Michigan State Land Office Board records, 1816-1924
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- The record group is open to research.
Summary
- Creator:
- Michigan. State Land Office Board.
- Abstract:
- Records of United States land offices in Marquette and Grayling, Michigan. Plat and tract books containing the record of the survey and sale of public lands in Michigan.
- Extent:
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101 oversize volumes
69 oversize folders (in 20 boxes) - Language:
- English
- Call Number:
- 851856 Ca 2; CA Outsize
- Authors:
- Finding aid created by Michigan Historical Collections staff. (Revised Sepember 1993, Leonard A. Coombs)
Background
- Scope and Content:
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The records originally came from two sources. Volumes 1-51 and 78 to 87 (tract books for the Lower Peninsula) and the outsize folders (Lower Peninsula plat maps) are copies of earlier records made in 1894 for the Grayling Land Office. When that office was closed in 1898 the records were transferred to the Marquette Land Office. Volumes 52-77 and 88 (tract books for the Upper Peninsula) and volumes 150A-161 (plat maps for the Upper Peninsula) are the original records kept in the Marquette Land Office (originally in Sault Ste. Marie) beginning in 1847.
The records were transferred to the General Land Office in Washington, D.C., when the Marquette Land Office was closed in 1925. In 1940, the Auditor General of Michigan, who was the chairman of the Michigan State Land Office Board, accepted the records for the state. (The State Land Office Board was established in 1937, and was not related to the Michigan State Land Office, which was abolished in 1914 and replaced by the Public Domain Commission.) Because of crowded conditions in the State Capitol, the Auditor General asked that the records be deposited in the Michigan Historical Collections, where they could be used by a WPA Writers Project study of the disposal of public lands in Michigan. They have been on deposit at this library since that time.
- Biographical / Historical:
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United States land offices were the agencies responsible for the sale of the public land to individual purchasers. The first land office in Michigan was established in Detroit in 1804, although no land sales were held until 1818. As sales expanded, additional offices were established in Monroe (1823), White Pigeon (1831), Ionia (1836), Flint (1836), Sault Ste. Marie (1847), and Duncan (1854). In 1888, after several of the offices had been moved or consolidated, the state was served by four land offices, in Detroit, East Saginaw, Reed City, and Marquette. In that year, the three Lower Peninsula offices were consolidated and moved to Grayling. In 1898, the Grayling office was closed and the Marquette office became responsible for the entire state. The Marquette land office, in turn, was closed in 1925.
- Acquisition Information:
- The records were transferred to the Michigan Historical Collections in February 1941, from the U.S. General Land Office (later renamed the Bureau of Land Management, donor no. 6418 ) at the request of the Auditor General of Michigan.
- Accruals:
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Periodic additions to the records are not expected.
- Physical Location:
- Portions located in offsite storage; prior notification required for access.
- Rules or Conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
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Range and Township Index to Tract Books
