Old treasury warrants, October 15, 1779- October 17, 1783.

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Old treasury warrants, October 15, 1779- October 17, 1783.

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These records contain warrants from the register of the Land Office issued after notification by the auditor that the set fee had paid into the commonwealth's treasury. They authorized any county surveyor to survey for the individual named the number of acres specified. A warrant usually was filed with the final survey to which it applied. It is possible either that the warrants in this series were returned later than the surveys and never interfiled for that they were returned to be exchanged because of an error.

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Virginia. Land Office. Register.

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Virginia. Land Office

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