This series includes land titles as mandated by an 1850 legislation law (Lei de Terras). Included in this series are land and/or house titles from the parishes of: Nossa Senhora da Guia da Vila de Patos from 1855-1856; Nossa Senhora das Neves (modernday João Pessoa) from 1854-1861; Nossa Senhora dos Remédios da Vila de Souza from 1854-1856; Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, in the city of Souza, 1859; Nossa Senhora dos Remédios da Vila de Souza, 1856; Cabaceiras from1855-1862; Nossa Senhora da Luz de Guarabira, Vila da Independência, from 1856-1865; Nossa Senhora das Mercês, of Vila de Cuité, from 1855-1856; Cabaceiras, from 1856. The plots of land belonged to Francisco Pereira da Silva, Francisco da Conceição and other owners. Lands were acquired through inheritance, purchase, and donation.
Created by the Provincial Government of Paraíba.
Manuscript book, with non-original hardcover. Damaged by insects, acidity of the paper and iron gall ink. Some folios are torn.
