WASHINGTON COUNTY: AFTON TOWNSHIP:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Afton (Minn. : Township). | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1860-1971. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Clerk's (1860-1971) and treasurer's (1860-1971) books, chattel mortgage index (1874-1913), road overseer's poll/land tax passbooks (1887-1918, incomplete), and petition regarding the removal of a fence (1927). | |
| Quantity: | 2.9 cubic feet (3 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Afton (Minn. : Township). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 987-59; 999-93
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017360530104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 111.C.17.8F | Clerk’s books/town record books, 1860-1971. 19 volumes: | ||||||||||
| 1860-March 1875. | |||||||||||
| In the rear of the volume is a dog registry list, dated 1863-1864, which includes the owner’s name and the dog’s name and a brief description. Also, a mortgage record, dated 1860-1864, which includes the date, the date the mortgage is due, mortgagor’s name, mortgagee’s name and discharge date. | |||||||||||
| March 1875-February 1890. | |||||||||||
| March 1890-March 1900. | |||||||||||
| March 1900-March 1904. | |||||||||||
| March 1905-March 1910. | |||||||||||
| March 1909-November 1914. | |||||||||||
| March 1915-March 1919. | |||||||||||
| March 1919-March 1924. | |||||||||||
| March 1925-March 1929. | |||||||||||
| March 1929-March 1931. | |||||||||||
| 111.C.17.9B | March 1931-March 1936. | ||||||||||
| March 1936-March 1941. | |||||||||||
| March 1941-March 1946. | |||||||||||
| March 1946-March 1951. | |||||||||||
| March 1951-March 1956. | |||||||||||
| March 1956-March 1960. | |||||||||||
| March 1960-March 1965. | |||||||||||
| April 1965-March 1970. | |||||||||||
| March 1969-March 1971. | |||||||||||
| Treasurer’s books, 1860-1971. 12 volumes: | |||||||||||
| 1860-1885. | |||||||||||
| 1895-1907. | |||||||||||
| 111.C.17.10F | 1908-1917. | ||||||||||
| 1917-1925. | |||||||||||
| 1923-1932. | |||||||||||
| Register of Town Orders. | |||||||||||
| 1925-1931. | |||||||||||
| 1931-1936. | |||||||||||
| 1946-1951. | |||||||||||
| 1951-1956. | |||||||||||
| 1956-1960. | |||||||||||
| 1960-1965. | |||||||||||
| 1970-1971. | |||||||||||
| Chattel mortgage index, 1874-1913. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Road overseer’s poll/land tax pass books, 1887-1890, 1910-1912, 1918. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Information includes landowner’s name, legal land description, num-ber of acres, valuation of real and personal property, tax amount of re-al and personal property and whether or not paid. | |||||||||||
| Petition regarding the removal of the Bredding and Burbank Fence, 1927. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Chattel mortgages -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
- Roads -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
- Tax assessment -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
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