Robert - you are the Goff of the Kentucky branch - not Maryland, right?
I have copies of the originals of all those land grants in Kentucky. Only
one does not fit. Will get a copy for you. May be a short time as my
sister is here and we are remodeling a house on the farm. Remind me later.
Jean
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Goff <rwgoff00@centre.edu>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 6:37 PM
Subject: Land Grants
>Jean,
>
> Sorry about the short e-mail with no explanation, but I was a little
>rushed. I found that there seem to be three geographical locations for
>the Sinclair grantsl. One of these locations is comprised of only old
>Kentucky land grants from 1797 in Montgomery County. The seems to fall
>near Lancaster, Kentucky, not far from here in Danville. This was near
>the old state capitol and fort Harrodsburg, where Boone spent much
>time. The last grant would be the land that my Goffs were living on
>along Brush Creek and near Green River. Sulphur Creek, home of Isaac's
>descendants, was not too far from there. There are two grants near
>creeks that do not appear in any of my topographical maps. I'm going to
>put in a call to some family friends to find out if they are in Green,
>Taylor, Adair, Hart, Washington, or Casey Counties. The watercourses
>are Bullskin creek and Gests creek. Dad said that they sounded a little
>familiar, but he wasn't totally sure. Besides the Montgomery grants,
>the other were Virginia grants from 1782 to 1786. The spellings were
>Sinclair and St. Clair.
>
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