Research

Scope and Content Note

The first part of this series consists of statements of escheated lands in the Military Tract "for which no grants have been ordered by the Commissioners of the Land Office." Each entry provides the following information: township, lot number, subdivision, number of acres, "occupants returned by Surveyor," persons ejected, date of Attorney General's report of ejectment, "page of mem. book," and remarks. It appears that pages may have been microfilmed out of their proper sequence. The series also contains statements for various tracts of land, which provide the lot number and location, occupant's name, subdivision number, number of acres, price per acre, and total costs (including the amount for the survey). Information about certain townships and land patents is also found in the series, with lot number, subdivision number, acres, name of patentee, date of patent, and book and page numbers provided for each township or patent listed.