Original Land Entries

This is from a microfilm at the Clinton Library titled "Original Entries Index by Township & Range 1838-1845".  The information listed includes:

Part of Section, Section, Township, Range, Acres, 100ths, Dollars & Cents, Name of Purchaser, Date of Sale, Number of Receipt & Certificate of Purchase, To Whom Patented, Date of Patent, Where Recorded (Vol. & Page).

In most cases the Name of Purchaser and To Whom Patented are the same.  We will put online here the Name of Purchaser, (To whom patented also, if different), the Date of Sale and the Number of Receipt & Certificate of Purchase.  There are also swamp lands listed on the microfilm which are not listed here.

At the beginning of the register is the following note:

"Entries which are followed thus "1000D" by the letter D were made at Dubuque --- Swamp selections marked thus "Pat." are patented by the State to Clinton County ----  For swamp selections not patented see Report of Reg. State S. O. of 1875."

This is just the first page. 

NAME OF PURCHASER DATE OF SALE NUMBER OF RECEIPT & CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE
EASLEY, James S. 05 Aug 1854 12253
SEMPER, William 14 Apr 1854 11207
COURTWRIGHT, Ira 18 Sep 1848 1490
DEVITT, James 23 Dec 1851 4949
WHITE, John 14 Nov 1851 519
PHILLIPS, Bazaleel W. 13 Jul 1852 2647
STEINHELBER, Ezekiel 20 Oct 1852 4402
HOLMES, Taylor 10 Jul 1840 1143D
COURTWRIGHT, Anthony 13 Mar 1841 1750D
ALGER, Lyman 13 Sep 1851 4484
ZIEGLER, George 26 Mar 1852 1259
STEINHELBER, Ezekiel 07 Dec 1852 5096
GRAHAM, James H. 10 Jun 1854 12388
GRAHAM, James H. 10 Jun 1854 12390
ZINN, George 10 Jun 1854 11767
GIBSON, Percilla E. 06 Jun 1855 17101
ROOT, James A. 09 Feb 1854 8941
DEVITT, James 23 Dec 1851 4950
DOWNEY, Hugh D. 14 Mar 1854 10927
BAYLISS, Josiah F. 17 Apr 1855 13283
SMITH, Jonathan S. 16 Aug 1855 17565
HOLMES, Erastus 14 Jul 1852 2678
REIDESEL, John 24 Oct 1853 7513
HUGHS, Harvey J. 04 May 1855 16822