
First Land Purchases
1816, 1817, 1818
Transcribed by Laurie Selpien from the “Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois with Illustrations Descriptive of their scenery and Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers published by J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia 1883
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Township 1 S., Range 10 east of 3rd P. M. |
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Date |
Name |
Section |
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Oct 1, 1816 |
Henry Houston |
WS ¼ sec 29 |
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Jan 27, 1817 |
Alexander West |
E. ½ NW ¼ sec 31 |
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Sept 26, 1817 |
Benjamin Clark |
E ½ NW ¼ sec 19 |
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Oct 3, 1817 |
Gorum A. Worth |
NW ¼ sec 20 |
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Oct 13, 1817 |
Wm. Embree |
SW ¼ sec 27 |
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Oct 13, 1817 |
Edward Mitchell |
SW ¼ sec 38 |
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Jan 13, 1818 |
James Emmerson |
NE ¼ sec 28 |
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Apr 14, 1818 |
Henry Houston |
E ½ SE ¼ sec 19 |
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May 4, 1818 |
John Houston |
W1/2 NW ¼ sec 20 |
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July 6, 1818 |
Morris Birbeck |
All of Sec 24 |
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Sept 17, 1818 |
Robert Leslie |
NW ¼ sec 20 |
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Sept 17, 1818 |
William Baston |
SW ¼ sec 32 |
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Aug 16, 1818 |
Hugh Reynolds |
E ½ SW ¼ sec 29 |
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Nov 12, 1818 |
James Green |
NW ¼ sec 36 |
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No 1 south range 11 east |
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Sept 17, 1818 |
J. and J. Dunlap |
All of sec 30 |
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No. 2 South range 11 east |
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Nov 2, 1814 |
J. G. Pattson & G. Loftis |
All of sec 18 |
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May 15, 1818 |
Wm. Nichols |
All of sec 6 |
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June 13, 1818 |
George Nichols |
All of sec 7 |
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Twn 1 south range 14 west of 2nd P. M. |
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Dec 8, 1818 |
Morris Birkbeck |
All of sec 5 & 5 |
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Dec 8, 1818 |
Richard Flower |
SW ¼ sec 33 |
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Twp. 2 south range 14 west of 2nd p.m. |
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May 15, 1818 |
J. Woods & others |
E ½ NW ¼ sec 6 |
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July 25, 1818 |
J. Sherrington & T. Brown |
W ½ NW ¼ sec 7 |
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July 25, 1818 |
John Brissenden |
SW ¼ sec 7 |
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Twp. 2 south range 10 east |
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Sept 14, 1816 |
Walter Anderson |
NW ¼ of sec 7 |
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Sept 28, 1816 |
Robert Anderson |
SW ¼ sec 7 |
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Oct 7, 1816 |
Hugh Collins |
SW ¼ sec 19 |
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Oct 14, 1816 |
Sidney Spring |
N ¼ sec 18 |
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Oct 14, 1816 |
Samuel Anderson |
NW ¼ sec 18 |
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Oct 23, 1816 |
Rollin Lane |
SE 1/4 sec 18 |
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Oct 24, 1816 |
Joseph Lane |
NW ¼ sec 19 |
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Oct 30, 1816 |
John Hunt |
SW ¼ sec 17 |
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Nov 1, 1816 |
Daniel Grove |
NE ¼ sec 24 |
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May 22, 1816 |
Jeremiah Birk |
NW ¼ sec 29 |
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Oct 12, 1816 |
Wm. Ham |
SW ¼ sec 30 |
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Jan 19, 1817 |
Uriel Emmerson |
E ¼ SW ¼ sec 5 |
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Feb 18, 1817 |
John Woodland Sr. |
NE ¼ sec 8 |
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May 12, 1817 |
Alan Emmerson |
NW ¼ sec 4 |
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