Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:15:46 -0500 From: russhanson <russhanson@grantsburgtelcom.net> Subject: Re: Land patents vs County records Message-ID: <f3d7ae7b55fb1769863fca35810d268c@grantsburgtelcom.net>
On 2021-10-15 08:12, Paul Wolter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have any experience with US land patent records versus
> county records? Which came 1st?? I am having some discrepancies with
> dates. Did the person who wanted to purchase the property go to the
> land patent office in Mineral Point 1st and then the transaction was
> recorded at the county level or vice versa?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
Ancestry.com says this about the land records (Government Land Office -
GLO)
Two copies of the patent were created at the GLO: one kept by the GLO,
and one prepared, signed, and sent back to the land office to be placed
into the hands of the patentee. The next step for the new owner was to
go into his county courthouse and have the patent recorded, thereby
making public his ownership of the tract. The subsequent transactions
for this particular piece of land are recorded in the county deed
recorder's office.
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60593/
Russ Hanson Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society