New York State Comptroller's Office Geographical Registers of Comptroller's Tax Deeds A1071

New York State Comptroller's Office Geographical Registers of Comptroller's Tax Deeds

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

These registers from the Comptroller's Office provides geographic access to conveyances of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes. Information includes town name or ward number; lot number; tax year; description of parcel conveyed; acreage; payment date; payor; tax paid; total taxes; interest due; cost of sale; sale price; portion of parcel sold; acres sold; purchaser; date of redemption or conveyance; redeemer or grantee and redemption amount. There were no tax sales for non-Forest Preserve counties after 1893.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title:

Geographical registers of comptroller's tax deeds

Quantity:

9.3 cubic feet

8 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1815-1845, 1895, 1900, 1924-1926

Series Number:

A1071

Arrangement

Geographic by county, then chronological.

Scope and Content Note

These registers provide geographic access to conveyances by the comptroller of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes.

Each entry provides: name of town or number of ward; lot number; year of tax; description of parcel conveyed; acreage; amount of tax due; date of payment; name of person paying; amount of tax paid; total taxes; interest due; cost of sale; amount parcel was sold for; portion of parcel sold; acres sold; name of purchaser; date of redemption or conveyance; name of redeemer or grantee; and amount paid to redeem.

A1071-78: These eight disbound volumes cover 1815-1845.

A1071-85: These registers covering 1924-1926 contain entries for only Greene, Herkimer, Saratoga, and Sullivan counties, since the comptroller conducted no tax sales for non-Forest Preserve counties after 1893.

A1071-85A: These conveyances date from 1895 and 1900 and cover Richmond County only.