Fayette County Land Grants

Survey Date	Grant Date	Grantee	Acres	Watercourse	Names Mentioned
	17 Jan 1780	Boone, Thomas	400	N Fork Licking	James Peck. Thomas also had a 1000 acre grant nearby.
	27 Dec 1782	Boone, Levi	500	5 m. W Upper Blue Licks	Daniel Boone, Thomas Boone
11 Dec 1782+	15 Jun 1784	Early, Joseph	500	N Fork Elkhorn	William Grant
12 Dec 1782+	15 Jul 1784	Grant, Wm.	400	N Fork Elkhorn	Inglish
12 Dec 1782+	15 Jun 1784	Grant, Wm. Sr.	1000	none
8 Jan 1783+	15 Jun 1784	Early, Joseph Heirs	1000	Hustons Fork, Licking	William Lee
8 Jan 1783*	15 Jun 1784	Thompson, Thomas	400	Between Elkhorn & Licking
8 Jan 1783*	15 Jun 1784	Thompson, Thomas	1000	none	Adjoining William Grant and William Inglish
20 Jan 1783*		Early, Joseph	1000	Hustons Fork
16 Jul 1783+	5 Jan 1785	Boone, Samuel	340	N Fork Elkhorn	Joseph Early, Thomas Brooks, Daniel Boone, Thomas Thompson
26 Jul 1783+	10 Jul 1785	Grant, Wm. Sr.	500	N Fork Elkhorn	Patterson
19 Jan 1784*		Early, Jos. Heirs	486	Elkhorn	William Grant
19 Jan 1784*		Early, Jos. Heirs	2000	Elkhorn
30 Mar 1784*		Brooks, Thos	400	Rocky Ford Fork, Licking
2 Jul 1785*		Boone, Samuel Sr.	500	none
15 Feb 1786+	21 Oct 1789	Boone, Samuel	800	Upper Blue Licks	heir at law of Thomas Boone

Note:

+ Survey date from grant document at Library of Virginia: View

* Survey dates from Willard Rouse Jillson, The Kentucky Land Grants, 1782-1924.

These grants include one of 340 acres to Samuel Boone, and grants to people nearby on the North Fork of Elkhorn Creek in Fayette County. From the descriptions in the grants, Samuel's land was located adjacent to Joseph Early's, which was adjacent to the 1000 acre preemptive claim of William Grant. I've also included grants on some nearby streams, including a grant to Samuel Boone, Jr. at the Upper Blue Licks. This he inheritated from his brother Thomas, who was killed at the Battle of Blue Licks. Levi Boone, brother of Samuel, Jr. and Thomas, also had a grant of land there.

From the information in the grant, it's not possible to determine which Samuel Boone the following 340 acre grant was given to. There were three living in that area at that time: Samuel, son of Samuel and husband of Jane Foulke Hughes; Samuel, son of Squire, Sr. and husband of Sarah Day; and Samuel, son of Samuel and Sarah Day Boone. The second Samuel and his family lived near Athens, Kentucky, which is about five miles southeast of Lexington. The North Fork of Elkhorn Creek rises about five miles from Athens. Bryan's Station, at which William Grant lived before securing his land, is about five miles northeast of Lexington. It appears that the site of Samuel Boone's grant probably lies as much as ten miles from Athens.

Here are two further bits of information about Samuel Boone, Jr. and his location:

...James Dupue, Dec .18, 1782-Entered 1000 acres on a Treasury Warrant then in Fayette, now Bourbon... Deposition of Samuel Boone, Jr., aged 45 yrs., states he has been in this county since 1799. Dated Sept. 8, 1801. ...

Source: Julia Ardery's Kentucky Records, Volume II
Deed Abstracts, Court Orders, Suits
Bourbon County
Records from Order Books
p. 114

James Dupuy vs. Samuel Henderson and Others, Box 120
Google Books

In Spraker, The Boone Family p. 636, Samuel Boone, Jr.'s pension application states that he "Resided in Fayette Co., Ky., until March, 1829, when he removed to Clark Co., and there has ever since resided." The date of that application was 17 Mar 1834.

Following is the text of the 340 acre grant to Samuel Boone:

Samuel Boone
340 acres
Fayette
Exd

Patrick Henry Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, To
all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting: Know Ye, that by Virtue and
in consideration of Part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant Number Ten Thousand
two hundred and Twenty six and Issued the Twenty second day of December one Thou-
sand seven hundred and Eighty one there is granted by the said Commonwealth un-
to Samuel Boone assignee of Thomas Brooks ass. of Morgan Morgan who was assignee
of Daniel Boone a certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing three hundred and forty
Acres by Survey bearing date the Sixteenth day of July one Thousand seven hundred and
Eighty three lying and being in the County of Fayette on the waters of the North fork of
Elkhorn and is bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at the North East corner of
Joseph Earleys Survey of Five hundred acres of Two Sugar Trees standing together thence
South Twenty degrees West two hundred and Twenty poles with said Earleys Line
crossing two branches to a buckey and two Hickory trees corner to Thomas Thompsons
Land thence South Seventy degrees East two hundred and Two poles with the line
of said Thompsons Land to an ash and Sugar tree thence North twenty degrees
East two hundred and Seventy Poles to an Elm and Sugar tree thence North
Seventy degrees East West two hundred and two Poles to the Beginning with
its appurtenances to have and to hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land with
Its appurtenances to the said Samuel Boone and his heirs for ever. In
Witness whereof the said Patrick Henry Esquire Governor of the Com-
monwealth of Virginia, Hath hereunto set his Hand and Caused the Lesser
seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the fifth day
of January in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty
five and of the Commonwealth the Ninth~

P. Henry~

Library of Virginia
Land Office Grants M, 1781-1785, p. 685 (Reel 53)

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This file was last updated on 7/14/2019.