Johnson Land Grants
Wayne County, Kentucky
| Name | Acres | Book | Page | Survey Date | Watercourse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANTS SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER | |||||
| James Johnson, Sr. | 400 | 6 | 275 | 10-23-1806 | Cumberland River |
| James Johnson, Sr. | 50 | N | 162 | 2-26-1823 | Cumberland River |
| Samuel Johnson | 100 | 9 | 219 | 10-23-1807 | Otter Creek |
| Samuel Johnson | 150 | 17 | 316 | 1-19-1813 | Otter Creek |
| Jno Johnson | 165 | 18 | 501 | 10-20-1809 | none |
| William Johnson | 200 | 26 | 141 | 3-09-1818 | Cub Creek |
| Thomas Johnston | 400 | 13 | 452 | 2-26-1804 | Otter Creek |
| Thomas Johnston | 225 | 28 | 204 | 11-09-1827 | Hancock Fk |
| KENTUCKY LAND WARRANTS | |||||
| Pleasant S. Johnson | 200 | H | 470 | 12-11-1821 | Cumberland River |
| Pleasant S. Johnson | 75 | H | 481 | 6-01-1821 | Cedar Sinking Creek |
| Martin Johnson | 50 | U | 404 | 3-24-1824 | Little S. Fk Creek |
*BOOK NOTES ON GRANTS SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER:
A group of records entered from 1797 to 1866 known as "Grants South of Green River" comprises 29 books and includes 15,730 separate grants. These were
known sometimes as "Headright Claims" and were based upon an act of the Kentucky General Assembly of 12-21-1795. Prior to the establishment of Kentucky as a state,
Virginia had reserved for her soldiers all the lands in Kentucky south of Green River.
These were encompassed by a line from the head of this stream to the Cumberland Mountains and with these mountains to the Carolina line, thence to
the Tennessee River, to the Ohio River, and with the Ohio to the Green River. Lands thus located under the Virginia law are of military origin and are
listed in Chapter II (Viriginia Grants). When Kentucky as a sovereign state took charge of her vacant lands, new legisation opened up this great
reservation south of the Green River to any persons possessed of family and over 21 years of age. Such persons were entitled to not less than 100 acres
or more than 200 acres, but must have been bona fide settlers on the land for one year before they came into actual possession. The surveys upon which
these grants are based are recorded in eighteen books in the Kentucky Land Office.
**BOOK NOTES ON KENTUCKY LAND WARRANTS:
In 1815 the Kentucky State Legislature passed an act relative to land distribution, and the records written in fulfillment of this statute are now known as "Kentucky Land
Warrants, 1816-1873." These grants consist of 43 books and 25,621 grants. The act of the General Assembly governing this group of grants opened for
sale, at $20 per 100 acres, all the vacant lands to anyone in Kentucky, except an alien. The method followed was similar to that originally employed
by Virginia, the purchaser securing receipt from the State Treasurer which was in turn converted into a land office warrant, authorizing the owner to
locate and survey a certain acreage. When this had been completed and returned to the land office it was registered and a land patent was issued to
the owner within about six months. This law, however, did not apply to lands west of the Tennessee River.
The source is "The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky
1782-1924," by Willard Rouse Jillson, Sc.D., State Geologist of Kentucky and Chairman of the Kentucky State Park Commission; published 1925; reprinted
1971, 1994.
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