Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Virginia. Land Office. List of exchange warrants issued from the Virginia Land Office, 1810. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 31, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.

Acquisition Information

Accession LOI 31 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.

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

These records contain exchange warrants Nos. 2107-2114 are described on this list signed by Charles Blagrove. Columns list the individual to whom the exchange warrant was issued, his place of residence, the number of the warrant given in exchange, the acreage, and the description of the warrant exchange which includes to whom it was issued, on what right, the warrant number, the acreage, and the date. Item covers the period from 1810 Feb 1 to 1810 Aug 1.

The grantees include Robert Crawford of Rockbridge County, George Hairston of Henry County, Roger Bell of Orange County, James Drummight of Mecklenburg County, James Ware of Amherst County, Benjamin Grigsby of Norfolk, John Paxton of Rockbridge County, and the heirs of Samuel Young of Mecklenburg.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Virginia. Land Office

Subjects:

• Land grants -- Virginia.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Lists.
• State government records.