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1791 Virginia Land Grant Signed By Governor Randolph:
$450.00
This document is a partially printed Virginia land grant from 1791, signed by then-Governor Beverley Randolph. It is a historical legal document on vellum that transfers a tract of land from the Commonwealth to a named individual.
Condition: very good. Three small holes in center fold.
Document Details
Type: Land Grant [a patent or deed for land ownership].
Location Issued: Affixed with the lesser seal at Richmond, Virginia.
Date: Dated to "One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-One" [1791].
Governor: Beverley Randolph served as the Governor of Virginia from 1788 to 1791 and typically signed these land grants.
Purpose: The Virginia government issued these grants to distribute unappropriated land, often as a reward for military service during the Revolutionary War. The recipient was required to occupy and improve the land within a certain timeframe to retain the patent.
Physicality: The document is a printed form, completed with handwritten details [manuscript insertions], typical for the period.
Historical Context
After the Revolutionary War, Virginia had extensive land claims, including a large area northwest of the Ohio River [which included parts of modern-day Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia]. The land office was established to manage these grants, which were a key method of land acquisition in the new commonwealth. The land's location would have been detailed in the manuscript sections, defining its exact boundaries, often near specific geographical features.