as for georgia, land grants are land patents, all early property grants are updated in land patent numbers. if land was granted by the king of france , that is the original basis of the land patent number that is current in records.

even though my land had a railroad patent, i can claim rights from the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo that granted this section of the united states from mexico.

if a church has land, it is already covered by a land patent. new land patents are only granted for land held by the government granted into private ownership for the first time.

if clerks in offices say no documents exist, keep asking for supervisors until you find the person who knows where they are and provides what you need. ALL land has title documents, no exceptions. even public land has title documents that shows it is state or federal.