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New York State Comptroller's Office Certificates of Sale of Land for Unpaid Taxes


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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:
This series consists of records certifying the purchase of parcels of land for unpaid taxes. Certificates include purchaser; number of acres or size of lot purchased; county; lot number and description; amount paid; and date of sale. Some certificates include an assignment to a third party.
Creator:
Title:
Comptroller's Office certificates of sale of land for unpaid taxes
Quantity:

82.25 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1815-1928
Series Number:
B0918

Arrangement

Chronological by year of tax sale, then by county and name of purchaser.

Scope and Content Note

These records certify the purchase of parcels of land for unpaid taxes. Each certificate includes name of purchaser; number of acres or size of lot purchased; county where parcel is located; lot number and description; amount paid; and date of sale. Each certificate is signed by the comptroller or deputy comptroller. Some certificates include an assignment to a third party.

B0918-99: This accretion consists of certificates of purchases of parcels during the tax-sale of 1895 in Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Clinton, Chautauqua, Cortland, and Delaware counties. All purchases documented in this accretion were made by the state. The records are estrayed from earlier accessions in the series.

Related Material

B0985 New York State Comptroller's Office Cancelled Certificates of Sale of Land for Unpaid Taxes, contains related records.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box

Accretion: B0918-85
1815, 1826 J29-34 1
1826 J35-40 2
1826, 1830 J41-46 3
1830 J47-52 4
1830 J53-58 5
1830, 1834 J59-64 6
1834 J65-70 7
1839 J71-76 8
1839, 1843 J77-82 9
1843 J83-85; K1-3 10
1843 K4-9 11
1843, 1848 K10-15 12
1848 K16-21 13
1848, 1853 K22-27 14
1853 K28-33 15
1853, 1859 K34-39 16
1859 K40-45 17
1859 K46-51 18
1859, 1866 K52-57 19
1866 K58-63 20
1866 K64-69 21
1866, 1871 K70-75 22
1871 K76-81 23
1871 K82-84, L1-3 24
1871 L4-9 25
1877 L10-15 26
1877 L16-21 27
1877 L22-27 28
1877, 1881 L28-33 29
1881 L34-39 30
1881 L40-45 31
1881 L46-51 32
1881, 1885 L52-57 33
1885 L58-63 34
1885 L64-69 35
1885 L70-75 36
1885 L76-81 37
1885 L82; M1-M5 38
1855 M6-11 39
1885 M12-17 40
1890 M18-23 41
1890 M24-29 42
1890 M30-35 43
1890 M36-41 44
1890 M42-47 45
1890 M48-52 (M54-55 in Box 81) 46
1890 M56-61 47
1890 M62-67 48
1890 M68-73 49
1890 M74-79 50
1890, 1895 M80-81; N1-6 51
1895 N7-12 52
1895 N13-18 53
1895 N19-24 54
1895 N25-30 55
1895 N31-36 56
1895 N37-42 57
1895 N43-48 58
1895 N49-54 59
1895, 1898, 1900 N55-60 60
1900 N61-66 61
1900 N67-72 62
1900 N73-78 63
1900 N79-82; O1-2 64
1900 O3-8 65
1900 O9-14 66
1900 O15-20 67
1900, 1925 O21-26 68
1905 O27-33 69
1905 O34-38 (39 missing) 70
1910 O40-45 71
1910 O46-51 72
1910 O52-57 73
1915 O58-63 74
1915 O64-69 75
1915, 1920 O70-75 76
1920 O76-81 77
1920, 1926 O82-86; P1 78
1926 (deeds for 1927) P2-7 79
1926 (deeds for 1928) P8-13 80
1926, 1890 P14-16 (1926); M54-55 (1890) 81