Northern Neck Survey Register, 1810.

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Northern Neck Survey Register, 1810.

These records contain a register of certain categories of Northern Neck surveys on file in the commonwealth's Land Office in 1810. It is divided into sections of surveys on which deeds were obtained, surveys which were not acted on, surveys which were endorsed "forfeited plats," and those which were caveated in the office of the proprietor. Each bundle is listed in order and each item numbered separately. The number assigned is placed on the document and in the second column of the register. Each entry in the register contains the name of the person for whom the survey was made, the number of the document, and the number of acres in the survey.

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