U.S. Huntsville Land Office - abstracts of declaratory statements, 1873-1891.

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U.S. Huntsville Land Office - abstracts of declaratory statements, 1873-1891.

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One method by which U.S. settlers could obtain land was pre-emption. Pre-emption privileges were similar to homestead privileges except that pre-empted land cost $1.25 to $2.50 per acre, while homesteaders paid only fees and commissions. Pre-emption rights commenced only after the land was actually settled and pre-emption rights applied to both surveyed and unsurveyed tracts. The first step in obtaining land by pre-emption was to file a declaratory statement in the district land office within thirty days of settlement. The statement announced the settler's intention to claim that tract as a pre-emption right. This series consists of a volume (1876-1878) which acts as an abstract or register of declaratory statements filed in the district land office on lands which had been offered at public sale, as well as fragments from another volume (1873-1878). Each abstract includes the number of the statement, the date of settlement, the date when filed, the settler's name, the location of the tract, and remarks. The remarks vary, but may include date relinguished, the name of a city or town, or phrases such as "time expired" and "cancelled." These records document the act of pre-emption in Ala. and provide information about land settlement in the state.

1 volume and 1 folder.

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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 ...