If you are unable to find a deed of sale for your relative, consider that the property could have been sold for failure to pay taxes. Those deeds are typically indexed under “Sheriff” and not the name of the owner as the owner technically does not own the property at that point and is not the actual grantor on the deed.
If there was a Sheriff’s sale, consider looking for court records involving the non-tax-paying ancestor as well.
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I have been looking for years for my grandfather, James Henry King( J H & sometime Henry) whom the last I can find is on the 1910 census, but owned some property when he died , maybe 1935. My mother, his only child did not want the land and would not pay the back taxes. It was in the vincinty ofOzark Ark. Do you know where and how I could look for it?I want to complete my genealogy?
You would have to know the county where the property was located in order to locate property or tax records. Property records would be at the office that records deeds. There may have been a court case if back taxes were involved as well. If the grandfather owned property at his death there may also be a probate record to settle his estate as well.