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  2. Northern Neck Proprietary - Wikipedia

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    A map from 1736 map of the Northern Neck Proprietary. The Northern Neck Proprietary – also called the Northern Neck land grant, Fairfax Proprietary, or Fairfax Grant – was a land grant first contrived by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649 and encompassing all the lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers in colonial Virginia.

  3. List of counties in Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    Nebraska has 93 counties.They are listed below by name, FIPS code and license plate prefix. Nebraska's postal abbreviation is NE and its FIPS state code is 31.. When many counties were formed, the bills establishing them did not state the honoree's full name; thus the namesakes of several counties, including Brown, Deuel, Dixon, and possibly Harlan, are known only by their surnames.

  4. Category:Landforms of Nebraska by county - Wikipedia

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    Landforms of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska (3 P) Landforms of Seward County, Nebraska (1 C, 1 P) Landforms of Sheridan County, Nebraska (1 C)

  5. Land patent - Wikipedia

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    The first US land patent was issued on March 4, 1788, to John Martin. [4] That patent reserves to the United States one third of all gold, silver, lead and copper within the claimed land. A land patent for a 39.44-acre (15.96 ha) land parcel in present-day Monroe County, Ohio, and within the Seven Ranges land tract.

  6. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    The claimed homestead could include the same land which they had previously filed a preemption claim (on up to 160 acres at $1.25 per acre, or up to 80 acres of subdivided and surveyed land at $2.50 per acre), and they could expand their current ownership to contiguous adjacent land up to 160 acres total.

  7. Category:Landforms of Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    Landforms of Nebraska by county (83 C) Bodies of water of Nebraska (4 C) Wetlands of Nebraska (3 P) * Lists of landforms of Nebraska (3 P) C. Cliffs of Nebraska (2 P) H.

  8. US government must return land it took and never developed to ...

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    The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska will soon get back about 1,600 acres (647 hectares) of land the federal government took more than 50 years ago and never developed. A new law will require the U.S ...

  9. History of Popes Creek (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    A patent for 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) was issued on February 24, 1643, to Edward Murfey and John Vaughan. It is said to be the first patent for land that became Westmoreland County. It bounded on the "Easternmost side of Cedar Island Creek." The name is suggestive of the several little islands that dominate the mouth of the creek.