Preprinted forms with the necessary blanks for name and land descriptions specify that the individual was adjudged to be the rightful owner and possessor of the specified land. The final volume in the series is a docket which records a summary of all these events in each case in an attenuated form. Volumes are arranged by category, then chronologically. Entries are by date. A name index exists for the docket.
Entries are alphabetical by the first letter of the applicant's surname.
Dates recorded in the docket then can be used to help locate records in other volumes. This series was partially filmed by the L.D.S. Genealogical Society in 1966 and partially filmed by the Archives in 1972 and 1991. Archival processing was completed by A.C. Cone in 1989. Feb. 23, 1872-Apr.