 Harrodsburg 03-02-1780 1-16
Hightower William 200 Salt River 10-09-1780 A-176 M
Hill Thomas 400 Salt River 06-02-1780 A-121
Hite Abraham 200 Harrodsburg 10-30-1780 1-90
Abraham 500 Salt River 10-31-1780 1-90 W
Isaac 400 Harrodsburg 02-21-1780 1-12
Isaac 1000 Harrods Run 05-10-1780 1-31 W
Isaac 2000 Harrodsburg 05-10-1780 1-31
Isaac Jr. 5000 Salt River 05-23-1780 A-89
Isaac et al 1000 Salt River 05-10-1780 A-40
Holmes James 500 Salt River 05-29-1780 A-107
Honey James 1000 Salt River 06-03-1780 A-123
Hope Richard 500 Chaplins Fk 05-29-1780 1-56
Howard Mordecai 600 Salt River 05-13-1780 A-53
Eustace 50 Salt River 04-29-1780 A-35 M
Hudson David 500 Shawnee Run 05-20-1780 A-78
James 500 Shawnee Run 05-20-1780 A-78
Hughes Joseph 1000 Salt River 10-06-1780 A-175
Hutchison Benjamin 500 Chaplins Fk 05-18-1780 A-69
Joseph 1000 Salt River 05-09-1780 A-40
Ingram Samuel 400 Shawnee Run 02-19-1780 1-12
Irwin Abraham 500 Harrods Run 05-11-1780 1-32 W
Jackson Joseph 500 Salt River 05-12-1780 A-47
Johnson Thomas 1000 Shawnee Run 06-24-1780 A-145
Jones Kennon 1000 Salt River 05-20-1780 A-77 W
Churchill & Wm 700 Salt River 05-25-1780 A-98
Wm & C. 700 Salt River 05-25-1780 1-51
Keith Isaiah 1600 Salt River 05-15-1780 A-55
Kemp Edward 400 Salt River 06-05-1780 A-125
Kennedy William 300 Chaplins Fk 05-18-1789 1-40
Ketcham Jonathan 1000 Salt River 07-18-1780 A-162
Kirkham Samuel 400 Salt River 09-19-1780 A-172
Lapsley John 250 Salt River 05-27-1780 A-106
Lewis John 400 Salt River 11-08-1779 A-2
Logan John 1000 Chaplins Fk 04-29-1780 A-37
Longest Richard 250 Chaplins Fk 05-25-1780 A-98
Lyne Edmund 1000 Salt River 05-13-1780 A-52 W
Madison James 1250 Salt River 05-11-1780 A-43 W
Rev. James 1250 Salt River 10-27-1780 A-183
Thomas 1000 Harrods Run 06-24-1780 1-79
May David 500 Salt River 05-20-1780 A-76 W
50 Salt River 10-31-1780 A-186
John 4000 Salt River 05-13-1780 A-52
200 Shawnee Run 09-21-1780 A-173 M
200 Shawnee Run 10-09-1780 A-176
William 6000 Salt River 04-24-1780 A-23
McAfee George 400 Salt River 11-14-1779 1-1
James 400 Salt River 11-03-1779 A-2
1000 Salt River 04-26-1780 1-21
Robert 400 Salt River 11-03-1779 A-1
600 Salt River 05-20-1780 A-79
Samuel 400 Salt River 11-3-1779 A-2
William 400 Salt River 11-03-1779 A-2
McBrayer William 400 Chaplins Fk 11-03-1779 A-2
1000 Chaplins Fk 05-23-1780 A-87
McBride William 400 Harrods Run 11-06-1779 1-1
William 1000 Harrods Run 04-26-1780 1-24
McCann James 400 Salt River 11-11-1779 A-3
McCoun James 1000 Salt River 04-26-1780 A-26
James Jr. 1000 Salt River 04-26-1780 A-26
McCowan James 400 Salt River 11-3-1779 A-2
John 400 Salt River 02-03-1780 A-10
McGary Hugh 400 Shawnee Run 03-01-1780 A-18
1000 Shawnee Run 04-26-1780 A-27
McGee John 1000 Salt River 04-26-1780 A-25
Thomas 500 Salt River 06-28-1780 A-155
Thomas 450 Salt River 05-13-1780 A-53
Thomas 560 Salt River 05-24-1780 A-93
McKinzie John 400 Salt River 04-29-1780 A-36 W
Mead Samuel 400 Salt River 05-24-1780 A-92
Meyers Jacob 400 Salt River 02-28-1780 A-17
Mills John 200 Salt River 02-24-1780 1-19 W
Moore James F. 400 Salt River 08-29-1780 A-168
Simon 1000 Shawnee Run 04-29-1780 A-36
William 50 Salt River 04-25-1780 A-25 M
Morton Richard 250 Salt River 05-24-1780 A-95
Myers Jacob 50 Shawnee Run 11-26-1779 A-4 M W
200 Salt River 05-13-1780 1-35 W
400 Salt River 05-13-1780 A-17
100 Salt River 05-13-1780 A-51
Nall Martin 400 Salt River 06-21-1780 A-139
Neal Benjamin 1000 Salt River 05-16-1780 A-62
Joseph 1000 Salt River 05-16-1780 A-62
Nourse James 1000 Salt River 04-29-1780 A-33
James 1000 Salt River 04-29-1780 A-33
