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Compiled and Contributed by Carol
Griswold Salli, Gayle Kenniston
Robert
Henderson & Sally Youngquist
Anders-Ayres Babcock-Barret
Barry-Bell
Benedict-Benedict
Benjamin-Booth
Boardwell-Brother
Brown-Butler
Cadlwell-Casey
Cassidy- Conelly Cook-Cutler Daily-Doty
Doughtery-Dyer
Eaton-Everhart
Fairleigh-Fitzpatrick
Flack-Funkhouser
Gandy-Gold
Golding-Gwen
Haas - Harris
Harty - Hittle
Hobson - Hyter
Ingersol-Judy
Kasten-Kyle Ladd-Leach Leas-Lynch
Mackenzie
- Matthews
May - Myers
Mcater -
Metzger
Nabor-Nourse
Oafelgunner-Owen
Page-Perry
Perry-Purdy - No Q -
Reeves - Russell
Salmon-Scott Scweir-Simons Skiles-Starling Steele-Swope Tade
- Tuttle
- No U - Vale - Vrooman
Waiste-Webster
Webster-Webster
Webster-Wells
Wenke-Wilson
Wilson-Wright
- No X
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Yates - Young - No Z -
(Carol finds that this list is not
static
& that additions are being made on the Land Office website)
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Land patents document the transfer
of land ownership from the federal government to individuals. Our land
patent records include the information recorded when ownership was
transferred. |
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The term public land means any
lands and interest which title is still vested in the Federal
Government. The Secretary of the Interior through the BLM administers
those lands within the several states. |
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The land was disposed of by the
authority of many acts of Congress - sale, homesteads, military
warrants for military service, timber culture, mining, etc. One of the
primary purposes of these public land laws was to encourage people from
the East to move West. In the early 1800's people could buy public land
for $1.25 an acre. For a time, they could buy up to 640 acres under
this law. The sale of public land under the "Cash Act" is no longer in
effect. |
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Some patents have the word "Pre-emption"in the upper left-hand corner.
"Pre-emption" was a tactful way of saying "squatter". In other words,
the settler was physically on the property before the GLO officially
sold or even surveyed the tract, and he was thus given a pre-emptive
right to acquire the land from the United States. |
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Why is there
sometimes a long time period between purchase date and signature date? |
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Due to the tremendous amount of
land sold in the 1800's, the General Land Office experienced quite a
backlog in the middle part of the 19th century. It was not unusual for
several years to pass between the time an individual purchased land
from the local land office and the time a patent for that tract was
finally signed by the GLO in Washington, D.C. |
TOWNSHIPS
64-65 - - - - Jackson Township -
Includes the town
of Keokuk
Township 65 North ,Range 4 West, Part of Traditional Townships 64 &
65
North, Range 5 West and Part of Township 65 North,
Range 6 West of the 5th P. M.
65-66 - - - - Des Moines Township
Part of Township 65 North ,Range 6 West, and Part of Township 66 North,
Range 6
& 7 West of the 5th P. M.
66 - - - - - - Montrose Township
Township 66 North, Range 4 & 5 West of the 5th P. M.
66-67 - - - - Van Buren Township
67 - - - - - - Charleston Township
Township 67 North, Range 6 West of the 5th P. M.
67 - - - - - - Jefferson Township
67 - - - - - - Madison Township - Includes the town of Ft Madison
68 - - - - - - Harrison Township
68 - - - - - - Franklin Township
68 - - - - - - West Point Township
68 - - - - - - Washington Township
68-69 - - - - Green Bay Township
69 - - - - - - Cedar Township
69 - - - - - - Marion Township
69 - - - - - - Pleasant Ridge
69 - - - - - - Denmark Township