U.S. Demopolis Land Office - list of vacant and unappropriated land, ca.1880.

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U.S. Demopolis Land Office - list of vacant and unappropriated land, ca.1880.

U.S. Land Office Registers kept records of public lands sold, patented and those unsold. This record, compiled by the Register, lists vacant and unappropriated land. the list includes the location of the land, the name of the purchaser (if any), the date of the sale, the certificate number of the purchase, the name of the person to whom patented and notes. The notes indicate cancelled claims, etc. These records document the work of public land Registers and provide information about the disposition of public lands.

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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...

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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 ...