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.

 

Date

Name

Section

Oct 1, 1816

Henry Houston

WS ¼ sec 29

Jan 27, 1817

Alexander West

E. ½ NW ¼ sec 31

Sept 26, 1817

Benjamin Clark

E ½ NW ¼ sec 19

Oct 3, 1817

Gorum A. Worth

NW ¼ sec 20

Oct 13, 1817

Wm. Embree

SW ¼ sec 27

Oct 13, 1817

Edward Mitchell

SW ¼ sec 38

Jan 13, 1818

James Emmerson

NE ¼ sec 28

Apr 14, 1818

Henry Houston

E ½ SE ¼ sec 19

May 4, 1818

John Houston

W1/2 NW ¼ sec 20

July 6, 1818

Morris Birbeck

All of Sec 24

Sept 17, 1818

Robert Leslie

NW ¼ sec 20

Sept 17, 1818

William Baston

SW ¼ sec 32

Aug 16, 1818

Hugh Reynolds

E ½ SW ¼ sec 29

Nov 12, 1818

James Green

NW ¼ sec 36

 

No 1 south range 11 east

 

Sept 17, 1818

J. and J. Dunlap

All of sec 30

 

No. 2 South range 11 east

 

Nov 2, 1814

J. G. Pattson & G. Loftis

All of sec 18

May 15, 1818

Wm. Nichols

All of sec 6

June 13, 1818

George Nichols

All of sec 7

 

Twn 1 south range 14 west of 2nd P. M.

 

Dec 8, 1818

Morris Birkbeck

All of sec 5 & 5

Dec 8, 1818

Richard Flower

SW ¼ sec 33

 

Twp. 2 south range 14 west of 2nd p.m.

 

May 15, 1818

J. Woods & others

E ½ NW ¼ sec 6

July 25, 1818

J. Sherrington & T. Brown

W ½ NW ¼ sec 7

July 25, 1818

John Brissenden

SW ¼ sec 7

 

Twp. 2 south range 10 east

 

Sept 14, 1816

Walter Anderson

NW ¼ of sec 7

Sept 28, 1816

Robert Anderson

SW ¼ sec 7

Oct 7, 1816

Hugh Collins

SW ¼ sec 19

Oct 14, 1816

Sidney Spring

N ¼ sec 18

Oct 14, 1816

Samuel Anderson

NW ¼ sec 18

Oct 23, 1816

Rollin Lane

SE 1/4 sec 18

Oct 24, 1816

Joseph Lane

NW ¼ sec 19

Oct 30, 1816

John Hunt

SW ¼ sec 17

Nov 1, 1816

Daniel Grove

NE ¼ sec 24

May 22, 1816

Jeremiah Birk

NW ¼ sec 29

Oct 12, 1816

Wm. Ham

SW ¼ sec 30

Jan 19, 1817

Uriel Emmerson

E ¼ SW ¼ sec 5

Feb 18, 1817

John Woodland Sr.

NE ¼ sec 8

May 12, 1817

Alan Emmerson

NW ¼ sec 4

 

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