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Virginia. Land Office. Lists of treasury warrants which are fully completed from the Virginia Land Office, 1779-1787. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 28, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.
Accession LOI 28 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.
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.
These records contain four lists, one undated and one each dated 1779, 1785, and 1787, giving the name of the warrantee, the number of acres in the warrant, and its number. The entries on each list are in no particular order.