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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 252
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (1st Circuit : Escambia County)
Title, Dates: Mortgage records, 1869-1884.
Amount: 2.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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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.  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 mortgage records.  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.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available.
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Ciruit Court, First Judicial Circuit, Escambia County.  Office of the Clerk.  Pensacola, Florida.
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Subject Access Fields: Mortgages Florida --Escambia County
Escambia County (Fla.)
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