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Benton County Records Inventory
Deeds and Indexes
1854-1987
Series documents the ownership of land. Series includes deeds, land sales contracts, quit claim deeds, homestead exemption claims, corporate certificates, agreements, correction deeds, special assessments of unzoned farmland, easements, and indirect and direct deed indexes. Information includes grantor and grantee name; recording and filing dates; property descriptions; title warranties; consideration amounts; witness and recorder names; and volume and page numbers of where recorded.
Beginning in 1966, deeds were numbered and microfilmed along with other records as part of the M Series Clerk's Recordings. Deeds have been indexed on computer since 1987. See the Clerk and Recorder Official Filings series.
Oregon State Archives:
Deeds [Record], vol. Q-Z, 27-28, 1882-1891 (12
volumes).
Benton County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
Benton County Deeds, 1898-1959 (.50 cu.ft.);
Deed Books, vol. A-Z, 27-121, 1854-1948 (4 feet of microfilm jackets);
Deed Record, vol. E-P, 1858-1885 (12 volumes);
Deeds Direct [Index], 1979-1984 (2 volumes);
Deeds Direct Indirect [Indexes], ca.1854-ca.1987 (4.50 feet of microfilm jackets);
Deeds Indirect [Index], 1979-1984 (2 volumes);
Deeds [title varies], vol. 29-38, 1891-1900 (10 volumes);
General Index, Direct and Indirect, vol. A, 1892-1898 ( 2
volumes);
Index to Deeds, Direct and Indirect, vol. 1-3, 1854-1892 (3
volumes);
Index to Deeds, Grantee, vol. 1-2, 1854-1916 (2 volumes);
Index to Deeds, Grantor, vol. 1-2, 1854-1916 (2 volumes);
Records [Deeds], vol. A-D, 1854-1858 (4 volumes);
Sheriff's Deeds [Tax Sale], vol. 39, 1898-1901 (1
volume).
Benton County Courthouse, Recorder's Vault:
Deed Books, vol. A-Z, 27-110, 1854-1946 (15 inches of
microfiche);
Deed Index Direct & Indirect, 1854-1984 (14 inches of
microfiche);
Deed Records, vol. 109-202, 1945-1966 (94 volumes);
Index to Deeds, Direct, 1985-1987 (1 volume);
Index to Deeds, Indirect, 1985-1987 (1 volume).
Benton County Records Center:
Deed Record, vol. 40-41, ca.1901-ca.1903 (2 volumes); vol. 62-64,
1916-1918 (3 volumes); vol. 66-108, 1918-1945 (43 volumes);
[Index to Deeds Direct], ca.1854-ca.1984
(3.70 cu.ft.);
Index to Deeds Indirect, ca.1854-ca.1984 (3.70 cu.ft.).
Avery Land Services Building, Self Help Area:
Deed Microfilm, vol. A-B, 1854-1857 (9 sheets of microfiche); vol. 40-110,
1900-1945 (4 inches of microfiche);
[Deed Record], vol. 111-202, ca.1946-1966 (29 reels of microfilm);
Direct-Indirect [Deed Indexes], 1854-1984 (14 inches of microfiche).
Benton County Historical Museum:
Deeds [Miscellaneous-includes some homestead patents-Benton County Transfer 2006
Records], ca.1866-ca.1920 (1.10 cu.ft.).
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