Book Description

Military land grant for lands issued in the Virginia Military District to John A. Fulton. The grant is for 800 acres which were originally part of a grant of 2,666 acres issued to Harod Gibbs for his service in the Virginia Continental Line. Gibbs assigned the 800 acres to John and Matthew Hobson who then assigned it to Fulton. The land is described as lying "between the Little Miami and Sciota rivers, north west of the river Ohio ..." The grant was issued by the General Land Office and bears the signature of President James Madison and the seal of the General Land Office.