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This page provides instant access to all Kentucky Land Office databases. To learn more of the structure and history of the databases included on this site, we encourage researchers to visit the individual pages for each database. 

The Kentucky Cities database includes information on city filings submitted to the Kentucky Secretary of State's Office.  This database also includes various listings of Kentucky cities, population information, and contact information for city and county government, if available.  Also included is a Prebuilt Lists and Queries Search.

NEW!  Research patents and view images filed with the Virginia Patent Series & Old Kentucky Patent Series. Authorized by legislative acts and a variety of warrants, ex. Revolutionary War, French & Indian War, Certificates of Settlement, Preemption Warrants, Treasury Warrants, etc., these records span the time when Kentucky was a part of Virginia and continue through the early years of Kentucky’s statehood.

Access information on 4748 Revolutionary War Warrants issued to Virginia veterans or their assigns prior to 1792 on the Revolutionary War Warrants database. View color images from the Warrants Register and all Kentucky patent files authorized by Revolutionary War Warrants.

Research and view color images of 242 patents in the Jackson Purchase authorized by warrants issued to Virginia Revolutionary War veterans or their assigns on the West of Tennessee River Military Patents database.

Access information regarding Certificates of Settlement and Preemption Warrants issued to Kentucky's earliest settlers on the Certificates of Settlement and Preemption Warrants database. View color images of patent files as they are linked to the "Authorized Patents" field on a daily basis. Digitized images of the Certificates of Settlement and Commissioners' Authorizations for Preemption Warrants may be available by clicking the Preemption Warrant Number field. With the permission of The Library of Virginia, the Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives is digitizing microfilm of the Certificates of Settlement and Preemption Warrant Approvals. Records are added to the "Certificates of Settlement and Preemption Warrants database" on a regular basis.

Access over 23,200 entries in the Virginia Treasury Warrants Register, Volumes I & II, for information regarding early Kentucky land patents. This database includes the names of persons who purchased Treasury Warrants, immediate assignees, warrant number, acreage authorized for patenting under the warrant number, amount of money paid, and the date the warrant was issued. The "Authorized" field on the Virginia Treasury Warrants Database, identifies patent numbers associated with the usage of the Treasury Warrants. Many link to colorscanned images of patent files in the Virginia Series and Old Kentucky Series of Kentucky land patents housed in the Kentucky Secretary of State's Land Office. This database includes warrant information for 300 Treasury Warrants issued to George Rogers Clark for recruiting his battalions in lieu of a bounty of $750.

Research 4763 Entries filed with the Lincoln County Surveyor's Office when Lincoln County comprised one-third of Kentucky on the Lincoln Entries database. (Military Entries in southwestern Kentucky are not included on this database.) Link to scanned images of each Entry.

Research 70239 patents filed with the County Court Order Series dating from 1835 to the present on the County Court Order Patents database. Search by patent number, grant book & page, or perform an advanced search to access information by grantee, survey name, county, watercourse, survey year or grant year. Images of all documents filed with patent numbers 0001 - 08241 are linked to the database.

Use the 1885 Loughridge Map to determine locations within the Jackson Purchase, the only area in Kentucky mapped by the public land system mapping method used by the federal government. Use Jillson's "Kentucky Land Grants, West of Tennessee River" to identify Ranges, Townships, Sections, E/W then use this database to find the exact location of the patent or key in a specific location and see it depicted on the Loughridge Map.  You can also search the Jackson Purchase database.

Research the complete text of all Acts establishing Kentucky's 120 counties on the County Formations database. Acts pertaining to Kentucky County, Virginia, Fincastle County, Virginia, and Beckham County, Kentucky are also included. Acts regarding boundary changes are added as they are identified.