Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Sherman County Records Inventory
Land Title Registers
1900-1951
Series records the ownership of land within the county. Records may include title registers, land indexes, land registration registers, torrens registry of titles, indexes to registered land, certificates of title, town lot indexes, ownership registers, and plat books. Information includes parties involved, land descriptions, dates, number and nature of titles, subdivisions, title holders, terms, discharge dates, and registrar's signatures. The torrens system of land registration was abolished in 1972 by Oregon law. Additional land ownership records may be found in the Deeds and Indexes series.
Records at the Sherman County Courthouse, Basement Vault:
Metsker's Atlas of Sherman County Oregon [includes additional blueprint
land ownership plats], 1934, 1939 (1 volume);
Plat of Sherman County [Township and Range Land
Ownership], 1900 (1 volume);
Standard Atlas of Sherman County, Oregon [includes land ownership information],
1913 (1 volume);
[Township and Range Land Ownership Plats-includes school and
road district boundaries], 1910-1944 (16 volumes).
Records at the Sherman County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
Standard Atlas of Sherman County, Oregon [includes land ownership information],
1913 (1 volume);
[Township and Range Land Ownership Plats-includes school
and road district boundaries], 1929-1951 (6 volumes).
Records at the Sherman County Historical Museum, Exhibit Case:
[Township and Range Land Ownership Plats-includes school and road
district boundaries], 1916 (1 volume).
Records at the Sherman County Historical Museum, Second Floor Storage Room:
Standard Atlas of Sherman County, Oregon [includes land ownership information],
1913 (1 volume);
[Tract Index to Registered Titles-Lands-includes only one entry], 1908
(1 volume).