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These records contain copies of deeds recorded in the counties of location and probably submitted to the Land Office in cases involving either land disputes or requests for inclusive grants. Information on the outside cover does not indicate the origin of the copy in the Land Office files. Most of the deeds involve land in the western counties of the commonwealth. The deeds are from the years 1655; 1788; 1792; 1795; 1797; 1799; 1801-1803; 1805-1807; 1809; 1812; 1814; 1817-1820; 1822; 1825; 1827; 1829-1832; 1834-1841; 1843-1844; 1848-1849; 1851; 1853-1854; 1856-1857; 1863; 1865; 1867-1869; 1871; 1874-1875; 1878-1881; 1886; 1888-1892; 1895-1896; 1899-1901.

These records contain incoming correspondence to the register of the Land Office, including the period the secretary of the commonwealth held the office, dealing primarily with business affairs. Included are requests for warrants and copies of grants and surveys, letters which accompanied incoming surveys, letters seeking information about military bounty lands, and inquiries regarding the manner of resolving conflicts pertaining to land possession. Many entries from the 20th century involve requests for information for genealogical or historical research, frequently to establish eligibility for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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.

The files in this series contain opinions from the attorney general in answer to questions relating to the award of military bounty land and in reply to requests from the register for answers to questions relating to various types of land problems.

These records contain printed forms signifying that a stated sum had been paid and that the bearer was entitled to the specified acreage, at a ratio of one crown for fifty acres. Only the date and the signatures of the deputy auditor John Blair and receivers general John Grymes and Philip Grymes are written by hand. Several of the records have annotations on the back, including the names those records were issued to: Joshua Fry, M. Eaton, Isaac Hale, Lewis Whitehead, Edmund Wooldridge, and John Madison.