AGENCY: Smithfield (Utah)

SERIES: 28106
TITLE: Record of city and cemetery lot deeds
DATES: 1872 - ca. 1943.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by plat, thereunder numerical by block and lot.

DESCRIPTION: This series contains a single book used to record mayor's deeds granted by the mayor to city and cemetery lots, as well as other property. The earliest deeds for city lots date from 1872, when Mayor Samuel Roskelley obtained a deed from the federal government to the land within Smithfield City and in turn began transferring lots to the individuals who occupied the property. This was part of a procedure set up under an act of Congress to allow people in the Utah Territory to gain legal title to their property. The earliest recorded deeds to cemetery lots date from 1884. The book also records a variety of deeds to property "outside of the city proper" and deeds to Smithfield City for roads.

The end of the book contains a list of individuals buried in the Smithfield Cemetery, including burial location, date and place of birth, death date, and note of relationship. The latest burial listed dates from about 1903.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Deed records, GRS-735

AUTHORIZED: 09/10/2012

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office until administrative need ends and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This series has historical value as documentation of property transactions involving Smithfield City, ownership of cemetery lots, and burials in the city cemetery.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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