While trying to find a deed for 50 acres of land on the Marrowbone that I think my ancestor, James Crawford may have owned, I was trying to find the original land entry. Unfortunately, I haven’t found any land entries or deeds for this land. However, while looking at land entry records in Green County, I found several entries for members of my CRAWFORD FAN club: namely Douglas and Dooley.
The first is an entry by Nathaniel Douglass for 200 acres. At this point, I’m not sure this Nathaniel Douglas fits in my FAN Club. My FAN club includes George Douglass and his descendants. George had a son named Nathan. FamilySearch does not have any brothers identified for George Douglas. Could the Nathaniel Douglas in the land entry be George’s son, Nathan? Maybe. But lots of research would need to be done to prove that Nathan and Nathaniel are the same person.
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1799 Jany 14
No 503 We do hereby certify that Nathaniel Douglass is entitled to 200 acres of 2nd rate land by virtue of his having improved the same agreeable to an act of the assembly entitled “An act for encouraging & granting relief to settlers & located as follows upon a branch of [Tillwill] waters of [Obeys] & Cumberland rivers beginning at a poplar & [pointers] thence extending N70E S20ES70W & N20W for quantity so as to include his improvement.
Then, I found an entry for Jacob Dooley. At this point, I don’t believe Jacob Dooley is a son of FAN club member, Capt. Moses Dooley. This might be an entry for the brother of Capt. Dooley, Private Jacob Dooley. The deatils for Private Jacob Dooley indicate that he resided in Madison County, KY, making it possible that this land entry is for him. Thus, I have added a discussion to that those more familiar with Private Jacob Dooley can determine whether he entered land in Green County, Kentucky.
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1799 May 3
Jacob Dooly enters 200 acres of second rate land by virtue of a certificate of settlement No 630 Beginning at William Prices Se corner on a Black Oak & Mulberry thence N 35W20 poles to Williams Mullins Walnut & Mulberry corner thence with hsi line & S55W 280 poles to a dogwood & poplar thence S35E30 poles to a forked white walnut thence N 63E200 poles with Sims line to 2 black oaks thence S27E60 poles to 3 maples in a swamp thence 115 poles to Maple & Sweet Gum thence N 100 poles to Walnut & hickory thence N 30 W 80 poles to a state in Prices line thence with his line S55W 70 poles to the Beginning
In 1798, brothers, George and Ruben Dooley entered adjoining land.
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1798 Dec 14
No 747 We do hereby certify that Ruben Dooley is entitled to 200 acres of 2nd rate land by virtue of his having improved the same agreeably to an act of the assembly entitled an act for encouraging & granting relief to settlers to locate as follows on the waters of little Barren Beginning on the north side of a branch below a large cave opposite his improvement running southwardly & westwardly for quantity including his improvement.
Kentucky, Green County. Land entry books, 1780-1898, 1908, 1918. Film #1877097 DGS 8272154. Ruben Dooley, Dec 1798; page 118; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 17 November 2022.
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1798 Dec 14 No. 748 We do hereby certify that George Dooley is entitled to 200 acres of 2nd rate land by virtue of his having improved the same agreeably to an act of the Assembly entitled “an act for encouraging & granting relief to settlers & located as follows on the waters of Little Barren Beginning on Ruben Dooleys eastward line running southw ardly with said Rubens line and eastwardly for quantity incl uding his improvement.
Kentucky, Green County. Land entry books, 1780-1898, 1908, 1918. Film #1877097 DGS 8272154. George Dooley, 17898; page 118; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 17 November 2022.
Finally, in 1799 is an entry for Moses Dooley for land on the Marrowbone.
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1799 Feb 22
bottom of page 154 No 745 We do hereby certify that Moses Dooley is entitled to 200 acres of
page 155 2nd rate land by virtue of his having improved the same agreeably to an act of the assembly entitled “An act for encouraging & granting relief to settlers & located as follows on the waters of Marrowbone beginning 90 poles below his improvement on the south side of the creek [running] a westerly course 179 poles thence at right angles for quantity including his improvement.
Kentucky, Green County. Land entry books, 1780-1898, 1908, 1918. Film #1877097 DGS 8272154. Moses Dooley, 1799; page 154-155; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 17 November 2022.
This land entry could be for Capt. Moses Dooley or his son, Moses Dooley. A check of the tax records suggests that this entry is for the son since it is Moses Junr who owns land on the Marrowbone.
Not only did the 1800 tax list help me figure out which Moses Dooley entered land in 1799, it also alerted me to the fact that I’m missing two other DOOLEY land entries: one for Moses Dooley Senr and one for Thomas Dooley who evidently sold his land to Moses Dooley Senr.
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1798 Dec 14
No 835 – We do hereby certify that John Railsback is entitled to 200 acres of 2nd rate land by virtue of his having improved the same agreeably to an act of the assembly entitled an act for encouraging & granting relief to settlers & located as follows in Green County on the waters of Marrow bone beginning at Ruben Dooley southwest corner on a line of military survey running thence with the military line south & from the beginning with Dooley’s line for quantity including his improvement.
No 734 We do hereby certify that Moses Dooley is entitled to 200 acres of 2nd rate land by virtue of his having improved the same agreeably to an act of the assembly entitled an act for encouraging & granting relief to settlers & located as follows In the county of Green & on the middle fork of Little Barren river beginning at an Ash tree marked MD on the west side of the creek running to the cardinal points for quantity including the improvement near the center of the survey.
No 746 We do hereby certify that Thomas Dooley is entitled to 200 acres of 2nd rate land by virtue of his having improved the same agreeably to an act of the assembly entitled an act for encouraging & granting relief to settlers & located as follows In Green county on the waters of little Barren beginning at Moses Dooleys senr most southwardly corner running south 179 poles then west 179 poles thence N 179 poles to Moses Dooleys Senr most SW corner thence to the beginning including his improvements.
Kentucky, Green County. Land entry books, 1780-1898, 1908, 1918. Film #1877097 DGS 8272154. Moses Dooley Senr, Dec 1798; page 114; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 17 November 2022.
These land entries place the Dooley family in the southern part of Kentucky prior to 1800. They provide another clue about the migration of my CRAWFORD FAN club.
