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John Gale Land Grant 0.17 Linear Feet

Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797

Grant, 10 May 1787, to John Gale for 600 acres of land in Fayette County, Va. [W. Va.] signed by Lt. Gov. Beverley Randolph.

  1. College of William and Mary

John Tyler land grant .1 Linear Feet One oversize11x17 inch legal size folder.

Tyler, Robert, 1816-1878

This collection includes a Presidential land grant for Abraham C. and Meacon A. Shelton of Lincoln County, Missouri. The grant was signed by President John Tyler and his son Robert Tyler. The grant referred to the Shelton's making a full payment for eighty acres "subject to sale in Palmyra, Missouri." The grant was under the provisions of the Land Act of 1820, which ended the ability to purchase the United States' public domain lands on a credit or installment system over four years, as previously established.

  1. College of William and Mary

Land grant for John Washington Box 1, Folder 1667.10.30

Document granting 1500 acres of land to Lt. Col. John Washington "for ye transportation thirty servants into this Colony ..." Lists the names of 28 servants and "Two Negroes." Signed by Anthony Bridges. Nicholas Spencer listed as one of the justices at Westmoreland County court where transaction is approved. Washington gained several thousands of acres in this manner.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 1

Land grant, from George Clinton to Edward Carpenter 1 pages Closed Stacks, Drawer 23

Document signed by George Clinton, Governor of New York, granting 300 acres of land in the township of Clinton in Montgomery County to Edward Carpenter. Typescript document signed, with manuscript completions and green ribbon seal fragment, 1 page.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Ted and Mary Wendell early American collection
  3. Series 3. Oversize

Land grant, from Thomas Lord Fairfax to Henry Whiting 1 pages Closed Stacks, Drawer 23

Deed of land granted from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, to Henry Whiting concerning a 951 acre tract in Berkeley County called Swan Ponds. The surveyor is listed as Guy Broadwater and Richard Rigg, with neighbors listed as Rutherford, Turner, Wilson, Fairfax, and Vanmeter abutting. Document signed by Lord Fairfax, 1 page, with paper seal over wax.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Ted and Mary Wendell early American collection
  3. Series 3. Oversize

Land grant, Herbert Jeffries to George Brent Box 88 OVERSIZE, Folder 1677.12.14

A.D.S. 1 page. A grant for 584 acres of land in Stafford, [later Fairfax] County on the north side of Little Hunting Creek, for transporting twelve persons to Va. Document signed, with embossed seal of colony, laminated, oversize document, endorsed in hand of Genl. W-n on back, watermark. This property was acquired by Washington in 1760. Signed by Virginia governor Herb. Jeffreys, Recorded by [Jno. Harrison?].

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 3. Oversized Documents and Manuscripts

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