THE GREEN RIVER PIONEERS: SQUATTERS, SOLDIERS, AND SPECULATORS.
by Ramage, James A
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Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp171-190. Removed from THE REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY , Vol. 75, No., 3, July 1977. In report covers VG. May include a first or last copied page. In 1779, when Kentucky was still a part of Virginia, about six million acres of land in the so-called Green River District in the west, were made available for settlement. To encourage military service, land bounties were awarded. At the same time, squatters and speculators appeared on the scene. Due to confusing and/or inaccurate descriptions of the claims, because of over-lapping, and odd-shaped tracts, and the government continually extending the deadlines for which payment could be made, the whole process of obtaining lands in the area that would become the state of Kentucky, became a legal nightmare that took many years to correct..
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- Title
- THE GREEN RIVER PIONEERS: SQUATTERS, SOLDIERS, AND SPECULATORS.
- Author
- Ramage, James A
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- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Kentucky Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Frankfort
- Keywords
- GREEN RIVER DISTRICT KENTUCKY HISTORICAL REGISTER
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