Beighley Lineage:Information about James Black
James Black (d. date unknown)
Notes for James Black:WARRANTEES OF LAND
in the
SEVERAL COUNTIES
of the
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
1730-1898
EDITED BY
WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M.D., M.A.
VOL. II.
WM. STANLEY RAY.
STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA
1898
WARRANTEES OF LAND
in the
COUNTY OF BEDFORD
1771-1893
NOTE:
Land warrants were the first document issued to a person who wanted to
obtain land from the state.A land warrant gave the applicant permission to
have the land surveyed.When the survey was returned to the state with a fee, a
patent was issued to the individual.There can be many years between the
issuing of a warrant and the issuing of a patent, and it may not have been
issued to the same person. A patent is the equivalent of a deed between the
state and an individual.All land transfers after a patent was issued would be
by deed.Most deeds (but not all) were recorded in the county courthouse of the
county that had jurisdiction at the time the deed was recorded.This may be the
current county, but it could also be any of the parent counties for a particular
location.Some deeds were never recorded, and some may have been recorded much
later than the date of the deed, some more than 100 years later.
Copies of the original documents are available through the PA State Archives
in Harrisburg.In most cases, the documents do not include the signature of the
person warranting the land.Many of the warrants include the year the land was
first settled (listed as the date when interest was to start, almost always on
March first).This, however, may not be the date the warrantee settled on the
land if the land had changed hands before a warrant was applied for.
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, ACRES, DATE OF SURVEY
WARRANTEES OF LAND, COUNTY OF BEDFORD - 1771-1893 - Page 460
Black, James, 100, Jan. 28, 1793
Black, James, 100, Jan. 28, 1793
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WARRANTEES OF LAND, COUNTY OF BEDFORD - 1771-1893 - Page 466
Black, James, 400, April 7, 1794
WARRANTEES OF LAND, COUNTY OF BEDFORD - 1771-1893 - Page 468
Black, James 250, Aug. 12, 1794
More About James Black and Susan Beighley:
Marriage: 1811, Butler County, Pa.4104, 4105, 4106
Children of James Black and Susan Beighley are:
- Susannah Black, d. date unknown.