U.S. Elba Land Office - Receivers' registers of receipts, 1852-1861.

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U.S. Elba Land Office - Receivers' registers of receipts, 1852-1861.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sale of public lands. They issued receipts when land was purchased and when payments were made. Receivers' registers of receipts contain records of receipts issued by the Receiver. The registers may vary over time, though generally they include the following information: date, number of receipt, name, residence, location of the tract, number of acres, price per acre, and amount of purchase money. Some volumes also indicate the amount received in forfeited land stock and military land script. Usually the information was recorded on printed forms. These records document the business aspects of public land sales, the work of the Receiver of Public Monies and provide information on purchasers. The 1852-1856 volume includes entries made at Sparta before the land office was moved to Elba in 1854.

2 volumes.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. Sparta Land Office

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Authorities: Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. Hahn, Marilyn Davis. "Old Sparta and Elba Land Office Records and Military Warrants, 1822-1860." Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1983. The Sparta Land Office was created by an act of 1820 May 11 to be to located at Conecuh County Courthouse. This land was previously administered by the Cahaba Land Office and incl...

United States. General Land Office

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