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A Guide to the Alachua County Abstract Company Records

Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2005


Descriptive Summary

Provenance: Alachua County Abstract Company (Gainesville, Fla.)
Title: Alachua County Abstract Company Records
Dates: 1874-1930
Abstract: Business records of the company. Includes correspondence, tax bills, receipts, and notices concerning lands in Alachua County.
Extent: 7.5 linear feet. (20 Boxes)
Identification: Ms 1


Biographical/Historical Note

Alachua Country Abstract Company is the oldest firm of its kind for North Central Florida and the Gainesville region. Presidents of company have included Lindon K. Rawlins, William C. Jackson, Barney R. Colson, Sr., and Barney R. Colson, Jr.


Scope and Content

Business records of the company. Includes correspondence, tax bills, receipts, and notices concerning lands in Alachua County. Also includes abstracts of titles for Paynes Prairie.


Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Alachua County Abstract Company Records, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Barney R. Colson, Jr.


Contents List

Company Records


Box 1

1874 - 1896, June

Box 2

1896, July - 1897, July

Box 3

1897, August - 1989, October

Box 4

1898, November - 1899, April

Box 5

1899, May - October

Box 6

1899, November - 1900

Box 7

1901 - 1904

Box 8

1904 - 1905

Box 9

1905 - 1906

Box 10

1906 - 1907

Box 11

1907 - 1909

Box 12

1909 - 1912

Box 13

1912 - 1915

Box 14

1915 - 1916

Box 15

1917 - 1919

Box 16

1920 - 1922

Box 17

1923 - 1926

Box 18

1927 - 1930

Box 19

Paynes Prairie abstracts of titles 24966-36332

Box 20

Paynes Prairie abstracts of titles 38068-26080



Selected Subjects and Access Points

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog:
Personal Names:
Colson, Barney R.
Colson, Barney R., Sr.
Jackson, William C.
Rawlins, Lindon K.
Subject Terms:
Land titles -- Florida -- Alachua County.
Title companies -- Florida -- Alachua County.


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