gr00533.xml Ramsey County: Register of Deeds: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, February 2012. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Ramsey County (Minn.). Register of Deeds. Records. 1849-1891. Materials in English. Various records kept by the register of deeds, including records of bonds for deeds, abstracts, deeds to St. Paul additions, grantees and grantors, mortgages, powers of attorney, county officials’ appointments and elections, and Protestant and Catholic churches. 1.3 cu. ft. (1 box and 1 partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The appointment and election records include oaths of office, revocations, and the 1851 ordination of Baptist minister Henry Greehis. The church volume records incorporations, trustee and deacon elections and appointments, bylaws, and minister ordinations. Also the 1868 articles of incorporation of the Ramsey County Agricultural Society.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Church development, New -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County. Corporations, Religious -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County. County officials and employees -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County -- Registers. County officials and employees -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County -- Selection and appointment. Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County. Local election -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County. Mortgages -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County. Ordination -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County. Powers (Law) -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County. Persons: Greehis, Henry. Organizations: Ramsey County Agricultural Society (Minn.). Document Types: Oaths -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County. Territorial records -- Minnesota -- Ramsey County. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Ramsey County (Minn.). Register of Deeds. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 2008-48; 2012-25

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001708201

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 105.F.18.10F Powers of attorney, 1849-1858. 1 volume. Index to grantees and grantors, 1849-1860; Cashbook of register, 1858-1859. 1 volume. 118.K.10.2F Appointment and election record, 1849-1876. 2 volumes.

Chronological record of appointments and certificates of election (Volume A, 1849-1873; Volume [B], 1873-1876) for county officials, including assessor, auditor, clerk of court, commissioner, constable, coroner, night watch and jailer, public works board, register of deeds, road supervisor, sheriff, surveyor, tax collector, and their deputies; with officials’ oaths of office and revocations of appointments. Also, in Volume A, page 111, Baptist minister Henry Greehis’ 1851 ordination record; recorded in 1868.

There is no index.

 Church record, 1852-1891 [bulk 1852-1879]. 1 volume.

Chronological record of church incorporations, election and appointment of church trustees and deacons, bylaws, and minister ordinations for Protestant and Catholic churches in the county; kept in compliance with a Minnesota Territorial Act.

An alphabetical index by church name or person submitting document is in the front of the volume; a partial index is in the back.

 105.F.18.10F Mortgages, Book H, 1856-1857. 1 volume. Record of bond for deeds, 1860-1867. 1 volume. Index to deed records by additions to St. Paul, 1857-1858. 1 volume. Record of deeds, 1861-1864. 1 volume. Record of mortgages, 1861-1867. 1 volume. Daybook of abstract clerk, 1874-1878. 1 volume. Articles of Incorporation: Ramsey County Agricultural Society, 1868. 1 item in 1 folder.

Notarized, handwritten in ink document filed on July 28, 1868; includes signatures of Vice President Lorenzo Hoyt, Secretary R. W. DeLano, and Treasurer H. J. Brainard.