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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 241
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (14th Circuit : Calhoun County)
Title, Dates: Mortgage records, 1885-1899.
Amount: 1.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     Calhoun County was created by an act of the Legislative Council on January 26, 1838.  Originally part of Washington and Jackson counties, Calhoun underwent several boundary changes until 1925. The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
Summary:     The series consists of a microfilm copy of the mortgage records of Calhoun County, Florida from 1884 to 1899.  A mortgage is a conditional transfer of legal title to real property as security for payment of a debt.  It is much like a deed in its form, but if the conditions prescribed within are met the conveyance becomes void. Both volumes contain indexes.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available.
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Circuit Court, 14th Judicial Circuit, Calhoun County.  Office of the Clerk, Blountstown, Florida.
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Subject Access Fields: Mortgages Florida --Calhoun County
Calhoun County (Fla.)
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