Record Description:  Journal maintained by the Commission which sold lands which had been confiscated from Loyalists after the American Revolution. Entries include the name of the buyer, the date of the instrument, the amount paid, and a brief property description including the amount of acreage involved. (Series 35). A few of the pages from the Commissioners of Forfeiture Proceedings are available online at our Historical Treasures Web site

Index Arrangement:  Alphabetical by last name, followed by date of instrument, and page number.

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