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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02475.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents concerning American explorers, adventurers and naturalists |
| Title | Indenture for sale of land in Virginia |
| Date | 23 March 1786 |
| Author | Logan, Benjamin (1743-1802) |
| Document Type | Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Signed on verso by Tuck Welles [Greencolt?] who states "This Indenture was acknowledged by the said Benjamin Logan to be his Act & declared ordered to be Recorded." Logan, a pioneer, sells a parcel of land to Isaac Shelby, John Logan, William Montgomery, and Hugh Logan, Lincoln County justices of the peace. Indicates the parcel size as 26 acres. Mentions various markers, such as sugar trees and creeks, indicative of boundary lines. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Joseph Russell and John Bailey. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Contract Frontiers and Exploration Westward Expansion Geography and Natural History Government and Civics |
| People | Logan, Benjamin (1743-1802) Shelby, Isaac (1750-1826) Logan, John (d. 1807) Logan, Hugh (1745-1816) Montgomery, William (fl. 1778-1786) Bailey, John (1748-1816) Russell, Joseph (fl. 1786) |
| Place written | Lincoln County, Kentucky |
| Theme | Law; Agriculture; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Shelby served as the Governor of Kentucky 1792-1796 and 1812-1816. John Logan was a Kentucky state senator and the state's first treasurer. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |