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ORIGINAL ENTRIES OF LANDS  Dallas County, Iowa
 

       The following list of names is from the "Book of Original Entries" at the Dallas County Courthouse, Adel, Iowa, which records the first purchasers of land in the county from its formation to approximately 1873.  But this list covers the period through 1852.  The book gives in addition to the names of the first purchasers: location of the land, price per acre, number of acres, date of Purchase and date of patent.  In not all cases was a patent issued to the purchaser.  In many cases a name would appear more than once in the same township and range, when this happened the name is shown only once.  The present township names have been added to further identify the locations.
 

Last Name

First

Township

Range

Township Name

Barber

Pleasant

78

26

Boone Township

Boone

William D.

78

26

Boone Township

Casady

P. M.

78

26

Boone Township

Fell

Sarah

78

26

Boone Township

Flinn

David M.

78

26

Boone Township

Gaswny

William D.

78

26

Boone Township

Goodson

Joseph C.

78

26

Boone Township

Gresham

George

78

26

Boone Township

Groves

William

78

26

Boone Township

Hardord

Robert A.

78

26

Boone Township

Haworth

George

78

26

Boone Township

Hoeye

John

78

26

Boone Township

Huston

James B.

78

26

Boone Township

Huston

Jonathan B.

78

26

Boone Township

Huston

William H.

78

26

Boone Township

Knight

Andrew

78

26

Boone Township

Knight

George

78

26

Boone Township

Lane

Ambrose

78

26

Boone Township

Mershon

James R.

78

26

Boone Township

Richards

Seth

78

26

Boone Township

Stump

Henry

78

26

Boone Township

Wilkin

John W.

78

26

Boone Township

Williams

Isaac

78

26

Boone Township

Wright

John

78

26

Boone Township

Clary

William

79

26

Walnut Township

Bailey

John

81

26

Des Moines Township

Barkhurst

Helmsley

81

26

Des Moines Township

Bolle

Frederick

81

26

Des Moines Township

Chamberlain

John

81

26

Des Moines Township

Cole

Crawford

81

26

Des Moines Township

Conaughy

Alexander

81

26

Des Moines Township

Culbertson

John C.

81

26

Des Moines Township

Dicks

Jesse S.

81

26

Des Moines Township

Everly

Henry

81

26

Des Moines Township

Fisher

John A.

81

26

Des Moines Township

Gaston

Charles W.

81

26

Des Moines Township

Granger

Barlow

81

26

Des Moines Township

Hedrick

Richard

81

26

Des Moines Township

Hutchinson

Bennett

81

26

Des Moines Township

Johns

Aaron L

81

26

Des Moines Township

Johns

H. N.

81

26

Des Moines Township

Keith

Hiram

81

26

Des Moines Township

Keith

Jacob Jr.

81

26

Des Moines Township

Keith

Willibay

81

26

Des Moines Township

Leaming

Jeremiah

81

26

Des Moines Township

Leaming

Judah

81

26

Des Moines Township

Leming

Judah Sr.

81

26

Des Moines Township

McIntosh

Elizabeth

81

26

Des Moines Township

Mace

John G. S.

81

26

Des Moines Township

Morse

James

81

26

Des Moines Township

Peninger

Jacob Jr.

81

26

Des Moines Township

Pilcher

Moses

81

26

Des Moines Township

Platt

Richard

81

26

Des Moines Township

Preston

Albert G.

81

26

Des Moines Township

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