U.S. Cahaba Land Office - Receivers' registers of certificates, 1820-1855.

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U.S. Cahaba Land Office - Receivers' registers of certificates, 1820-1855.

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District land office Receivers were responsible for all financial transactions relating to the sales of public land. They issued receipts when land was purchased and when payments were made. Once all payments were completed a final certificate was issued to the purchaser. Receivers' registers of certificates contain records of certificates issued by the Receiver. The volumes vary over time and include some printed forms. Generally entries include the following information: date, number of certificate, purchaser's name and county of residence, location of the tract, number of acres, price per acre, and amount of purchase money. Some volumes also include the date on which the patent was issued. Volume SG 5219 includes many pre-emption certificates. These records document the business aspects of public land sales, the work of the Receiver of Public Monies and provide information on purchasers.

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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United States. Cahaba Land Office

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Authorities: Brannon, Peter. "Through the Years: United States Land Offices in Alabama." Montgomery Advertiser, 1936 July 26. Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. A land office to administer land in the southeastern portion of the Miss. Territory was created by an act of 1815 Mar. 3. The first office opened in Milledgeville, Ga. on 1817 Aug. 4. On 1818 Oct. 20 an office ...

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 ...