Richmond County - Land Court - Land Court Minutes
Scope and Contents
One volume of land court minutes, accessioned from the Columbia County Superior Court. The land court accepted petitions and issued warrants of survey and land grants for headright and bounty land in Richmond County. Some of the information found in this volume relates to Columbia County and other counties originally a part of Richmond County. The information presented in this volume includes the: (1) name of petitioner for land (2) number of acres petitioned for (3) location of land (4) name of person to whom land is granted (often times not that of petitioner) or by petitioner's own headright (5) names of judges holding court (6) date of court session (7) name of village or settlement in which court was held (not always given).
available on microfilm in the reference room.
Dates
- Created: 1783-1785
Creator
- Richmond County (Ga.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Entries are arranged and listed in chronological order by date of court. Some of the locations in which sessions of the court were held include those of Augusta, Wrightsboro (now in McDuffie County) and Brownsborough (later in Columbia County).
- Title
- Richmond County - Land Court - Land Court Minutes
- Author
- Georgia Archives
- Description rules
- Local
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States