Oliver Benjamin 50 Salt River 04-29-1780 A-35 M
Overton Clough 1000 Salt River 04-26-1780 A-26
400 Salt River 04-26-1780 A-26
C & W 117 Salt River 06-20-1780 A-138
600 Salt River 05-11-1780 A-46
Payne John 1000 Chaplins Fk 05-26-1780 A-100 W
Payton William 750 Salt River 05-09-1780 A-38
Pearle Samuel 500 Chaplins Fk 05-27-1780 A-104
Penn John 2000 Chaplins Fk 05-13-1780 A-52
Phillips John 500 Salt River 06-23-1780 A-144
500 Salt River 06-23-1780 A-144
Thomas 375 Salt River 05-30-1780 A-112 W
Powell Leven 1000 Salt River 05-26-1780 A-100 W
500 Salt River 05-27-1780 A-104 W
500 Salt River 05-27-1780 A-104 W
Praile William 800 Chaplins Fk 05-20-1780 A-79
Prather Henry 1000 Shawnee Run 05-10-1780 A-42
400 Shawnee Run 12-09-1779 A-5
Preston Rob & Walter 1000 Salt River 05-30-1780 A-112
Ramey Jacob 666. Salt River 05-11-1780 A-46
Ray Nicholas 1000 Salt River 06-26-1780 A-153
400 Salt River 06-26-1780 A-153
Rice David 500 Chaplins Fk 06-07-1780 A-127
Ritchie Joseph 50 Salt River 04-27-1780 1-25
Robertson Alexander 400 Shawnee Run 02-19-1780 A-14
Ryley Barney 50 Salt River 04-28-1780 A-30
Scruggs Isham 500 Chaplins Fk 05-27-1780 A-104
Shannon William 560 Chaplins Fk 05-29-1780 A-108
500 Salt River 05-29-1780 A-108
Shelby Evan 500 Chaplins Fk 04-14-1780 A-20 M W
John 1000 Chaplins Fk 04-17-1780 A-20 M
1000 Chaplins Fk 05-18-1780 1-16
Shelp John 60 Salt River 10-05-1780 1-84 W
150 Salt River 10-04-1780 A-175
Shelton Peter 986 Salt River 06-19-1780 A-136
Shepherd Adam 100 Salt River 10-30-1780 A-184
Peter 1000 Chaplins Fk 05-18-1780 1-40
300 Salt River 10-30-1780 A-184
400 Shawnee Run 08-29-1780 A-168
Singleton Robert 50 Salt River 04-29-1780 A-35 M
Slaughter Robert 400 Shawnee Run 11-11-1779 1-2
Robert, Jr. 1000 Shawnee Run 04-26-1780 1-23
Smith Zachariah 400 Harrods Run 02-07-1780 1-9
1000 Harrods Run 05-29-1780 1-56
Southall James 1000 Chaplins Fk 05-18-1780 A-70
Spiller Phillip 250 Salt River 05-11-1780 A-45
Stevens Richard 500 Chaplins Fk 05-11-1780 A-46
500 Salt River 05-27-1780 A-104
Stewart William 400 Chaplins Fk 12-29-1779 1-5
500 Chaplins Fk 05-13-1780 1-36
560 Chaplins Fk 10-30-1780 A-184
Swearengen Thomas 1000 Salt River 05-30-1780 1-59
Swope Benedict 500 Salt River 05-18-1780 A-71
Taylor Capt. Jesse 1750 Chaplins Fk 06-01-1780 1-62
Jesse 1750 Chaplins Fk 06-01-1780 A-118
Telford Jeremiah 200 Chaplins Fk 08-11-1780 A-166
200 Chaplins Fk 10-31-1780 A-186
Thompson William 1000 Chaplins Fk 05-30-1780 A-115
Trabue Daniel 400 Salt River 06-01-1780 A-119
Trigg Stephen 360 Shawnee Run 05-17-1780 1-39
400 Shawnee Run 06-21-1780 A-139
Twiman Samuel 150 Chaplins Fk 05-15-1780 A-54
Weeden George (Gen.) 1000 Salt River 06-26-1780 A-153
Welch John 300 Salt River 05-27-1780 A-106
West Charles 1000 Salt River 05-12-1780 A-49
600 Salt River 05-12-1780 A-49
Williams David 560 Salt River 10-30-1780 1-89 W
Willis Joseph Jr. 400 Chaplins Fk 05-13-1780 1-36
100 Chaplins Fk 06-03-1780 1-66
Wilson Henry 400 Salt River 10-09-1780 A-177
1000 Salt River 04-26-1780 A-26
300 Shawnee Run 05-19-1780 A-74
Withers William Jr. 1500 Salt River 05-11-1780 A-45
Wood John 700 Salt River 05-11-1780 A-45
Woodrow Andrew 2000 Salt River 06-26-1780 A-152
Woods James 200 Salt River 05-20-1780 1-14
James 200 Salt River 05-20-1780 1-44
Worthington Edward 400 Salt River 11-11-1779 1-2
400 Shawnee Run 11-11-1779 A-3
Wray James 400 Salt River 11-03-1779 1-1
Yager Nicholas 1000 Chaplins Fk 05-19-1780 A-73
Yoakum Mathias 1000 Chaplins Fk 04-26-1780 1-23
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