Taylor County, Iowa Original Land Entries
in order by date of purchase
[transcribed by Pat O'Dell: genpat@netins.net]

Date of Purchase	Part of Section	section	township	range	acres	hds	name of purchaser
1855 11 ??	NE 1/4	31	69	34	160		T or F---? George W.
1855 11 01	E 1/2 of SW	36	69	34	80		Easley, James S.
1855 11 01	SE 1/4	36	69	34	160		Willingham, William W.
1855 11 01	SW of NW 1/4	36	69	34	40		Willingham, William W.
1855 11 01	E 1/2 of NW & NW of NW	36	69	34	120		Easley, James S.
1855 11 01	E 1/2 of SE	03	67	34	80		Willingham, William W.
1855 11 01	W 1/2 of SE	03	67	34	80		Willingham,William W.
1855 11 01	W 1/2 of SE	30	67	34	80		Willingham,WilliamW.
1855 11 01	W 1/2 of SW	01	67	34	80		McEfee, William N.
1855 11 01	SW of NE	12	67	34	40		Easley, James S.
1855 11 01	N 1/2 of SE & NE of SW	01	68	34	120		Willingham, William W.
1855 11 01	W 1/2 of SE	12	67	34	80		Easley, James S.
1855 11 01	NE 1/4	36	69	34	160		Easley, James S.
1855 11 01	NW 1/4	34	69	34	160		Willingham, William W.
1855 11 01	SE of NE	35	70	34	40		Willingham, William W.
1855 11 01	W 1/2 of SW	36	69	34	80		Thomas, Jonathan R.
1855 11 02	NW of NW	25	69	34	40		Hammond, Rezin, J. Conner
1855 11 02	W 1/2 of SW	24	69	34	80		Hammond, Rezin, J. Conner
1855 11 02	E 1/2 of SE	23	69	34	80		Hammond, Rezin, J. Conner
1855 11 02	SE of SE	22	69	34	40		Sanders, Ann E.
1855 11 02	N 1/2 of NE	22	69	34	80		Baker, Washington
1855 11 02	NW of NW	20	69	34	40		Mattix, John
1855 11 02	NE of NE	19	69	34	40		Mattix, John
1855 11 02	SW of SW	15	69	34	40		Hammond, Rezin
1855 11 02	E 1/2 of SW & NW of SW	15	69	34	120		Hammond, Rezin
1855 11 02	S 1/2 of SE	15	69	34	80		Baker, Washington
1855 11 02	SW	11	69	34	160		Hooton, J. Smith
1855 11 02	NE	29	69	35	160		Wilson, Hermon
1855 11 02	SW of SW	06	69	34	42	29	Hooton, J.Smith
1855 11 02	NE of NE	06	69	34	40	02	Curtiss, Edwin
1855 11 02	N 1/2	27	67	34	320		Hammond, Rezin
1855 11 02	NW of NW	29	69	35	40		Alexander, Lydia
1855 11 02	NE 1/4	35	69	34	160		Bergen, Jacob
1855 11 02	SE of SE	20	69	35	40		Swan, George M.
1855 11 02	SW of SW	20	69	35	40		Alexander, Lydia
1855 11 02	S 1/2 of SE	19	69	35	80		Alexander, Lydia
1855 11 02	N 1/2 of NE	32	69	34	80		Hicks, Randal B.
1855 11 02	SE 1/4	26	69	34	160		Easley, James S.
1855 11 02	SW of SW	04	69	34	40		Hooton, J. Smith
1855 11 02	SW of SW	05	69	34	40		Baker, Washington
1855 11 02	NW	26	67	34	160		Hammond, Rezin
1855 11 02	E 1/2 of NE & NW of NE	26	69	34	120		Sanders, Ann E.
1855 11 03	NW of NE	18	69	35	40		Hooton, J. Smith
1855 11 03	E 1/2 of SE & SW of SE	29	68	35	120		Hooton, J.Smith
1855 11 03	S 1/2 of SW	07	70	34	83	68	Hooton, J.Smith
1855 11 03	NE of NW	30	70	35	40		Copeland, William
1855 11 03	W 1/2 of NE	32	68	35	80		Hooton, J. Smith
1855 11 03	SW of NE	30	68	35	40		Hooton, J. Smith
1855 11 03	NE of SW	29	68	35	40		Hooton, J. Smith
1855 11 04	SE of NW	35	70	34	40		Bents, William
1855 11 06	NW 1/4	11	67	35	156	79	Winship, Joseph
1855 11 08	NW of SW	21	70	34	40		Bozarth, Jonathan
1855 11 08	E 1/2 of NW	33	70	34	80		Easley, James S.
