Transcript of Lands
Creator: Riley County. Register of Deeds
Date: 1857-1870
Level of Description: Series
Material Type: Government record
Call Number:
Microfilm reel MF552
Unit ID: 196313
Space Required/Quantity: 0.01 cubic feet
Title (Main title): Transcript of Lands
Scope and Content
Scope and content: Includes trusteeship papers involving the Cincinnati and Kansas Land Company, transcripts of records from the Western Land Office pertinent to Riley County (including quit claim deeds, trusteeships, and other kinds of records related to land ownership in territorial and early state history), and a direct and reverse index of deeds.
Locators:
No Locators Identified
Microfilm:
- MF 552: WESTERN LAND DISTRICT 1857-1870
Index Terms
Subjects
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Commissioners of deeds -- Kansas -- Riley County
Deeds -- Kansas -- Riley County
Real property -- Ownership
Agency Classification:
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Local Government Agencies. Riley County. County Offices. Register of Deeds.
Notes
General Note: Davis and Riley Counties exchanged territory in 1873. Davis County, named after Jefferson Davis (who was then Secretary of War) by the territorial legislature when the county was established, was renamed Geary County in 1889.
