1911 CLAY TOWNSHIP PLAT MAP

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1911 CLAY TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS
TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ABOVE PLAT MAP

NOTE: The number of acres in each parcel is noted on the map for most, but not all, parcels.
If the number of acres is not given it will be listed below as "0/Estimated number of acres".

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	SECTION #	ACRES	COMMENTS
??lls (illegible)	M.	2	23	Illegible name; acreage estimated. Section 2 larger than normal; property at north end.
??lson	N.	2	10	Illegible name; acreage estimated. Section 2 larger than normal; property at north end.
Ahrenkiel	Soren A.	2	80	Section 2 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end.
Alwell	Jas.	6	20	Section 6 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Anderson	Andrew	3	120.5
Anderson	Chris	26	100
Anderson	Gregor	15	80	"School" indicated on property; owns property in adjoining Section 16
Anderson	Gregor	16	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 15
Anderson	Neils	24	160
Anderson	Peter	25	80
Anderson	Peter	26	160
Anderson	Peter H.	15	120	"Clay Center Farm" Owns property in adjoining Section 16
Anderson	Peter H.	16	80	"Clay Center Farm" Owns property in adjoining Section 15
Anderson	Soren	22	160
Backsen	John	32	160
Bengston	J. P.	4	81.03
Brown	C. A.	36	120
Brown	C. C.	25	81
Brown	Oscar T.	25	80	"School" located on property
Bussow	M. G.	31	110
Bussow	Wilhelm H.	31	90
Callison	Chris	13	80
Carey	Margaret	29	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 30
Carey	Margaret	30	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 29
Carlsen	P.	14	40
Carlson	James P.	2	40	Owns property in adjoining Sections 3 & 11; "Elk Horn Stock Farm;" Residence of Clarence Carlson on prop.
Carlson	James P.	3	80	Owns property in adjoining Sections 2 & 11; "Elk Horn Stock Farm"
Carlson	James P.	11	100	Owns property in adjoining Sections 2 & 3; "Elkhorn Grove Farm"
Carlson	Jens	2	32.25	Section 2 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end.
Carstensen	H. J.	26	160
Carstensen	Hans J.	23	160
Carstensen Jr.	N. C.	24	80
Carstensen Sr.	N. C.	23	160
Cemetery		10	2	Cemetery noted on property of Peter M. Peterson
Christensen	Andrew	11	95
Christensen	Andrew	32	80
Christensen	Christ.	9	80
Christensen	Geo. T.	5	45.46	Section 5 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section; acreage estimated
Christensen	M.	16	89	Map reflects 89 acres, but Section total is over by 10 acres; should be 79-?
Christensen	N. J.	1	5
Christensen	Soren C.	17	232
Christenson	Jens	2	120
Christenson	Jens	11	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 2
Christenson	Jens	14	35	Owns property in adjoining Section 15
Christenson	Jens	15	65	Owns property in adjoining Section 14
Christianson	James	27	120
Church		6	1	On property owned by Andrew Kolb; Sect. 6 larger than normal; prop. at north end of Section
Church		10	3.5	Church noted on property of Paul P. Nielson
Collison	Chris	13	79	"School" located on parcel; assuming 1 acre provided to it.
Craney	James	32	80
Dahl	Paul M.	3	80	Section 3 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Damgord	O. C.	18	80
Danish Luth. Church		2	40	"Orphan Home" located on property; Section 2 larger than normal; property at north end.
Danish School		4	1	Located on property of Hans Pederson at far north end of Section 4
Doonan	Thomas E.	6	160
Doonan	Thos. E.	6	100	Section 6 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Elkhorn (Municipality)		1	113.38	Acreage estimated from Section total
Elkhorn (Municipality)		2	80	Section 2 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end.
Emmert	Lizzie	19	320	Map reflects 240 acres; appears to be more like 320
Esbeck	L. N.	1	10
Eskov	Lorens	3	120
Eskov	Lorens	4	80
Fick	E. G.	22	80
Fick	E. G.	27	120
Fish	Geo. M.	7	39.5
Fish	Geo. M.	8	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 7
Fredrickson	And. P.	10	20	Owns property in adjoining Section 15
Fredrickson	And. P.	15	95
Fredrickson	Bentena	17	80
