Complex sentence: The state of Vermont eventually granted 2,000 acres (8 km²) in the northeast corner of Vermont, still called Warner's Grant, but by the time the grant was made Warner had been dead for four years.
Split into simpler sentences: The state of Vermont eventually granted 2,000 acres (8 km²) in the northeast corner of Vermont, still called Warner's Grant. By the time the grant was made Warner had been dead for four years.