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From Chapter V of 1880 Boone County History
Record of Surveys and Land Purchases
1848-1849

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The following is the record of the surveys of Boone county: Township 83, range 25, surveyed in 1847, by Joseph Green, deputy surveyor; certified to by Henry A. Wiltse, surveyor-general at Dubuque, February 23, 1866. Township 83, range 26, surveyed in 1847, by James Davis, deputy surveyor; certified to as before. Township 83, range 28, surveyed in 1849, by J. J. E. Norman, and certified to as before. Township 84, range 25, surveyed in 1847, by Thomas Harley, and certified to as before. Township 84, range 26, surveyed in 1849, by J. J. E. Norman, and certified to as before. Township 84, range 27, surveyed in 1849, by E. S Norris, and certified to as before. Township 84, range 28, surveyed in 1849, by J. J. E. Norman, deputy surveyor, and certified to as before. Township 85, range 25, surveyed in 1847, by Thomas Harley, deputy surveyor, and certified to as before. Township 85, range 26, surveyed in 1849, by J. J. E. Norman, deputy surveyor, and certified to as before. Township 85, range 27, surveyed in 1849, by E. S. Norris, deputy surveyor, and certified to as before. Townsiiip 85, range 28, surveyed in 1849, by J, J. E. Norman, deputy surveyor, and certified to as before. Township 82, range 25, surveyed by deputy surveyor Joseph Green, in 1847, and certified to as before. Township 82, range 26, surveyed in 1847, by James Davis, deputy surveyor, and certified to as before. Township 82, range 27, surveyed in 1849, by J. J. E. Norman, deputy surveyor, and certified to as before. Township 82, range 28, surveyed by deputy surveyor J. J. E. Norman, in 1849, and certified to as before. Of course no lands could be sold till they were surveyed, and as the surveys were not completed in the county till 1849, not much land was sold prior to that time. When one township was surveyed, of course, the land in that township could be sold, and as we have already seen that at least part of the township surveys were completed late in 1847, it follows that land in such townships was ready for sale in 1848. In examining the book of orignal entry we find that some twelve or thirteen parcels were sold by the governmeit during the year 1848, During the year 1849 considerable land was entered. Probably more land was entered during the years 1854, 1855 and 1856 than during any three years since the county was settled. No land was entered prior to 1848; the land entered during that and the following years, together with date and name of purchaser follows: Township 82, range 25: December, 1848, Jacob C. Overly; w, hf., and se, qr., and w. hf. of ne. qr., and se. qr. of ne. qr. sec. 21; also, sw. qr. of sw. qr. in sec, 22; also, nw. qr. of nw. qr. in sec. 27; also, ne. qr. of ne. qr. in sec. 28. Township 82, range 26: October, 1848, William Sawyer; nw. qr. of sec, 1. January, 1849, Jesse Hull; s. hf, of ne. qr., nw. qr, of se, qr., and ne, qr. sw. qr. sec. 1. August, 1849, William Hull; s. hf. of nw. qr., ne, qr. of nw. qr., and nw. qr, of sw. qr. in sec. 2. February, 1849, Richard Green; se. qr. of sec. 2. May, 1849, Cadwallader Wallace; se. qr. of sec. 4. February, 1849, Benjamin Williams; lot No. 3, and sw. qr. of sec. 4; also, ne. qr. of se. qr. and lots 1, 2 and 3 in sec. 5. May, 1849, Cadwallader Wallace; e. hf. of nw. qr., and nw. qr. of nw. qr., and lot 3 and sw. qr., all in sec. 10. January, 1849, Samuel Luther; sw. qr. sec. 11; also, ne. qr. in sec. 14, and nw. qr. in sec. 14. September, 1849, Zachariah Yontress; nw. qr. of sec. 12. May, 1849, G. W. Howe; sw. qr. in sec. 12. January, 1849, Henry Graves; sw. qr.. and in September, se. qr. of sec. 14. June, 1849, James Carrel; e. hf. of ne. qr., and lots 3 and 4 in sec. 22. June, 1849, Philip Johns; e. hf. of sw. qr., and lots 7 and 8 in sec. 22. April, 1849, Jacob Nelson; sw. qr. in sec. 23. December, 1849, Thomas K. Brooks; n. hf of ne. qr., and n. hf. of nw. qr. in sec. 26. September, 1849, Isaac Murray; s. hf. of nw. qr., and s. hf. of ne. qr. in sec. 26. September, 1849, Jacob Murray; sw. qr. of sec. 26. November, 1848, Henry Everly; w. hf. of sw. qr., and lots 8 and 9 in sec. 27. November, 1848, Alfred Williams; se. qr. ot se. qr. in sec. 28. July, 1849, Albert G. Preston; sw. qr. of sec. 28; also, se. qr. of sec. 30. December, 1848, Beuj. Williams; e. hf. ne., sw. qr. of ne. qr., and lot 4 in sec. 34. August, 1849, Samuel B. McCall; e. hf. se. qr., and lots 1 and 2, in sec. 