Northern Neck Survey, 1786-1874.

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Northern Neck Survey, 1786-1874.

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These records are recorded plats and descriptions of land in the Northern Neck for which grants were issued by the commonwealth's Land Office after 1786. Marginal notes indicate the date the survey was received into the office as well as the date the grant was issued. Although each volume is indexed, the name listed is not necessarily that of the grantee;it may be that of the person in whose name the survey was returned or of any one of several assignees. A few surveys on grants issued as late as 1874 are entered.

11 v. in 14 bks.

Library of Virginia

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Library of Virginia

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Northern Neck Land Office.

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Recorded copies of grants issued for land in the Northern Neck from 1692 to 1862 when the territory encompassing the present state of West Virginia withdrew from the commonwealth to enter the Union are indexed. The formation of West Virginia eliminated the major source of wasteland available in Virginia. Eighteen additional instruments dated as late as 1874 were entered in the final volume before these books were closed. All subsequent grants are recorded in the volumes ...

Virginia. Land Office

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After the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British government issued a proclamation designed to prevent clashes between the settlers and Indians. This proclamation of 1763 forbid settlement west of the Alleghany mountains. From the description of List of complete military warrants under the Proclamation of 1763 from the Virginia Land Office,. (Library of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318646134 The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly...