A Guide to the Lodged Surveys, A-Z, from the Virginia Land Office, 1745-1868
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Accession Number LOI 48
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Preferred Citation
Virginia. Land Office. Lodged Surveys, A-Z, from the Virginia Land Office, 1745-1868. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 48, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.
Acquisition Information
Accession LOI 48 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.
Historical Information
The act which established the previous Land Office 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. The office of the Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of 7 February 1867, and his duties were transferred to the register of the Land Office. The records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library, and, by Act of Assembly on 5 March 1952, the duties of the regsiter of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.
Scope and Content
Includes surveys lodged in the land office awaiting payment of fees. The name of the person for whom the survey was made, the type and numbre of the warrant on which it was based, the county in which the land was located, the metes and bounds of the land, the date on which the survey was made, and the names of the surveyor and his assistants are given on the survey.
Index Terms
- Virginia. Land Office
- Surveying -- Virginia.
- Land surveys -- Virginia
- State government records -- Virginia
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Contents List
Alphabetical
- Box 1
Folder 1
Lodged Surveys, A, 1797-1860 .
- Box 1
Folder 2
Lodged Surveys, B, 1775-1861 .
- Box 1
Folder 3
Lodged Surveys, C, 1782-1861 .
- Box 1
Folder 4
Lodged Surveys, D, 1749-1859 .
- Box 1
Folder 5
Lodged Surveys, E, 1785-1861 .
- Box 1
Folder 6
Lodged Surveys, F, 1780-1867 .
- Box 1
Folder 7
Lodged Surveys, G, 1761-1848 .
- Box 1
Folder 8
Lodged Surveys, H, 1779-1866 .
- Box 1
Folder 9
Lodged Surveys, J, 1793-1832 .
- Box 1
Folder 10
Lodged Surveys, K, 1781-1860 .
- Box 1
Folder 11
Lodged Surveys, L, 1783-1859 .
- Box 2
Folder 12
Lodged Surveys, M, 1780-1866 .
- Box 2
Folder 13
Lodged Surveys, N, 1786-1858 .
- Box 2
Folder 14
Lodged Surveys, O, 1827 .
- Box 2
Folder 15
Lodged Surveys, P, 1745-1858 .
- Box 2
Folder 16
Lodged Surveys, R, 1786-1862 .
- Box 2
Folder 17
Lodged Surveys, S, 1774-1868 .
- Box 2
Folder 18
Lodged Surveys, T, 1796-1857 .
- Box 2
Folder 19
Lodged Surveys, W, 1775-1867 .