1855 11 08	NE of NW	10	69	34	40		Hayden, Levi L.
1855 11 08	NE of NW	35	70	34	40		Scott, Cornelius N.
1855 11 08	S 1/2 of SW	17	69	35	80		McAlpin, David R.
1855 11 08	SW of SE	17	69	35	40		McAlpin, David R.
1855 11 08	E 1/2 of NE	33	70	34	80		Bozarth, Jonathan
1855 11 08	S 1/2 of SW	32	70	34	80		Easley, James S.
1855 11 09	Section	01	68	35	247	44	Aldridge, Oliver P.
1855 11 09	NW of NE	35	70	34	40		Hooton, J. Smith
1855 11 10	N 1/2 of SE	02	68	34	73	19	Willingham, William W.
1855 11 10	N 1/2 of SW & SWof SW	31	70	34	123	37	Easley, James S.
1855 11 10	SW of SE	18	68	35	40		Gammel, Maria
1855 11 10	N 1/2 of SE	32	70	34	80		Easley, James S.
1855 11 10	SE of SW	31	70	34	40		Easley, James S.
1855 11 10	W 1/2 of NE	19	68	35	80		Gammel, Maria
1855 11 10	NW of SW	04	67	34	40		Tuttle, LeRoy
1855 11 12	E 1/2 of SE & NW of SE & SE of NE	01	69	34	160		Lowe, James N.
1855 11 12	W 1/2 of SE & SE of SE	32	69	34	120		Keever, Hiram
1855 11 12	S 1/2 of NE & NE of SE	32	69	34	120		Keever, Hiram
1855 11 12	E 1/2 of SE	10	69	34	80		Lamb, Joseph
1855 11 12	W 1/2 of SE & SE of SW	10	69	34	120		Lamb, Joseph
1855 11 12	W 1/2 of SW	01	69	34	80		Easley, James S.
1855 11 12	SW of SW	10	69	34	40		Lamb, Joseph
1855 11 12	NE of SE	11	69	34	40		Swindler, Thomas
1855 11 12	W 1/2 of SW	04	68	35	63	39	Willingham, William W.
1855 11 12	N 1/2 of NE	11	69	34	80		Smith, Christine B.
1855 11 12	W 1/2 of NW	15	69	34	80		Lamb, Joseph
1855 11 12	S 1/2 of NE & W 1/2 of SE	11	69	34	160		Smith, Susannah
1855 11 12	S 1/2 of NW	02	69	34	76	38	Smith, Martha
1855 11 12	NE 1/4	21	69	34	160		Smith, Franklin B.
1855 11 12	S 1/2 of NW & NW of SW	12	69	34	120		Swindler, Thomas
1855 11 12	SW of SE & SE of SW	01	69	34	80		Swindler, Thomas
1855 11 12	N 1/2 of SW	02	69	34	80		Smith, Martha
1855 11 12	SE of SW	02	69	34	40		Smith, Christina
1855 11 12	NE of NW	11	69	34	40		Smith, Christine B.
1855 11 12	E 1/2 of SE & SW of SE	13	70	34	120		Noble, Edward
1855 11 12	S 1/2 of NW	24	70	34	80		Nabb,Edward
1855 11 12	NW of NE	36	70	34	40		Swindler, Thomas
1855 11 12	E 1/2 of SE & SW of SE	25	70	34	120		Sinclair, Thomas
1855 11 12	N 1/2 of NW	12	69	34	80		Swindler, Thomas
1855 11 13	SE of SE	05	67	35	40		Harris, James H.
1855 11 13	SW of NW	09	67	35	40		Smith,Joseph
1855 11 13	SE of SW	34	70	35	40		McBirney, Andrew J.
1855 11 13	E 1/2 of SW & SW of SW	35	70	34	120		Bentley, William
1855 11 13	N 1/2 of NW	24	70	34	80		Nabb,Edward
1855 11 13	SE 1/4 & SW of NE	35	70	34	200		Bentz, William
1855 11 13	W 1/2 of SW	24	70	34	80		Ireland, William
1855 11 13	NE of SE & S 1/2 of SE	27	70	35	120		McBirney, Andrew J.
