General Land Office - Nebraska State Historical Society

[Pages:60]film RG509

General Land Office

United States. General Land Office

Records: 1854-1934 Cubic ft.: 33.5 Approx. # of Items: 1000, and 328 volumes

on 108 reels of 35mm microfilm; unnumbered amount of plats and miscellany on 13 reels of 35mm microfilm; and card index on 8 reels of 16mm microfilm;

HISTORICAL NOTE

The General Land Office was established as a bureau of the United States Treasury Department in 1812. In 1836, Surveyors-General were placed under the supervisiion of this bureau. The General Land Office was transferred to the newly established Department of the Interior in 1849. Its function was to supervise the survey, management, and disposition of the public domain and generally, to execute all laws relating to public land.

By the President's Reorganization Plan No. III of 1946, the General Land Office was consolidated with the Grazing Service of the Department of the Interior to form the Bureau of Land Management of the same department.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This record group consists of two boxes and 545 volumes of material mostly on microfilm and arranged in seven series: 1) Correspondence, 1900-1931; 2) Applications, transfers, and contests; 3) Land Entry Books, 1854-1934; 4) Land Office Registers; 5) Township plats used in the disposition of public lands; 6) Township platsnot used; and 7) Miscellany.

The bulk of this collection consists of the original land entry books maintained by the various U.S. Land Offices in Nebraska. These volumes record individual claims to the public lands in Nebraska under the provisions of the various government land laws including the Preemption Act, the Homestead Act, the Timber Culture Act, and the Kincaid Act. The entries are for the original claimant to any given tract of land and contain information relative to the date of filing, legal description, number of acres, date of final patent and other relevant data. Record of subsequent sales and transfers are not included. This information may be secured from the office of the Register of Deeds for the related county. No information is provided regarding purchasers for tracts within the various railroad land grants. Land originally chosen by the individual railroads was

sold by those railroads to individuals and such records would exist with those roads. The Historical Society holds records for the

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ADDED ENTRIES:

HALF BREED TRACT

HOMESTEAD LAW--UNITED STATES

INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--LAND ALLOTMENTS

INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--RESERVATIONS

IOWA INDIANS--LAND ALLOTMENTS

LAND GRANTS--NEBRASKA

LAND SETTLEMENT--LAW AND LEGISLATION

LAND SETTLEMENT--NEBRASKA

LAND TITLES--NEBRASKA

LAND TITLES--REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER

NEBRASKA--PUBLIC LANDS

NEBRASKA--SURVEYS

OMAHA INDIANS--LAND ALLOTMENTS

OTO INDIANS--LAND ALLOTMENTS

PUBLIC LAND SALES--NEBRASKA

PUBLIC LANDS

PUBLIC LANDS--LAW AND LEGISLATION

RAILROAD LAND GRANTS--NEBRASKA

REAL PROPERTY--MAPS

SAC-FOX INDIANS--LAND ALLOTMENTS

SURVEYS

WINNEBAGO INDIANS--LAND ALLOTMENTS

Chronological Index - 9

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Burlington and Union Pacific Railroad land companies.

The correspondence of Series One consists of letters of the General Land Office

to the Register of the U.S. Land Office at Alliance, Nebraska, arranged chronologically

in 88 volumes.

The township plats in Series Five and Six are arranged by range.

Also included in the collection are original applications and transfers of claims through

sale or disqualification.

In order to effectively utilize the land entry books, it is necessary to know an

approximate location within a particular county before a given tract can be located. The

"1885 Atlas of the State of Nebraska" is useful for this purpose and provides rangeand

township numbers. Staff members are available to assist the researcher in the location

and use of these volumes.

For a detailed resume of the provisions and operations of the public land policies

in Nebraska, the researcher is advised to consult Sheldon's Land Systems and Land

Policies in Nebraska, copies of which are in the library.

All the records of this collection exist on microfilm except Series Six, Township

Plats - not used. These plats doe not comprise a complete set and include resurveys.

In addition to loose plats, ranges 1-19 East and 1-20 West have sets of plats in bound

volumes. SAC-FOX allotments and plats may be found in Series Five at the beginning

of Ranges 16 & 17 East.

Originals exist at the Archives for Series Three and Five thru Series Seven of

this collection. All of Series One, Two and Four have been returned to the Federal

Archives in Kansas City. Most of the records were transferred to the State Archives by

the Federal Government, October 18, 1937 under Nebr. LB286 approved April 30,

1937.

DESCRIPTION

film SERIES ONE

CORRESPONDENCE, 1900-1931 Incoming to U.S. Land Office, Alliance

NOTE: Some pages were filmed blank and due to bleed-through

of ink from opposite page, these pages may appear blurred.

NOTE: There are gaps in Applications numbers. It is not

known if these were missing or numbered in error.

NOTE: Some applications are filmed out of order. A

chronological filing has been followed.

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N.S.H.S. HAS ON MICROFILM:

Reel #1 997 shots 1994 pp. #19,033

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. #1 January 2, 1900 (#2683)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. #2

May 15, 1901 (#3241)

Reel #2 995 shots 1990 pp. #19,034

NOTE: #s 3042, 3043, targeted as missing appear at frames 625 & 626 in proper chronological order. Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. #2 cont. May 16, 1901 - #3242 thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. #3 September 24, 1902 (#3861)

Reel #3 913 shots 1826 pp. #19,035

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. #3 cont. September 24, 1902 (#3862)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 3A

January 18, 1904 (#4470)

NOTE: Roll target & description target missed at start of reel, retaken and spliced to end of reel.

Reel #4 1022 shots 2044 pp. #19,036

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 3A cont. January 20, 1904 (#4471)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 4

March 23, 1905 (#5178)

Reel #5 1034 shots 2068 pp. #19,037

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 4 cont. March 23, 1905 (#5179)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 5

November 21, 1905 (#5874)

Reel #6 967 shots 1934 pp. #19,040

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 5 cont. October 27, 1905 (#5875)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 6

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film SERIES ONE CORRESPONDENCE - ALLIANCE, 1900-1931

Reel #7 955 shots 1910 pp. #19,041

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 6 cont. April 2, 1906 (#6621)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 7

September 28, 1906 (#7329)

NOTE: Vol. 7, #7001 (6/29/1906), frame #506, out of order but chronological

Reel #8 1016 shots 2032 pp. #19,042

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 7 cont. June 25, 1906 (#7330)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 9

April 15, 1907 (#8015)

Reel #9 1003 shots 2006 pp. #19,043

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 9 cont. April 15, 1907 (#8016)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 10

November 1, 1907 (#8718)

Reel #10 1021 shots 2042 pp. #19,044

Series 1, Corespondence, Vol. 10 cont. November 2, 1907 (#8719)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 12

February 25, 1908 (#9447)

Reel #11 977 shots 1954 pp. #19,045

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 12 cont. February 25, 1908 (#9448)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 15

July 6, 1908 (#10425)

Reel #12 1006 shots 2012 pp. #19,046

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 15 cont. July 6, 1908 (#10426)

thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 20

June 7, 1909 (#11749)

Reel #13

Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 20 cont.

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1011 shots 2022 pp. #19,047

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June 7, 19009 (#11750) thru Series 1, Correspondence, Vol. 25

March 1, 1910 (#12964)

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