John, I don't know about KY but in NC they did have a way to pass them on - albeit for a different reason - their grants were in NC but in time the border changed and the land became part of SC. The importance was getting the "heir" of a NC grant to have it transferred by "Memorial" to make it legally registered in SC. And my Thomas did - unfortunately, I still don't know WHICH Thomas he is - the huge conundrum continues. Getting there though - about to stick my neck out with a solution. LOL. Thanks for the comments! Barb