Fredrickson	J. F	18	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 17
Fredrickson	John F.	9	160
Fredrickson	Lawrence	21	280	"Sunny Slope Stock Farm"
Fredrickson	J. F.	17	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 18
Fredrickson Jr.	A. C.	21	80
Fredrickson Jr.	A. C.	22	80
Fredrickson Sr.	A. C.	21	80
Fredrickson Sr.	A. C.	21	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 22
Frerickson Sr.	A. C.	22	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 21
Gjodesen	G.	25	40
Gjodison	Gjode	14	200
Graw	Geo.	4	80
Hansen	H.	14	40
Hansen	H. C.	15	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 22
Hansen	H. C.	22	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 15
Hansen	Lars	4	180	"Pleasant Ridge Farm"
Hansen	Rasmus	1	26.62
Hansen	Sam'l G.	22	80
Hansen	Saml. G.	15	80
Hansen Est.	Niels	14	200
Hansen Est.	P. M.	17	40
Hanson	Albert	8	160
Hanson	H. E.	2	66.87	Section 2 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end.
Hanson	Mrs. M. K.	2	57
Hanson	O. J.	17	120
Hanson	P. M.	18	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 17
Hanson Est.	P. M.	17	40
Harris	B. J.	31	79	School shown on property; assumed 1 acre designated to it. Owns prop on adj. Sect. 32
Harris	B. J.	32	80	Owns property in adjoining Setion 31
Hess	Chris	28	160
Hess	Henry	28	160
Hope	David	25	160
Hope	Hannah	25	80
Jacobsen	Andrew	24	160
Jacobson	Anders	35	160
Jacobson	Andrew	24	199.33
James	Geo.	1	100	2 parcels; owns adjoining property in Section 12
James	Geo.	12	120
James	Geo.	1	20	Owns property in adjoining Section 12
Jensen	Anton	3	119.5
Jensen	Chas. F.	8	160
Jensen	Chris	6	80	Section 6 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Jensen	J. P. M.	22	160
Jensen	Jens & Anton	2	120	Section 2 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end.
Jensen	John	1	10	Owns property in adjoining Section 2
Jensen	Nels	2	40
Jensen	P. L.	2	8
Jensen	P. L.	2	10
Jensen	Soren	14	80
Jenson	John	2	45
Johnson	J. P.	24	40.66
Johnson	John P.	13	120
Johnson	L. W.	12	120	"Highland Stock Farm"
Johnson	Lars	13	120
Johnson	N. J.	13	80
Jorgenson	Chris	1	40	Section 1 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end.
Juel	Marius	5	160
Koehrsen Est.	Hans J.	30	160
Kolb	Andrew	6	80	"Church" located on property; Sec. 6 larger than normal; located on north end of Section
Kolb	Andrew	6	40	Section 6 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Kolb	Andrew	6	80	Owns property in adjoining Jackson Township, Section 34 (?)
Kroman	Peter H.	4	100	Section 4 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Lamar	D. W.	7	80
Lamar	Davis W.	6	100
Lamer	David	5	120	Owns property in adjoining Section 8
Lamer	David	8	120	Owns property in adjoining Section 5
Lamphere	John	26	220	"Fairview Stock Farm"
Lange	Chris	5	100
Lange	Jas.	3	18.5
Lange	John	3	61.5
Lanigan	Thos. E.	33	80
Larson	Chris	23	160
Larson	Hans	11	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 12
Larson	Hans	12	120
Larson	John	33	120
Larson	Mat.	28	80
Larson	Matt	33	39	"School" shown on property; assuming 1 acre dedicated to it.
Larson	Lewis	11	105
Leistad	J.	4	60
Leistad	John	4	78.97
Liestad	John	3	120	Section 3 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Long	Alfred	27	400
Lund	Chris W.	16	160
Madsen	Geo.	3	105.48	Section 3 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Madsen	Peter	3	40	Section 3 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Madsen	Thor	1	160
Mathison	Nils R.	5	80	Section 5 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
McCrory	Geo. W.	36	280
McKellogg	Edw.	3	80
McMahon	John T.	5	296.76	"McMahon's Grove" Section 5 larger than normal 640 acres; prop at north end of Section
McMahon	John T.	6	40	Section 6 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
McMahon	J. J.	8	160
McMahon et al	John T.	6	159	"School" indicated on property; designated acreage assumed to be 1 acre
Mikelson	A.	6	80
Mikelson	A.	7	80
Moeler	Chris	34	160
Moller	Jorgen	2	120	"Pleasant Height"
Murphy	M.	32	160
Neff	J. H.	30	80
Nelson	H. P.	1	80
Nelson	H. P.	2	52.5
Nelson	M. L.	1	100	Section 1 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end.
