Although every patent file is significant for family or historical research, the following selected patents exemplify various warrants or historical references.
- George Rogers Clark's 10,000-acre military warrant for service as a Brigadier General during the Revolutionary War:
WTRM 181
- Survey by Daniel Boone:
VA 8392.0
- Warrant issued to widow for husband's service in the French and Indian War:
VA 4147.0
- Warrant issued for service in Colonel Washington's Regiment during the French and Indian War:
VA 3699.0
- Warrant issued for service with General Braddock during the French and Indian War:
VA 4986.0
- Importation Warrant:
VA 3422.0
- Squire Boone's Settlement Tract (the Stockfields) on Silver Creek:
VA 6513.0
- Plat drawing including Simon Kenton's cabin:
VA 1628.0
- Court Order authorizing Poor Person's patent:
VA 4058
- Non-Military land claims in northern Jackson Purchase region, including Paducah, prior to 1818:
VA 8928.0,
VA 8924.0,
VA 3862.0,
VA 8857.0,
VA 9099.0,
VA 8935.0,
VA 9102.0,
VA 9103.0,
VA 8997.0
- Grant apparently signed by Gov. Patrick Henry:
VA 3407.0
- Big Bone Lick:
VA 3931.0 (issued by Lord Dunmore),
OK 6302.0,
OK 3229.0
- Frankfort patents:
VA 3195.0,
VA 3482.0,
VA 0060.0,
VA 0843.0,
VA 6687.0,
VA 2974.0 (including new Capitol)
- Pikeville:
OK 2508.0 (one of several claims in the area by Rev. James Madison)
- Warrant issued for clearing a road over Cumberland Mountain:
VA 9117.0
- Affidavits regarding Ruddell's Station:
VA 9148.1
- Land Office copy of grant issued by Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson and signed at Williamsburg in 1779:
VA 0016.0 (numerous other grants issued by Gov. Jefferson are also found in the
VA 3920.1 patent range)
- Plat drawing depicting trace leading from Boonesborough to the Hazel Patch:
OK 0116.0
- Benjamin Logan's Certificate of Settlement claim (mentions canebrakes and his house):
VA 0634.0
- Patent issued for the benefit of the Hartford Academy:
OK 5728.0
- Survey by Daniel Boone. References an old camp made by Daniel & Edward Boone. File includes Affidavit of Descent:
VA 6750.0
- Signature of John Filson:
VA 6488.0
- Signature of Simon Kenton & Survey by John Bradford:
VA 5505.0
- Importation Warrant issued to Theodorick Bland:
VA 8987.0