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Virginia. Land Office. Deferred surveys from the Virginia Land Office, 1931-1953. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 47, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.
Accession LOI 47 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.
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.
Contains the preliminary plats and certficates which were not carried into grants. Also includes relevant correspondence, much of it with the state librarian, Randolph W. Church, as well as receipts.
Alphabetical
Warrant No. 32499
Warrant No. 33689
Warrant No. 33674
Warrants No. 33649, 33667
Warrant No. 33680
Warrant No. 33663
Warrant No. 33610
Warrant No. 33686
Warrants No. 33676, 333677
Warrant No. 33694
Warrant No. 33653
Warrant No. 33682
Warrant No. 33656
Warrant No. 33651
Warrant No. 33675
Warrant No. 33647
Warrant No. 33666
Warrant No. 33692
Warrant No. 33640
Warrant No. 33679
Warrant No. 33659
Warrant No. 33693
Warrant No. 33644
Warrant No. 33673
Warrant No. 33664
Warrant No. 32578
Warrants No. 33648, 33662
Warrant No. 33652
Warrant No. 33691