Series 1109: Land Surveys, Field Notes, and Plats. 1805-2013.
Creator: Secretary of State (RG 28)
Collection Summary: The bulk of the materials (approximately 5,740 maps) for this collection are land maps and plats for the districts of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Huntsville, St. Stephens, and Washington. The maps are labeled and organized according to township, section, and range. The maps date from the territorial era to the modern. The earlier maps are hand drawn with ink and colored pencil. Some maps are photostatic copies of the originals. The twentieth century maps are printed. Although each map is different, they may provide the names of surveyors, deputy surveyors, chain carriers, land owners, as well as tables with number of acres. *N.B. Box 2750 contains: Adams County plats of surrounding areas near the towns of Washington and Natchez; Chickasaw Cession maps for Townships 10, 11, and 24; and field notes in tabular form for Townships 14-19 with landowners listed.
Access Restrictions: None
Date(s): 1805-2013; undated
Volume: 106.0 cubic feet
Finding Aid Created By: Shaun Stalzer and Lori Kincses in April 2024
Related Materials: Manuscripts Collection Z/2077.000. Chickasaw Cession Land Office Record Books
Record Group History: The office of secretary of state was created by the Constitution of 1817, Article IV, Section 14 with a term of two years. The secretary of state was given the responsibility of keeping a register of all official acts and proceedings of the governor and when required, presenting this and all relative papers, minutes, and vouchers to the legislature. All election returns of the people were sent to the secretary of state, who in turn delivered them to the House of Representatives. It is the duty of the secretary of state to keep the following records: all domestic charters of corporations as well as foreign charters [General Laws of Mississippi of 1987, chapter 485]; the originals of all laws passed [MS Code Section 7-3-5]; the bonds of all state officers and districts of the state except his own, which is kept by the clerk of the Supreme Court; and all state land records, all levee land records, and all other land records, except assessment rolls [MS Code Section 7-11-13].
- Collection Inventory:
Box Content Box Number
Box 2750 2750
Chickasaw District: Townships 1-15 South, Range 1 West 36000
Townships 1-14 South, Range 2 West 36001
Townships 1-13 South, Range 3 West 36002
Townships 1-12 South, Range 4 West 36003
Townships 1-12 South, Range 5 West 36004
Townships 1-12 South, Range 6 West 36005
Townships 1-11 South, Range 7 West 36006
Townships 1-10 South, Range 8 West 36007
Townships 1-10 South, Range 9 West 36008
Townships 1-9 South, Range 10 West 36009
Townships 2-7 South, Range 12 West 36010
Townships 3-7 South, Range 13 West 36011
Townships 1-16 South, Range 1 East 36012
Townships 1-17 South, Range 2 East 36013
Townships 1-17 South, Range 3 East 36014
Townships 1-17 South, Range 4 East 36015
Townships 1-17 South, Range 5 East 36016
Townships 1-18 South, Range 6 East 36017
Townships 1-18 South, Range 7 East 36018
Townships 1-12 & 15-18 South, Range 8 East 36019
Townships 1-12 South, Range 9 East 36020
Townships 1-12 South, Range 10 East 36021
Townships 1-10 South, Range 11 East 36022
Choctaw District: Townships 1-28 North, Range 1 East 36023
Townships 1-28 North, Range 2 East 36024
Townships 1-27 North, Range 3 East 36025
Townships 1-26 North, Range 4 East 36026
Townships 1-26 North, Range 5 East 36027
Townships 1-25 North, Range 6 East 36028
Townships 1-25 North, Range 7 East 36029
Townships 1-24 North, Range 8 East 36030
Townships 1-23 North, Range 9 East 36031
Townships 1-22 North, Range 10 East 36032
Townships 1-21 North, Range 11 East 36033
