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Record Group Number: 000598
Series/Collection Number: .S 1051
Creator: Florida. State Land Office.
Title, Dates: Homestead application files, 1881-1905.
Amount: 10.00 cubic ft.
6.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Alphabetical.
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Terms Governing Use: To better preserve the records, researchers should use the microfilm copy or request to see the scans of the microfilm.
Biographical/Historical:
Summary:     This series consists of the homestead applications submitted to the State Land Office in accordance with the Florida homestead laws of 1881. The law required homesteaders to file applications to obtain the right to purchase the lands they occupied (Chapter 3324, Laws of Florida). The applications consist of sworn affidavits by settlers testifying to their settlement, cultivation, and improvement of public lands for a period of more than three years. The application includes the applicant name, lot size, location, and land improvements. The records also include applications by railroad and canal companies to purchase lands designated for internal improvements.
Finding Aids: Folder listing available.
Additional Physical Form: Microfilm.
Scans of microfilm produced by FamilySearch available at the Archives.
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Electronic Records Access:
Subject Access Fields: Florida. Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Commissioner of Lands and Immigration.
Florida. Dept. of Agriculture.
Homestead law Florida
Public land sales Florida
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