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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 261
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit : Hamilton County)
Title, Dates: Land patents, 1909-1938.
Amount: 1.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Biographical/Historical:     Hamilton County was created by an act of the Legislative Council on December 26, 1827.  Hamilton County was originally a part of Jefferson County.  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 patent record books of Hamilton County, Florida from 1909 to 1938.  The series includes land grants to military veterans and homestead claim patents.
    Patents are the first-title-deed, which legally transferred land from the government to an individual or other entity.  Land claimants or purchasers applied for patents after all other requirements regarding the land were met.  Some new land owners recorded their patents in county deed records.  The patent records contain a description of the land and the name of the patentee, and give the volume and page number of the original patent record filed in the Government Land Office.  Patent Record No. 2 contains an index (1921-1938).
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Location of Originals/Duplicates: Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit, Hamilton County, Florida. Office of the Clerk, Jasper, Florida.
Associated Materials: Other materials related to deed records can be found on Series L 135, Deed records and Series L 262, Tract Book records.  Both Series L 261 and L 262 were originally located in L 135.
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Subject Access Fields: Land grants Florida --Hamilton County
Hamilton County (Fla.)
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