1855 11 13	NW of SE	27	70	35	40		McBirney, Andrew
1855 11 13	S 1/2 of SW	25	70	34	80		Fost, William
1855 11 13	NE 1/4	26	70	34	160		Koogle, Stephen
1855 11 13	SW of NE	27	70	35	40		McBirney, Andrew J.
1855 11 13	SE of SW	13	70	34	40		Noble, Edward
1855 11 13	N 1/2 of NW	36	70	34	80		Feast, William
1855 11 13	NW of NW	09	67	35	40		Harris, James H.
1855 11 13	NE of NE	08	67	35	40		Harris, James H.
1855 11 13	SW of SW	04	67	35	40		Harrris, James H.
1855 11 14	NW of NW	02	70	35	43	40	Keever, Wilson T.
1855 11 14	SW of SE	35	69	35	40		Mathers,John H.
1855 11 14	NE of NW	27	68	35	40		Mathers, John H.
1855 11 14	SW of SW	29	70	34	40		Mathers, John H.
1855 11 15	NE 1/4	24	68	35	160		Garner, Joseph C.
1855 11 17	SE of SE	24	67	35	40		Cook, William P.
1855 11 20	N 1/2 of SE	15	67	35	80		Rives, William
1855 11 20	NW 1/4	22	69	34	160		Hammond, Rezin, W.G. Hammond
1855 11 21	NW of SW	01	68	34	37	67	Thomas, Jonathan
1855 11 21	S 1/2 of SW	15	70	34	80		Gibbons, Julia
1855 11 22	SW of NW & NW of SW	29	67	35	80		Wells, Samuel
1855 11 22	S 1/2 of SW	20	67	35	80		Wells, Samuel
1855 11 22	NE of NE & W 1/2 of NE	27	67	35	120		Mason, Charles
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of SW & NW of SW	03	70	34	120		Kellog, Harriet N.
1855 11 22	SE of NE	01	69	35	40		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	SW of SE	09	69	34	40		Cochran, Addison
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of NW	06	69	34	83	38	Tinsler, William
1855 11 22	SE of NW	24	69	35	40		Everett, Horace
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of NW	33	69	34	80		Cochran, Addison
1855 11 22	N 1/2 of NE	19	70	34	80		Coway, Eustis & John C. Monceuse
1855 11 22	SE of SW	36	70	35	40		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	NE of SW	35	70	35	40		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	S 1/2 of SE	35	70	35	80		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	N 1/2 of SE	35	70	35	80		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	SW of NW	35	70	35	40		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	SE of NW	35	70	35	40		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	NW of NW	35	70	35	40		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	NE of NW	35	70	35	40		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	S 1/2 of NE	35	70	35	80		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	N 1/2 of NE	35	70	35	80		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	NE of SE	20	70	34	40		Hayden, John
1855 11 22	SW 1/4	13	70	35	160		Lebold, Fredrick
1855 11 22	S 1/2 of NE	19	70	34	80		Coway, Eustis & John C. Monceuse
1855 11 22	NW 1/4	22	70	34	160		Gibbons, Julia
1855 11 22	NE of NW	19	70	34	40		Coway, Eustis & John C. Monceuse
1855 11 22	SE of NW	23	70	34	40		Easley, James S.
1855 11 22	SE of NW	19	70	34	40		Coway, Eustis & John C. Monceuse
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of SE	30	70	35	80		Heller, Josiah
1855 11 22	NE of SE & W 1/2 of SE	19	70	34	120		Coway, Eustis & John C. Monceuse
1855 11 22	N 1/2 of NW	10	70	34	80		Kelley, Harriet N.
1855 11 22	SE of NE	30	70	35	40		Heller, Josiah
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of SW & SW of SW	19	70	34	120		Coway, Eustis & John C. Monceuse
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of SE	23	70	34	80		Easley, James S.
1855 11 22	SW of NW	29	70	35	40		Heller, Josiah
1855 11 22	NE of SW	23	70	34	40		Easley, James S.
