Index to Northern Neck land grants from the Virginia Land Office, 1690-1874.

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Index to Northern Neck land grants from the Virginia Land Office, 1690-1874.

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Each of the thirty-seven volumes is indexed individually. In columns under the identification of each volume are the name of the patentee, the number of acres in the patent, and the page on which the document is recorded. The names are entered in the order in which they appear in each volume.

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Virginia. 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...