Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt, “Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments”, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. (1996). ISBN 0-8063-1511-3.
Brookes-Smith, Joan, “Index for Old Kentucky Surveys & Grants”, Kentucky Historical Society, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40601. (1975). (Includes Tellico Surveys and Grants. Cross-Index for Old Kentucky & Tellico Series printed separately.)
Brookes-Smith, Joan, “Master Index for Virginia Surveys & Grants, 1774-1791”, Kentucky Historical Society, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40601. (1976). ISBN 0-916968-06-5.
Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus, “Revolutionary War Records – Virginia”, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. (1936, 1967 & 1995). ISBN 0-8063-0060-4.
Carstensen, Vernon E., “The Public Lands”, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI.
Cook, Michael L. & Betty A., “Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books”, Cook Publications, 649 Strawberry Hill Road, Evansville IN 47711-1753. (1985). (Four volume set of Court of Appeals Deeds & early Kentucky Supreme Court Deeds.)
DeWeese, Raymond Paul, “Anderson’s Bend of the Green River in Butler County, Kentucky”, published by the author. (1993)
Field, Thomas P., “A Guide to Kentucky Place Names”, Special Publication 15, Series XI, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508. (1961 & 1991).
Hammon, Neal O., “Early Kentucky Land Records 1773-1780”, The Filson Club, Louisville, KY 40208. (1992). ISBN 0-9601072-4-X.
Jeffers, Adrian, “Land Grants of Warren/Allen County, Kentucky”, Gorin Genealogical Publishing, Glasgow, KY 42141-3409 & Jeffers Genealogical Publisher, Salem, OR 97301. (1997).
Jillson, Willard Rouse, “The Kentucky Land Grants”, Volumes I & II, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. (1971). ISBN 0-8063-0477-4. (An index to all land grants recorded in the State Land Office, 1782-1924, originally published as “Filson Club Publications, Number 33.”)
Jillson, Willard Rouse, “Old Kentucky Entries & Deeds”, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. (1926, 1969, 1972, 1978 & 1987). ISBN 0-8063-0193-7. (Originally published as “Filson Club Publications, Number 34”.)
Jerome, Brenda Joyce, “Livingston County, Kentucky, Deeds, Books A-C, 1800-1817”, published by the author, 300 West Water Street, Newburgh, IN 47630. (1991)
Kleber, Clark, Harrison & Klotter, “The Kentucky Encyclopedia”, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508. (1992). ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
MacKinnon (Pennington), Galloway & Watson, “Lincoln County, Virginia/Kentucky Deed Abstracts, 1781-1795”, MGW Publications, 190 Quirk’s Run Rd, Harrodsburg, KY 40330 and 808 Vinson Avenue, Danville, KY 40422. (1998).
National Genealogical Society, “Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications”, Special Publication No. 40, National Genealogical Society, Arlington, VA . (1976, 1977, 1979, 1987 & 2000). ISBN 0-915156-00-8.
O’Malley, Nancy, “Stockading Up, A Study of Pioneer Stations in the Inner Bluegrass Region of Kentucky”, Archaeological Report 127, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508. (1987 & 1994).
Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault, “Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky”, Clearfield Co., Inc. & Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. (1896, 1959, 1968, 1974, 1992, 1996, & 1999). ISBN 0-8063-0283-6.
Robertson, James Rood, “Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia, 1769 to 1792”, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. (1914 & 1998). ISBN 0-8063-1553-9. (Originally published as “Filson Club Publication Number 27.)
Saffell, W.T. R., “Records of the Revolutionary War with Index to Saffell’s List of Virginia Soldiers in the Revolution by McAllister”, Clearfield Co. & Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. (1894, 1913, 1969, 1991, 1996, 2002). ISBN 0-8063-0304-2.
Sames, James W. III, “Four Steps West” (with Research Supplement by Joint State Line Committee of the Kentucky & Tennessee Associations of Professional Surveyors), available from KAPS, P.O. Box 3099, Frankfort, KY 40602. (1971 & 1992).
Sames, James W. III & Woods, Lewis C., Jr., “Index of Kentucky & Virginia Maps, 1562-1900”, Kentucky Historical Society, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40602. (1976). ISBN 0-916968-04-9.
Simmons, Don & Smith, Barbara, “Trigg County, Kentucky, Land Surveys 1834-1847”, Simmons Historical Publications, Melber, KY 42069. (1996). (Contact author for information regarding other land patent publications.)
Simpson, Fred Logan, “Back of the Cane: Early Virginia Surveys in Today's Garrard County, Kentucky, 1775-1789”, McDowell Publications, Utica, KY 42376 & author, P.O. Box 89, Lancaster, KY 40444. (1992 & 1993).
Smith, Robert L., “Owsley County, Kentucky, Land Records”, published by author, 7614 Dimmick Road, Cincinnati, OH 45241-1118. (1997).
Stewart, Robert Armistead, “The History of Virginia’s Navy of the Revolution”, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1934 & 1993. ISBN 0-8063-1392-7.
Sutherland, James Franklin, “Early Kentucky Landholders, 1787 1811”, Clearfield Co. & Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. (1997 & 2000). ISBN 0-8063-1166-5. (Records for early Lincoln County, Virginia & Kentucky).
Sutherland, James Franklin, “Some Original Land Grant Surveys Along Green River in Lincoln and Casey Counties, Kentucky (1781-1836)”, privately printed, 1975.
Taylor, Philip Fall, “A Calendar of the Warrants for Land in Kentucky Granted for Service in the French & Indian War”, Clearfield Co. & Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. (1967). ISBN 0-8063-0327-1.
Virginia Land Commission, “Certificate Book of the Virginia Land Commission of 1779-1780”, Southern Historical Press, Inc., 275 West Broad Street, Greenville, SC 29601. (1981 & 1992). ISBN 0-89308-229-5.
Wilson, Samuel Mackay, “Catalogue of Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to whom Bounty Land Warrants were Granted by Virginia for Military Service in the War for Independence”, Southern Book Co., Baltimore, MD, (1953).
Note: We also recommend researchers study the “Acts of the Virginia General Assembly” & the “Acts of the Kentucky General Assembly”, available at most Virginia & Kentucky Research Libraries.
Adkinson, Kandie P., “Saddlebag Notes: The Kentucky Land Grant System”, published as a Technical Leaflet in the “Circuit Rider”, (Vol. 13, No. 3: May/June), Historical Confederation of Kentucky, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40602. (1990).
Adkinson, Kandie P. “Researching Early Kentucky Tax Lists: 1792-1840”, “Bluegrass Roots: Fall 2002”, Kentucky Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 153, Frankfort, KY 40602.
Fowler, Ila, "Revolutionary Soldiers & Their Land Grants in the Tradewater River Country of Western Kentucky", Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 33, (1935), pp 160-164, Kentucky Historical Society, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40602.
Hammon, Neal O., "Land Acquisition on the Kentucky Frontier", Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 78, (1980), pp 297-321, Kentucky Historical Society, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40602.
Kentucky Historical Society, "Gleanings from State Archives", Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 23, pp 230-238 & Vol. 24, pp 112-128, 222-233, Kentucky Historical Society, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40602.
Kentucky Historical Society, "Certificate Book of the Virginia Land Commission, 1779-1780", Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 21, (1923), Kentucky Historical Society, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40602.
Staples, Charles Richard, "History in Circuit Court Records", Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol 28, (1930), pp 96-103, 175-192, 214-243, & 330-347, Kentucky Historical Society, P.O. Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 40602.