Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Virginia. Land Office. Register. Memorandum book, 3 December 1822-29 March 1826. Accession Land Office Inventory Entry No. 9, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

Accession LOI 9 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.

Alternative Form Available

Also available on microfilm (Land Office reel 362)

Historical Information

The act which established the previous Land Office next hit passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. The register was the head of the Office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature.

Scope and Content

Includes volume noting requests be made by members of the General Assembly for searches of Land Office records. Also contains a list of grants which were handed to members of the legislature for delivery to individuals in their home districts. Volume covers the period from 1822 Dec 3 to 1826 Mar 29.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

Arranged chronologically.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Virginia. Land Office

Subjects:

• Land grants -- Virginia -- 19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Ledgers (account books)
• Lists.
• State government records.