U.S. Huntsville Land Office - final proof notices, 1890-1894.

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U.S. Huntsville Land Office - final proof notices, 1890-1894.

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The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed claimants to homestead up to 160 acres of land free of charge except for a small commission to be paid when filing the claim. Claimants were required to live on the land for five years from the date of entry. At the completion of the five year residency requirement settlers had two years to "make final proof" of the legitimacy of their claim. This series consists of miscellaneous final proof notices which were sent by the Huntsville Register to individual settlers. The notices informed settlers that they had thirty days to make proof or they would forfeit their claim and their entry would be cancelled. The letters include the settler's name and the tract location. Most letters contain notes such as the date cancelled, date proved or date certificate issued. Also included are registered letter receipts and letters or notes from postmasters stating that the notice was undeliverable. This series documents the act of homesteading in Ala.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. Huntsville Land Office

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Authorities: Barefield, Marilyn Davis. "Old Huntsville Land Office Records and Military Warrants, 1810-1854." Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1985. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The land office later known as the Huntsville Land Office was created by an act of 1807 Mar. 3 and was established at Nashville, Tenn. on 1810 July 27. The office was moved to Twi...

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 ...