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Virginia. Land Office. List of military warrants lodged in the surveyor's office of Fincastle, from the Virginia Land Office, undated. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 83, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.
Accession LOI 83 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.
A list, endorsed by William Preston, Fincastle County surveyor, containing in columns the name of the person to whom the warrant was issued, the number of acres contained therein, and assignments made on the warrants. These warrants were approved by Lord Dunmore as governor.