34. November, 1848, Alfred Williams; lots 6 and 7, in sec. 34. July, 1849, Crawford Cole; sw. qr. of sw. qr., and lots 8 and 9 in sec. 34. March, 1849, Henry Everly; ne. qr. in sec. 35. May, 1849, Elizabeth Mcintosh; nw. qr. in sec. 35. August, 1849, B. H. Brickingham; nw, qr. in sec. 36. April, 1849, Andrew Meyer; se. qr. in sec. 36. December, 1848, Andrew Meyer; sw. qr. in sec. 36. Township 83, range 26. November, 1848, Lewis Kinney; nw. qr. in sec. 2. August, 1849, John Gault; sw. qr. in sec. 2. November, 1848, Lewis Kinney; sw. qr. in sec. 2. April, 1S49, Penbrok Gault; se. qr. in sec. 3. May, 1849, Noah Fairow; nw. qr., and w. hf of ne. qr. in sec 4. June, 1849, Thomas McMuUen; nw, qr,, and w, hf of ne, qr. in sec. 5. May, 1849, Cadwallader Wallace, ne. qr,, and lot 4 in sec, 6. June, 1849, Thomas McMullen; sw. qr., of sw. qr., and lots 7 and 8 in sec. 7. December, 1848, James Hull; s. hf of ne. qr,, and n. hf of se. qr. iu sec. 8, July, 1849, Henry Hoffman; sw. qr. in sec, 8. October, 1848, John Boyles; se. qr. of ne. qr. in sec. 10. June, 1849, George Hull; se, qr. in sec. 10. October, 1848, John Boyles; sw, qr. of nw. qr., and n. hf. of sw. qr. in sec. 11. June, 1849, Henry Hoffman; nw. qr. in sec. 14. October, 1848, Jefferson Hoffman; w. hf. of sw. qr. in sec. 14, also e. hf. se. qr. in sec. 15. June, 1849, Henry Hoffman; ne. qr. in sec. 15. October, 1848, Matthias Hoffman, w. hf. of se. qr., and e. hf. of sw. qr. in sec. 15. February  1849, Henry Williams; sw. qr. of sw. qr., and lot 5 in sec. 17. February, 1849, S. B. McCall; se. qr. of sec. 18. June, 1849, Thomas McMullen; w. hf. of nw. qr. in sec. 18. June, 1849, Henry Hoffman; lot 1 in sec. 18. June, 1849, Benjamin Williams; lot 2 in sec. 18. October, 1849, Thomas Sparks; e. hf. of se. qr., sw. qr. of se. qr., and se. qr. of sw. qr. in sec. 22. October, 1849, James Hull; w. hf. of sw. qr., ne. qr. of sw. qr., and nw. qr. of se. qr. in sec. 22. September, 1849, James E. Moss; w. hf. of sw. qr., se. qr. of sw. qr.,and sw. qr. of nw, qr. in sec. 26. October, 1849, Benjamin Nichols; sw. qr. of sec. 28. April, 1849, Michael Gregg; se. qr. of sec. 30. December, 1849, J. C. Culbertson; nw. qr. of sec. 32. May, 1849, Pleasantfield F. Repp; se. qr. of se. qr. in sec. 32. December, 1849, J. C. Culbertson; sw. qr., n. hf. of se. qr., and lot 3 in sec. 32. September, 1849, Wm. Dickenson; all of section 33. September, 1849, Nathan E. Hull; ne. qr. of sec. 34. February, 1849, Eichard Green ; s. hf. of se. qr. sec. 35. September, 1849, John Long; sw. qr. of sec. 36. All of section 21, in township 84, range 26, upon which a large portion of the city of Boone is now located was entered by the D. & M. Railroad Company, or in other words it belonged to the grant made to that corporation. The same is true of section 29, which composed part of the present site of Boonesboro. Not long after the first settlement, probably as early as 1849, trading points were established at Elk Rapids and Swede Point; no trading point further north was established in the county till some time later. In early times Fort Dodge furnished a good market for farm produce, but was not a good place for the settlers to purchase the goods which they required. Of course Des Moines was the favorite trading point, whither the early settlers went to do their trading and where they usually conveyed their surplus grain, stock and other farm produce. Boonesboro was laid out in 1851, and shortly thereafter there was brought to the new county seat quite a good stock of general merchandise. This establishment offered to the settlers every inducement to trade there; it was not only convenient, but as money was scarce, all kinds of country produce as well as furs and pelts were taken in exchange. This establishment did a good business and was enabled to carry a large stock of goods. In a short time two other stores of general merchandise were established in Boonesboro and this place became quite a noted trading point as early as 1855, Notwithstanding this, the more prosperous settlers were compelled to drive their stock to Des Moines and sometimes as far as Keokuk and Burlington, until railroads brought the Chicago market nearer to them; first to Clinton, then Cedar Rapids, and then to their very doors. Then, as now, there were hog buyers who purchased and drove the stock to the markets before mentioned.

Source: The History of Boone County, Iowa, 1880, Union Historical Company
Transcribed by Lynn Diemer-Mathews and uploaded September 5, 2022.

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