Monthly abstracts of land located on military land warrant certificates, July 26, 1847-March 9, 1876.

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Monthly abstracts of land located on military land warrant certificates, July 26, 1847-March 9, 1876.

Monthly lists are of tracts entered pursuant to acts of Congress of February 11, 1847; September 28, 1850; March 22, 1852; and March 3, 1855, granting military bounty land. Entries include Register's and Receiver's numbers, number and date of warrant, number of acres, name of warrantee, legal description of tract entered, date locted, name of person by whom located and occasional notes of withdrawn or suspended warrants.

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The Springfield Land District Office was created by act of Congress of May 8, 1822. All land in Edwardsville District lying north of line separating townships thirteen and fourteen north of baseline for third rincipal meridian was assigned to new district. In 1831 and 1834 respectively Quincy and Northwestern Land Districts were created, encompassing some of land formerly contained in Springfield District. As other land offices located within Illinois were discontinued d...