U.S. Montgomery Land Office - record of alleged fraudulent land entries investigated by the General Land Office Special Agent, 1886-1897.

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U.S. Montgomery Land Office - record of alleged fraudulent land entries investigated by the General Land Office Special Agent, 1886-1897.

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Suspected fraudulent land entries were investigated by Special Agents of the U.S. General Land Office (GLO). The Special Agents completed this record of their investigations. Each report includes the name and address of the investigated party, a description of the tract, the kind of entry, number of entry, date of final proof, date of final certificate, number of final certificate, date of patent, date of office instructions, date of examination, date of report, number of report, date of hearing, date of suit, and remarks. Remarks provide a further explanation of the investigation such as "relieved from suspicion" or "hold for cancellation." These records demonstrate the complexities of attempting to claim public lands.

2 volumes.

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 ...

United States. Montgomery Land Office

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Authorities: Brannon, Peter. "Through the Years: United States Land Offices in Alabama." Montgomery Advertiser. 1936 July 26. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The Montgomery Land Office was established by an act of 1832 July 10 to administer the Tallapoosa Land District in the State of Ala. The office opened on 1834 Jan. 1 and originally was made up of the lower Cree...