Range Township(s) Volume(s) 1N 1E 4 2-4E 3 5-7E 2 8E 1 9-11E 18 12-13E 19 1-3W 21 4-6W 22 7-9W 23 10-12W 24 13-15W 25 16-17W 26 2N 1E 4 2-4E 3 5-7E 2 8E 1 9-11E 18 12-14E 19 15-16E 20 1-3W 21 4-6W 22 7-9W 23 10-12W 24 13-15W 25 16W 26 3N 1E 4 2-4E 3 5-7E 2 8E 1 9-11E 18 12-14E 19 15-17E 20 1-3W 21 4-6W 22 7-9W 23 10-12W 24 13-15W 25 16W 26 4N 1E 4 2-4E 3 5-7E 2 8E 1 9-11E 18 12-14E 19 15-17E 20 1-3W 21 4-6W 22 7-9W 23 10-12W 24 13-14W 25 15-16W 26 5N 1E 4 2-3E 3 4E 3&13 5-7E 2 8E 1 9-10E 18 11-13E 19 14-17E 20 1-3W 21 4-6W 22 7-9W 23 10-11W 24 12-14W 25 15-16W 26 6N 1E 4 2-3E 3 4E 3&13 5-7E 2 8E 1 9-10E 18 11-13E 19 14-17E 20 1-3W 21 4-6W 22 7-9W 23 10-11W 24 12-14W 25 15-16W 26 7N 1E 4 2-4E 3 5-7E 2 8-17E 1 1-2W 21 3-5W 22 6-8W 23 9-11W 24 12-14W 25 15-16W 26 8N 1E 4 2-4E 3 5-7E 2 8-17E 1 1-5W 27 6-9W 28 10-11W 24 12-13W 29 14W 25 15-17W 26 9N 1E . 4 2E 3 3E 3&13 4E 3 5-7E 2 8-17E 1 1-5W 27 6-11W 28 12-17W 29 10N 1E 4 2-4E 3 5E 2&13 6-7E 2 8E 1 9E 5 10-11E 6 12-13E 7 14-15E 8 16-17E 9 1-5W 27 6-11W 28 12-17W 29 11N 1E 4 2-4E 3 5E 2 6-7E 2&13 8E 1 9E 5 10-11E 6 12-13E 7 14-15E 8 16E 9 1-2W 30 3-5W 31 6-7W 32 8-11W 33 12-14W 34 15-16W 35 17-18W 29 12N 1E 4 2E 3 3E 3&13 4E 3 5E 2&3 6-9E 5 10-11E 6 12-13E 7 14-15E 8 16E 9 1-2W 30 3-4W 31 5-7W 32 8-10W 33 11-14W 34 15-18W 35 13N 1E 4 2E 3,4&13 3-5E 3&13 6-9E 5 10-11E 6 12-13E 7 14E 8 15-16E 9 1-2W 30 3-4W 31 5-7W 32 8-10W 33 11-14W 34 15-18W 35 14N 1-4E 4&13 5E 13 6-9E 5 10-11E 6 12-13E 7 14E 8 15-16E 9 1-2W 30 3-4W 31 5-6W 32 7-10W 33 11-14W 34 15-19W 35 15N 1-3E 4 4-5E 4&13 8-9E 5 10-11E 6 12-13E 7 14E 8 15-16E 9 1-2W 30 3-4W 31 5-6W 32 7-10W 33 11-14W 34 15-19W 35 16N 1-5E 4 8-9E 5 10-11E 6 12E 7 13-14E 8 15-16E 9 1-2W 30 3-4W 31 5-6W 32 7-10W 33 11-14W 34 15-18W 35 17N 1-5E 4 9E 5 10-11E 6 12E 7 13-14E 8 15E 9 1-2W 30 3-4W 31 5-6W 32 7-10W 33 11-13W 34 14-18W 35 18N 1-3E 9 4-5E 10 6E 10&13 7E 10 9E 5 10-11E 6 12E 7 13-14E 8 15E 9 1W 30 2W 36 3-9W 37 10-15W 38 16-18W 39 19N 1-3E 9 4-5E 10 6-7E 10&13 9E 5 12E 7 13-14E 8 1W 30 2W 36 3-8W 37 9-14W 38 15-18W 39 20N 1-3E 9 4-7E 10 8E 5 1-2W 36 3-8W 37 9-14W 38 15-18W 39 21N 1-2E 10 3- 5E 11 6-7E 12 1-2W 36 3-4W 41 5-6W 42 7-8W 43 9-10W 44 11-12W 45 13-14W 46 15-17W 47 22N 1-2E 10 3-5E 11 6-8E 12 9E 13 1-2W 36 3-4W 41 5-6W 42 7-8W 43 9-10W 44 11-12W 45 13-14W 46 15-17W 47 23N IE 10 2-5E 11 6-8E 12 9E 13 1-2W 36 3-4W 41 5-6W 42 7-8W 43 9-10W 44 11-12W 45 13-14W 46 15-16W 47 24N 1E 10 2-4E 11 5-8E 12 9E 13 1-2W 36 3-4W 41 5-6W 42 7-8W 43 9-10W 44 11-12W 45 13-14W 46 15-16W 47 25N 1E 10 2-4E 11 5-8E 12 9E 13 1-2W 36 3-4W 41 5-6W 42 7-8W 43 9-10W 44 11-12W 45 13-14W 46 15-16W 47 26N 1E 10 2-4E 11 5-7E 12 8-9E 13 10E 17 1-2W 36 3-4W 41 5-6W 42 7-8W 43 9-10W 44 11-12W 45 13-14W 46 15-16W 47 27N 1E 13 2-3E 14 4-5E 15 6-7E 16 8-10E 17 1-2W 36 3-4W 41 5-6W 42 7-8W 43 9-10W 44 11-12W 45 13-14W 46 15-16W 47 28N 1E 13 2-3E .14 4-5E 15 6-7E 16 8-9E 17 1-2W 40 3-4W 41 5-6W 42 7W 43 8-9W 44 10-12W 45 13-14W 46 15W 47 29N 1E 13 2-3E 14 4-5E 15 6-7E 16 8-9E 17 1-2W 40 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supplement 88 1-3E 77 1-3W 52 4-6W 53 7-8W 54 9-11W 55 12-13W 56 14-15W 57 16-17W 58 18-19W 59 20-21W 60 22-23W 61 24-25W 62 26W 63 27W 64 28W 65 29W 66 30-31W 67 32W 68 33W 69 34-35W 70 36W 71 37-38W 72 39-40W 73 41-43W 74 44-46W 75 46N 1-2E 77 1-3W 52 4-6W 53 7-8W 54 9-10W 55 11-13W 56 14-15W 57 16-17W 58 18-19W 59 20-21W 60 22-23W 61 24-25W 62 26W 63 27W 64 28W 65 29W 66 30-31W 67 32W 68 33W 69 34-35W 70 36W 71 37-38W 72 39-40W 73 41-43W 74 44-46W 75 47W 76 47N 1-2E 77 1-3W 52 4-6W 53 7-8W 54 9-10W 55 11-13W 56 14-15W 57 16-17W 58 18-19W 59 20-21W 60 22-23W 61 24-25W 62 26W 63 27W 64 28W 65 29W 66 30-31W 67 32W 68 33W 69 34W 70 35-36W 71 37-38W 72 39-40W 73 41-43W 74 44-46W 75 47-48W 76 48N 1-2E 77 5W 53 6-8W 54 9-10W 55 11-12W 56 13-15W 57 16-17W 58 18-19W 59 20-21W 60 22W 61 25W 62 26W 63 27W 64 28W 65 29W 66 30W 67 31-32W 68 33W 69 34W 70 35-36W 71 37-38W 72 39-40W 73 41-43W 74 44-46W 75 47-48W 76 49N no E none 5W 53 6-8W 54 9-10W 55 11-12W 56 13-15W 57 16W 58 25W 62 26W 63 27W 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The record group is open to research.
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Donor(s) have transferred any applicable copyright to the Regents of the University of Michigan but the collection may contain third-party materials for which copyright was not transferred. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials.
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[item], folder, box, Michigan State Land Office Board records, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan