Description
Appraisal drafts, bills, and support papers for the Commissioners’ work as the Appraisal Board to appraise unpatented lands on which purchase money was still owed to the State. Information varies depending on the document. Appraisal drafts and bills usually include: person requesting appraisal, description of land (location, size, etc.), name of original warrantee and date of original warrant or survey, date of appraisal with graduated land classification and value assigned, and processing fees. Note 1: Certificates of these appraisals were filed with the Commonwealth (Series #17.235 Commissioners' Certificates). Note 2: For a history of this Board and the State’s efforts to collect unpaid monies on unpatented lands consult pages 176-177 (IV.E.4. Unpatented Land and Land Lien Dockets) in Pennsylvania Land Records: A History and Guide for Research by Donna Bingham Munger (Scholarly Resources, Inc. , Wilmington, DE. 1991).
Arrangement: Chronological by date.
Index: See “Inventory” for list of holdings. Note 1: An Artificial Index to the "UNPATENTED LAND APPRAISALS
RECORDS" identifying names of applicants and warrantees is on the inventory coded as "Info 1" and "Info 2."
Related Records: Commissioners Volumes 1. “UNPATENTED LAND APPRAISALS RECORD 1835-1858
Prothonotary Volumes 2. LAND LIEN DOCKET