U.S. Demopolis Land Office - Surveyors' boundary line field notes, 18??.

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U.S. Demopolis Land Office - Surveyors' boundary line field notes, 18??.

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United States General Land Office Surveyors General contracted with deputy surveyors to survey public lands before the lands could be offered for sale. These records consist of undated printed forms on which surveyors' notes were recorded. The forms include notes on the quality of soil, terrain and trees in the area. The forms are labeled "quality of land on the boundaries of the township," "quality of land on the interior section lines," "corners described on the boundaries of the township." This series consists of the survey of the present day Sumter and Washington Counties, Ala. These records add to an understanding of the wilderness area in Ala. before settlement.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. Demopolis Land Office

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Authority: Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The Demopolis Land Office was established by an act of 1833 Mar. 2 and began operation on 1833 July 15. It was formed out of the western part of the Cahaba and the northern part of the St. Stephens land districts. The Demopolis Land Office was moved to Montgomery on 1866 Mar. 30. From the description of Agency history recor...

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 ...