Oakridge Land & Property Records

US Early Land Records & Plats (1785-1898)

Maps of Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin listing land owners and details of the land.

County Land Ownership Maps (1860-1918)

Various maps and documents listing and delineating around 7 million land plots and their owners. Searchable by a name index.

Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases (1507-2000)

This database is a collection of maps and atlases detailing land areas that comprise the present-day United States and Canada, as well as various other parts of the world.

Union Army Provost Marshals' Papers (1861-1867)

Over 235,000 documents relating to Union prisoners, legal proceedings, oaths, land forfeitures and more.

Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty-Land Applications (1800-1900)

An index to and digital images of around 80,000 applications for pensions or grants to public lands in lieu of military service. Some applications may contain over 200 pages of information.

Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Index (1790-1855)

An index to over 360,000 applications for land grants in lieu of military service.

US War Bounty Land Warrants (1789-1858)

An index to and digital images of certificates given to veterans of The Revolutionary War and The War of 1812 allotting them land from the public domain. Searchable by an index of over 75,000 names.

US Decisions on Pensions and Bounty-Land Claims (1886-1930)

A collection of decisions from the Department of the Interior on appeals for pension and bounty-land claims. They include either soldiers or their widows appealing pension decisions to, as well as bounty-land claims appeals. The records are in effect judicial briefs outlining the details and the reasons for a reversal or affirmation of a decision in each case.