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Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
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State and local government records. Private Papers, including family records, personal papers, business, and organizational records. Prints & photographs, maps, architectural drawings & plans, state artwork, rare books.
Description:
The Library of Virginia is one of the oldest agencies of Virginia government, founded in 1823 to preserve and provide access to the state's incomparable printed and manuscript holdings. Our collection, which has grown steadily through the years, is the most comprehensive resource in the world for the study of Virginia history, culture, and government.
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Start Over Repository Library of Virginia Subjects Right of property -- Virginia.

Deeds from the Virginia Land Office records, 1655-1901

These records contain copies of deeds recorded in the counties of location and probably submitted to the Land Office in cases involving either land disputes or requests for inclusive grants. Information on the outside cover does not indicate the origin of the copy in the Land Office files. Most of the deeds involve land in the western counties of the commonwealth. The deeds are from the years 1655; 1788; 1792; 1795; 1797; 1799; 1801-1803; 1805-1807; 1809; 1812; 1814; 1817-1820; 1822; 1825; 1827; 1829-1832; 1834-1841; 1843-1844; 1848-1849; 1851; 1853-1854; 1856-1857; 1863; 1865; 1867-1869; 1871; 1874-1875; 1878-1881; 1886; 1888-1892; 1895-1896; 1899-1901.

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Letters received and sent from the Virginia Land Office, 1774-1977 25.5 cu. ft. (73 boxes)

Virginia. Land Office

These records contain incoming correspondence to the register of the Land Office, including the period the secretary of the commonwealth held the office, dealing primarily with business affairs. Included are requests for warrants and copies of grants and surveys, letters which accompanied incoming surveys, letters seeking information about military bounty lands, and inquiries regarding the manner of resolving conflicts pertaining to land possession. Many entries from the 20th century involve requests for information for genealogical or historical research, frequently to establish eligibility for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Lists of caveats determined in the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky from the Virginia Land Office, 1785-1786.

Virginia. Land Office.

These records contain lists of judgements on caveats passed down by the Supreme Court for the district of Kentucky during the March, June, and September terms in 1785, and the March, June, and November terms of 1786. The lists vary in format, but they all contain in either column or paragraph form the names of the disputing parties, the number of acres under dispute, the county in which the land was located, and the judgment rendered in each instance.

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Opinions of the Attorney General Relating to Land Matters, 1791-1859

Virginia. Office of the Attorney General

The files in this series contain opinions from the attorney general in answer to questions relating to the award of military bounty land and in reply to requests from the register for answers to questions relating to various types of land problems.

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Rights for land of the Virginia Land Office, 1738-1750

Virginia. Colonial Land Office.

These records contain printed forms signifying that a stated sum had been paid and that the bearer was entitled to the specified acreage, at a ratio of one crown for fifty acres. Only the date and the signatures of the deputy auditor John Blair and receivers general John Grymes and Philip Grymes are written by hand. Several of the records have annotations on the back, including the names those records were issued to: Joshua Fry, M. Eaton, Isaac Hale, Lewis Whitehead, Edmund Wooldridge, and John Madison.

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