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Record Group Number: 000598
Series/Collection Number: .S 1054
Creator: Florida. State Land Office.
Title, Dates: Homestead occupying claimant files, 1881-1904.
Amount: 1.50 cubic ft.
1.00 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 contains homestead occupying claimant files maintained by the State Land Office. The records consist of tax receipts showing that the claimants have paid their land taxes. Information on the tax receipts includes the name of the claimant, a description of the land, the county in which the land is, and the date and amount of tax paid. In accordance with the Florida homestead laws of 1881, homesteaders submitted proof of payment of taxes to the State Land Office as part of the process of obtaining title to the lands they occupied (Chapter 3220, Laws of Florida).
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: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Commissioner of Lands and Immigration.
Florida. Dept. of Agriculture.
Homestead law Florida
Public land sales Florida
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