U.S. Cahaba Land Office - Receivers' registers of receipts, 1817-1855.

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U.S. Cahaba Land Office - Receivers' registers of receipts, 1817-1855.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sale of public lands. They issued receipts when land was purchased and when payments were made. Receivers' registers of receipts contain records of receipts issued by the Receiver. The registers may vary over time, though generally they include the following information: date, number of receipt, name, residence, location of the tract, number of acres, price per acre, and amount of purchase money. Some volumes also indicate the amount received in forfeited land stock and military land script. Usually the information was recorded on printed forms. These records document the business aspects of public land sales, the work of the Receiver of Public Monies and provide information on purchasers. The first volume was begun while the land office was located at Milledgeville, Ga.

5 volumes and 1 folder.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. General Land Office

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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...

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United States. Cahaba Land Office

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Authorities: Brannon, Peter. "Through the Years: United States Land Offices in Alabama." Montgomery Advertiser, 1936 July 26. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. A land office to administer land in the southeastern portion of the Miss. Territory was created by an act of 1815 Mar. 3. The first office opened in Milledgeville, Ga. on 1817 Aug. 4. On 1818 Oct. 20 an office ...