1855 11 22	NE 1/4	29	70	35	160		Hooton, J. Smith
1855 11 22	N 1/2 of SE & SW of SE	21	70	34	120		Corken, Thomas
1855 11 22	NW of SE	36	70	35	40		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	W1/2 of SW	35	70	35	80		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of SE & SE of SE	31	70	34	120		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	NE of SE	31	70	34	40		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of NW & SE of NW	31	70	34	124	05	Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of SW	26	70	35	80		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	SW of SE & E 1/2 of SW	26	70	35	120		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of NE & NE of NW	31	70	34	120		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	SW of SW	21	70	34	40		Hayden, John
1855 11 22	SW of SE	24	70	34	40		Smallwood, Gabriel
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of NE	31	70	34	80		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	SE of SW	35	70	35	40		Holmes, Lewis
1855 11 22	NE of SW	25	70	35	40		Conway, Eustace & John C. Mercure
1855 11 22	SWof SE & SE of SW	25	70	35	80		Conway, Eustace & John C. Mercure
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of SE & NW of SE	25	70	35	120		Conway, Eustace & John C. Mercure
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of NE	36	70	35	80		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of NW	25	70	35	80		Conway, Eustace & John C. Mercure
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of SE	30	70	34	80		Smart, William R.
1855 11 22	W1/2 of NE	36	70	35	80		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	NE of SE	24	70	35	40		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	NW & N 1/2 of SW	24	70	35	240		Lebold, Fredrick
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of NE	24	70	35	80		Hodge, William
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of NE	24	70	35	80		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	N 1/2 of NE	25	70	34	80		Smallwood, Gabriel
1855 11 22	NE of NW	25	70	34	40		Smallwood, Gabriel
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of NW & SE of NW	25	70	34	120		Smallwood, Gabriel
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of NE & NE of SE	23	70	35	120		Lebold, Fredrick
1855 11 22	S 1/2 of NE	30	70	34	80		Smart, William R.
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of NE	21	70	35	80		Cochran, Addison
1855 11 22	SE of SW	20	70	35	40		Swisler, Jonathan
1855 11 22	S 1/2 of SE	36	70	35	80		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	SE of NW	20	70	35	40		Peterman, Jacob
1855 11 22	NE of NW	36	70	35	40		Conway, Eustice & John C. Moncure
1855 11 22	NE of SE	26	70	34	40		Smallwood, Gabriel
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of SE	27	70	34	80		Kellogg,Harriet N.
1855 11 22	SE 1/4	13	70	35	160		Creamer, Charles
1855 11 22	NW of SE N 1/2 of SW & SE of SW	29	70	34	160		Day, William
1855 11 22	S 1/2 of NW	10	70	34	80		Kelley, Harriet N.
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of SE & SW 1/4	17	70	34	240		Hess, Conrad
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of SE	14	70	35	80		Lebold, Fredrick
1855 11 22	NE of SE	36	70	35	40		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	NE of NW	29	70	34	40		Hayden, John
1855 11 22	NE of SW & W 1/2 of SW	36	70	35	120		Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	W 1/2 of NW	36	70	35	80		Cochran, Addison
1855 11 22	SE of NE	27	67	35	40		Mason, Charles
1855 11 22	SW of SW	03	70	34	40		Kellog, Harriet N.
1855 11 22	N 1/2 of NE & SW of NE	01	69	35	119	48	Ray, Archibald T.
1855 11 22	E 1/2 of SE & NW of SE	22	67	35	120		Mason, Charles
1855 11 22	SW of NE & E 1/2 of NE	22	67	35	120		Mason, Charles
1855 11 22	N 1/2 of SE	27	67	35	80		Mason, Charles
1855 11 26	SW 1/4	09	70	34	160		Leatherberry, Sanford B.
1855 11 27	NW of NW	28	68	34	40		Everett, Horace
1855 11 27	NE 1/4 & E 1/2 of NW	21	70	34	240		Gibbons, Julia
1855 11 27	NW of NW	27	68	34	40		Everett, Horace
1855 11 27	SE of SE	21	68	34	40		Everett, Thomas
1855 11 28	SW of NW	21	70	34	40		Shoemaker, George
1855 11 30	NW of SE	15	69	35	40		Hawley, James M.
1855 11 30	NE of SE & W 1/2 of SE	26	67	35	120		Bale, Henry
1855 11 30	W 1/2 of NW	23	67	35	80		Mason, Charles
1855 11 30	S 1/2 of SE	15	67	35	80		Rives, Valentine
1855 11 30	NW of SW	25	70	35	40		Conway, Eustace & John C. Mercure
1855 11 30	W 1/2 of NW	25	70	35	80		Conway, Eustace & John C. Mercure
1855 11 30	NW of SW	23	67	35	40		Mason, Charles
1855 11 30	SE of SW & SW of SE	22	67	35	80		Mason, Charles
1855 11 30	NE of NW	08	67	35	40		Bridgewater,Elias