U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Surveyors' boundary line field notes, 1803-1817.

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U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Surveyors' boundary line field notes, 1803-1817.

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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 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." Some plat maps are also included. These records add to an understanding of the wilderness area in Ala. before settlement. The 1817-1821 volume also includes some notes (in French) relating to the Vine and Olive Colony land.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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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 ...

Vine and Olive Colony (Demopolis, Ala.)

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United States. St. Stephen's 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 St. Stephens Land Office was created by an act of Congress on 1803 Mar. 3 to administer part of the Land District East of the Pearl River. The office opened in 1811 Sept. and was moved to Mobile in 1867. Though the boundaries administered by the office changed several times, the St. Stephens Land Office generally was responsible fo...