Improvement claims rejected, 1804-1809 .

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Improvement claims rejected, 1804-1809 .

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List of improvement claims rejected by the Board of Commissioners is arranged alphabetically by name of original claimant. Entries for each claim number; original and present claimants; number of acres claimed; and rejection reason (i.e., forgery; perjury; insufficient proof; confirmed to another individual). Occasionally included is a claim description (i.e., names of owners/claimants of adjoining property; proximity of rivers and other natural boundaries).

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United States. Kaskaskia Land Office. Board of Commissioners.

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The Kaskaskia Land District Office was created by an act of Congress on March 26, 1804. Kaskaskia's Register and Receiver were designated as a Board of Commissioners (first board served 1804-1809; second board 1809-1813) to examine district land claims based on French or British grants; or on Congressionial acts granting land to heads of families; former militia men; and settlers who had made tract improvements. Each claim decision was submitted to Congress for final approval, as we...

United States. Kaskaskia Land Office

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United States. General Land Office

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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...