How many Entries are there in the Lincoln County Entry Book? Our database includes information for 4763 Lincoln County Entries recorded in two oversize volumes.
Who filed the first Entry in the Lincoln County Entry Book? Henry Pauling, assignee of Julius Saunders, filed an entry November 3, 1779, on Boones Mill Creek under the authorization of Saunders’ Certificate of Settlement. Back to Top How do I research the Pauling Entry further? Go to the “Certificates of Settlement and Preemption Warrants Database” on this website and search for Saunders. You will see Saunders’ Certificate of Settlement authorized Virginia Patent 7656. The patent file may be requested from the Secretary of State’s Land Office or the Kentucky History Center. Staff of the Secretary of State’s Land Office are currently colorscanning all patents in the Virginia Patent Series. The entire file for Virginia Patent 7656 should be online by Fall 2005. By using the Gazetteer in the Reference Library, you will see that Boones’ Mill Creek is in Madison County.