Nettleton	Henriettta	25	120
Nielsen	Paul P.	10	334.1	"Elkhorn Grove Farm" Church designated on property; estimated 3.5 acres designated to it.
Nielsen	Peter	14	5
Nielson	Hans C.	12	80
Nielson	Paul P.	11	140	Owns property in adjoining Section 10
Niessen	Hans	4	80
Nissen	Rasmus	23	160
Nissen Est.	P. J.	14	40
Noon	Ed. A.	29	240
Noon	Ed. A.	30	60
Olson	C. W.	1	30
Olson	J. C.	1	10
Parsons	Cornelia H.	29	240
Parsons	Wm.	17	88
Pedersen	Peder	6	60
Pedersen	Peder	7	360	"X. L. D. Stock Farm" Owns property in adjoining Section 6
Pedersen	Peder	18	80
Pederson	Hans	3	80	Section 3 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Pederson	Hans	4	45.13	"Danish School" on prop; acres estim; owns prop in adj. Section 3; prop at north end of Sect. 4
Pederson	Jacob	1	40
Petersen	Nis	16	80
Petersen	Peter	1	15
Petersen	Peter C.	1	100
Peterson	H. C.	11	40
Peterson	H. C.	12	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 11
Peterson	Jas.	2	40
Peterson	L.	10	20	Owns property in adjoining Section 11
Peterson	L.	11	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 10;
Peterson	Mads C.	4	100
Peterson	Mads C.	12	160
Peterson	Martha	19	80
Peterson	N.	15	40
Peterson	Nils	9	240
Peterson	P. R.	5	22	Section 5 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end of Section
Peterson	Peter A.	4	160	Owns property in adjoining Section 5; "Goodview Farm"
Peterson	Peter A.	5	60	Owns property in adjoining Section 4
Peterson	Peter L.	9	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 10
Peterson	Peter M.	9	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 10
Peterson	Peter M.	10	118	"Cemetery" noted on property; estimated 2 acres dedicated to it.
Peterson	Peter L.	10	117.5	Owns property in adjoining Section 9
Pinney	Harmon	34	160
Porter	Leonard W.	7	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 18
Porter	Leonard W.	18	320	Map reflects 160 acres; appears to be more like 280
Porter	Leonard Wm.	20	362	"School" indicated on property
Potts	Walter E.	5	160	"Greenwood Heights"
R. B. Bid Assn.		20	2.5
Rasmussen	Hans	2	80
Rasmussen	J. M.	1	60	Section 1 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end.
Rasmussen	L. C.	2	25
Ray	Wm.	7	0.5	Tiny sliver of land south of Geo. M. Fish
Reynolds	Edith	32	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 33
Reynolds	Edith	33	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 32
Reynolds	Ina.	33	120
Rold	Nels	19	80
Sang	Henry	33	120
Schack	Chas. J.	1	80
Scheef	Fritz	20	56.62	"Spring Valley Farm"
Scheef	Fritz	21	160	"Spring Valley Farm;" Owns property in adjoining Section 20
Scheef	Fritz	30	40	Owns property in adjoining Section 31
Scheef	Friutz	31	160	Owns property in adjoining Section 30
Scheef	Henry	19	160
School		2	2.5	"School" indicated on property of L. C. Rasmussen; acreage estimated from Section total
School		6	1
School		13	1	Located on parcel owned by Chris Collison
School		15	0	Situated on property of Gregor Anderson
School		20	0	Situated on property of Leonard Wm. Porter
School		25	0	Located on property of Oscar T. Brown
School		31	1	On property of B. J. Harris
School		33	1	School located on property of Matt Larson
Seymour	M.	5	40
Seymour	M.	9	80
Simpson	Ole	3	40
Skow	John	16	1	Located in very SW corner of parcel owned by M. Christensen
Smith	Clarence	36	40
Sorensen	C. L.	20	100
Sorensen	Jens	1	60	Section 1 larger than normal 640 acres; property at north end.
Sorenson	C. L.	20	65.83	Map reflects 10 acres; 65.83 estimated from Section total; owns prop. in adjoining Section 29
Sorenson	C. L.	29	80	Owns property in adjoining Section 21
Sorenson	Marie	30	60
Sorenson	Marie T.	30	160
Sorenson	Niels	13	160
Sorenson	Nils O.	16	160
Stafford	Mae, Grace & Sir Paul	35	320
Stafford	P. T.	34	320
Stephenson	Geo. P.	20	53.05
Stevenson	Jas. A.	36	200
Stewart	John	28	240
Stewart	John C.	33	120
Torkelson	Rasmus	31	200
Tower	Nettie	15	80
Wyman	Isaac C.	35	160
UNKNOWN (Various)		10	24.9	"See enlarged plat;" map shows several small parcels, names & acres not noted. Acres estim.

Transcribed by Denise Wurner, November, 2012.

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