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Virginia. Register of the Land Office
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After the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British government issued a proclamation designed to prevent clashes between the settlers and Indians. This proclamation of 1763 forbid settlement west of the Alleghany mountains.
The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. The Register was the head of the office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature.
The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. The register was the head of the Office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature.
An act of the General Assembly passed November 11, 1793, directed the register of the Land Office to turn over to an appropriate agent of the state of Kentucky "all original papers...respecting the titles of the titles of lands within the said state."
Martin Hawkins was from Hanover County, Virginia. During the Revolutionary War, he served as a waggoner and forage master to the troops stationed at Hampton, Virginia.
The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. The register was the head of the office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature.
The Virginia Land Office is the umbrella under which all of the records associated with land patents, surveys of unappropriated lands, and land grants are organized. In addition, records pertaining to weights and measures, public buildings, and immigration are included, as the duties for these offices were added to the responsibilities of the Register of the Land Office in the mid-nineteenth century.
The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly on 22 June, 1779. The register was the head of the office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature.
Virginia Land Office was established in 1779 by the General Assembly. The agency was headed by a Register appointed by joint ballot of both houses of assembly. The Register was responsible for implementing the legislation relating to obtaining waste or unapproriated lands. Upon processing the fee that was paid to the Treasurer, the Register entered a warrant authorizing a surveyor to lay off the land. The Register then examined and filed the papers and issued the land grant.
The Land Office was also responsible for processing of applications for grants of bounty lands given by the state as partial compensation for service in times of military conflict. Although men who served in the French and Indian War were eligible for bounty lands, the area where the land was available was closed by the Proclamation of 1763, and it was not until 1779 when the bounty was actually awarded. Bounty land warrants were issued until 1858, when the program was discontinued.
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