Lodged surveys, A-Z, 1745-1868.

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Lodged surveys, A-Z, 1745-1868.

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These records contain surveys lodged in the office awaiting payment of fees. The name of the person for whom the survey was made, the type and number of the warrant on which it was based, the county in which the land was located, the metes and bounds of the land, the date on which the survey was made, and the names of the surveyor and his assistants are given on the survey. Dates of the surveys are 1745; 1747; 1749; 1752; 1761; 1774-1775; 1779-1791; 1793-1801; 1803-1804; 1806-1820; 1822-1825; 1827-1862; 1866-1868, n.d.

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Library of Virginia

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Library of Virginia

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