When I worked in the title insurance industry, a Land Patent was the
first passage of title from a government entity into private ownership
(either to an individual or to a corporation). Most patents were from the
U.S. Government, but some were State Patents (I have seen numerous Alaska
State Patents). My experience has been in the western U.S. when the
United States already existed as land opened up. This is very different
from the East Coast where there was considerable immigration and land
ownership under British rule, however I believe the general rule of Land
Patents would have nothing to do with whether the patent was issued as a
reward for war service or whether money changed hands.
Elizabeth (Sutherland) Richardson
erich@ktn.net
Joan E Fleming wrote: > > I'd like to know the answer to this also. > Joan Rummel Fleming Jilean@juno.com > > On Sat, 01 Mar 1997 10:54:35 -0600 Brenda Hare > <Brenda.Hare@Cedar-Rapids.Net> writes: > >Are there any implications to the term "Land Patent"? Would a person > >necessarily be a Rev War soldier to have had a land patent, or could > >it > >just be a vast land area that was purchased by an individual, from > >another individual? > > > >Simply Brenda > > > >