U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Registers' certificates, 1811-1829.

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U.S. St. Stephen's Land Office - Registers' certificates, 1811-1829.

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When public lands were sold at auction the purchaser paid the Receiver and obtained a receipt which was presented to the Register. The Register noted the tract as sold and presented a certificate to the purchaser which confirmed the sale and the schedule of future payments. This series consists of Registers' certificates from early land sales at the St. Stephen's Land Office. The majority of the certificates are printed and include the following information: certificate number, date, purchaser's name and county of residence, tract location, number of acres, price per acre, total amount due, amount paid in purchase money, and a schedule for future payments. The certificates are signed by the St. Stephen's Register. Some of the earlier certificates are entirely handwritten. Many contain notes about subsequent payments and sometimes related items such as affadavits and surveys are included.

1 cubic ft. (3 archives boxes).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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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. St. Stephen's 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 St. Stephens Land Office was created by an act of Congress on 1803 Mar. 3 to administer part of the Land District East of the Pearl River. The office opened in 1811 Sept. and was moved to Mobile in 1867. Though the boundaries administered by the office changed several times, the St. Stephens Land Office generally was responsible fo...

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 ...