Download or read book Certificate Book of the Virginia Land Commission, 1779 to 1780 written by Kentucky Historical Society and published by Southern Historical Press. This book was released on 1981-06-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original records of Kentucky County, Virginia, 1776-1780, were lost in a fire in the 19th century which makes this book quite important because it contains the names of most of the pioneer settlers of the state of Kentucky. The Certificate Book comprises most of Vol. 21 (1923) of the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society and gives information about the claims for land made by settlers between 1775 and 1779 who detailed the location of their claim and the date of settlement.