Certificates, unpatented, WO, 1742-1967.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Certificates, unpatented, WO, 1742-1967.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122610418

Certificates of survey and plats for 1,395 Worcester County tracts that were not granted patents. A certificate of survey is an official description of a plot of land. Within the colony, the Land Office issued warrants of survey to the surveyor general who in turn generated certificates of survey. After 1776 county surveyors replaced the surveyor general. Arranged numerically by certificate number. Indexed by Certificates and Petitions, Index series [MSA S25] and MARYLAND INDEXES Patents, Tract Index series [MSA S1427].

9.5 cubic ft.

Maryland State Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6788227

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Maryland (Colony). Land Office.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bh3dzr (corporateBody)

In 1680, Charles the third Lord Baltimore appointed a Register of the Land Office to administer the new agency. The register assumed duties previously reserved for the Governor or Secretary and began to issue warrants of survey, grant patents, to take the probate or rights for land. In 1684, Charles established a four-member land council to hear and determine all matters relating to land in Maryland. As a result of the Protestant Revolution of 1688, the Land Office was c...

Maryland(Colony). Surveyor General.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr1rtm (corporateBody)

Maryland. Land Office

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wm58kx (corporateBody)

After the county began microfilming its records, abstracts were no longer kept. From the description of Land record abstracts, SM, 1874-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122610263 After the courts began microfilming records, abstracts were no longer kept. From the description of Land record abstracts, CV, 1874-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122336142 From 1781 to 1843 each shore maintained its own Land Office. From the description of...