U.S. Demopolis Land Office - abstracts of land sold, 1859-1860.

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U.S. Demopolis Land Office - abstracts of land sold, 1859-1860.

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These abstracts of land sold provide a checklist of land sold on a daily basis. District land office Registers maintained the abstracts in the district land offices. Each entry contains the date of sale, receipt or certificate number, purchaser's name and residence, tract location, number of acres, price per acre, amount paid in purchase money, and notes. Occasionally the volumes include a monthly recapitulation of number of acres sold and amount of purchase money paid. These volumes document the daily activity of lands sold and may be used in conjunction with Receiver's daybooks and registers.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Secretary of State. Lands Division.

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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 ...

United States. Demopolis Land Office

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Authority: Bush, Evelyn. "United States Land Offices in Alabama, 1803-1879." Alabama Historical Quarterly 17 (1955): 146-153. The Demopolis Land Office was established by an act of 1833 Mar. 2 and began operation on 1833 July 15. It was formed out of the western part of the Cahaba and the northern part of the St. Stephens land districts. The Demopolis Land Office was moved to Montgomery on 1866 Mar. 30. From the description of Agency history recor...