Townships 1-21 North, Range 12 East 36034
Townships 1-21 North, Range 13 East 36035
Townships 1-20 North, Range 14 East 36036
Townships 1-20 North, Range 15 East 36037
Townships 1-20 North, Range 16 East 36038
Townships 1-19 North, Range 17 East 36039
Townships 1-19 North, Range 18 East 36040
Townships 8-17 North, Range 19 East 36041
Townships 1-29 North, Range 1 West 36042
Townships 1-30 North, Range 2 West 36043
Townships 1-31 North, Range 3 West 36044
Townships 1-31 North, Range 4 West 36045
Townships 9-29 North, Range 5 West 36046
Townships 9-28 North, Range 6 West 36047
Townships 9-27 North, Range 7 West 36048
Townships 9-25 North, Range 8 West 36049
Townships 9-22 North, Range 9 West 36050
Township 22 North, Ranges 8 & 9 West 36050
Townships 12-13 & 18-20 North, Range 10 West 36051
Townships 18 & 21 North, Ranges 9 & 10 West 36051
Choctaw Survey within Chickasaw Cession: Townships 20-25 North, Ranges 6-12 East 36052
Huntsville District: Townships 11-16 South, Range 16 West 36053
Townships 12-20 South, Range 17 West 36054
Townships 12-20 South, Range 18 West 36055
Townships 12-18 South, Range 19 West 36056
St. Stephens District: Townships 1-2 North, Range 4 West 36057
Townships 1-11 North, Range 5 West 36058
Townships 1-10 North, Range 6 West 36059
Townships 2-6 North, Ranges 5 & 6 West 36060
Townships 1-10 North, Range 7 West 36061
Townships 1-10 North, Range 8 West 36062
Townships 1-10 North, Range 9 West 36063
Townships 1-10 North, Range 10 West 36064
Townships 1-10 North, Range 11 West 36065
Townships 1-10 North, Range 12 West 36066
Townships 1-10 North, Range 13 West 36067
Townships 1-10 North, Range 14 West 36068
Townships 1-10 North, Range 15 West 36069
Townships 1-10 North, Range 16 West 36070
Townships 1-10 North, Range 17 West 36071
Townships 1-10 North, Range 18 West 36072
Townships 4-10 North, Range 19 West 36073
Townships 5-10 North, Range 20 West 36074
Townships 7-10 North, Range 21 West 36075
Townships 6 North, Ranges 20 & 21 West 36075
Townships 1-8 South, Range 4 West 36076
Townships 1-8 South, Range 5 West 36077
Townships 1-7 South, Range 6 West 36078
Townships 1-9 South, Range 7 West 36079
Townships 1-8 South, Range 8 West 36080
Townships 1-7 South, Range 9 West 36081
Townships 1-7 South, Range 10 West 36082
Townships 1-8 South, Range 11 West 36083
Townships 1-8 South, Range 12 West 36084
Townships 1-8 South, Range 13 West 36085
Townships 1-9 South, Range 14 West 36086
Townships 1-10 South, Range 15 West 36087
Townships 1-10 South, Range 16 West 36088
Townships 1-8 South, Range 17 West 36089
Townships 2-6 South, Range 18 West 36090
Township 15 South, Ranges 17 & 18 West 36090
Washington District: Townships 1-13 & 17-18 North, Range 1 East 36091
Townships 1-18 North, Range 2 East 36092
Townships 1-18 North, Range 3 East 36093
Township 16 North, Ranges 2 & 3 East 36093
Townships 1-18 North, Range 4 East 36094
Township 16 North, Ranges 3 & 4 East 36094
Townships 1-18 North, Range 5 East 36095
Townships 7-10 North, Ranges 4 & 5 East 36095
Townships 1-10 North, Range 6 East 36096
Townships 1-10 North, Range 7 East 36097
Townships 1-10 North, Range 8 East 36098
Townships 1-10 North, Range 9 East 36099
Townships 1-10 North, Range 10 East 36100
Township 9 North, Ranges 10 & 11 East 36100
Townships 1-10 North, Range 11 East 36101
Townships 1-5 North, Range 12 East 36102
Townships 1-4 North, Range 13 East 36103
Townships 1-2 North, Range 14 East 36104
Townships 1-11 North, Range 1 West 36105
Townships 1-10 North, Range 2 West 36106
Township 8 North, Ranges 2 & 3 West 36106
Townships 1-8 North, Range 3 West 36107
Townships 1-7 North, Range 4 West 36108
Townships 1-5 North, Range 5 West 36109
Diagrams of Fractional Sections West of the Basis Meridian 36110