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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 205
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Title, Dates: Escambia County plat book, 1827-1890.
Amount: 1.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Alphabetical.
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Biographical/Historical:     Escambia County was created by an act of the Legislative Council on July 21, 1821.  It originally encompassed "all the country lying between the Perdido and Suwaney Rivers."  On February 18, 1842 the Legislative Council created Santa Rosa from a portion of Escambia County.  Thereafter, Escambia County consisted of the land from the Alabama line to the Escambia River.
Summary:     This series contains a microfilm copy of an Escambia County plat book from about 1827 to 1895.  The book documents the area of West Florida, later Escambia County, as surveyed by the Surveyor General of the United States for the Territory of Florida and the State of Florida.  The records include township survey maps and tables to the maps which describe the land, township, and range; areas designated for homesteads, railroads, and the government; names of individuals who were issued land; and the date the land was issued.
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Circuit Court, First Judicial Circuit, Escambia County.  Office of the Clerk.  Pensacola, Florida.
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Subject Access Fields: Territorial records. aat
Land surveys. aat
Plats. aat
West Florida.
Escambia County (Fla.)
Added Entries Surveyor General of the United States, for the State of Florida.
Surveyor General of the United States, for the Territory of Florida.