homesteading
These are random notes about the original grantees for some of the sections in Table Rock and Sheridan Townships. These were made in the course of other research. If you want to know whether they ultimate proved up the land, or whether and when they sold the land, you'll have to go to the courthouse and check the records yourself.
ORIGINAL GRANTEES
Each section has as “entry” instruments, “U. S. to_______.” These are the people to whom the U. S. gave entry ownership.
In Sheridan Township (Township 2, the middle number)
3-2-12
John P. Williams, 11/3/1857
NE & SE quarter of the NE quarter and NE & NW part of the SE quarter,
William J. Brock, 12/7/1857
NW & SW quarter of NE quarter
Asy E. Haywood [Asa E. Heywood], 2/1/1860 (patent 9/15/1860)
NW quarter, all
Hiram Billings, 8/31/1858
SE quarter of SE quarter
Luther M. Mumford, 7/38/1859
SW quarter of SW quarter
Martin J. Mumford, 7/30/1859
NE & NW quarter of SW quarter
Benjamin F. Lushbaugh, 4/30/1867
SE quartr of SW quarter
Nancy Wyman, 9/30/1872 [Nancy Kerns Wyman]
SW quarter of the SW quarter
14-2-12
This section was taken up by two brothers, Andrew and William Fellers.
Andrew Fellers, 8/18/1858
NE and NW quarter of NE quarter
(Note: In December 1858, 1. Andrew sold the NE quarter of the NE quarter to Farnam Freeman, but this was not recorded until 1912; in the meantime, Freeman had sold it to William Fellers in 1881 in a deed recorded in 1884. Also in December 1858, Andrew Fellers sold the NW quarter of the NE quarter to William).
William Fellers, 2/15/1858 (patent 1860, not recorded until 1877)
SE and SW quarter of NW quarter
(Note, 12/29/1858, William & Andrew traded some land, the NW quarter going to William)
Table Rock Township
2-3-12
Mary C. Barkley, 11/9/1866
All of NE quarter
3-3-12
W. M. Chambers, 5/27/1857 [conveyed away very soon]
All of SE quarter
5-3-12
Joseph Werner, 1873
Eli Boone, 1874
Henry Cooper patent 1869
9-3-12
John Shaw, 7/31/174
All of NW quarter
19-3-12
Margaret Craig, 7/15/1872
NE and NW quarter of NW quarter
Mary B. Fox, 12/9/1873 (Patent 3/20/1874)
NW & SW quarter of NE quarter
31-3-12
H. N. Gere, 8/24/1858
All of NE quarter
32-3-12
C. W. Giddings, 8/27/1858
All of SE and SE quarter (which is the original town of Table Rock]
John W. Brock, 7/1/1859
All of NE quarter
John Fleming, 7/18/59
All of NW quarter
ORIGINAL GRANTEES
Each section has as “entry” instruments, “U. S. to_______.” These are the people to whom the U. S. gave entry ownership.
In Sheridan Township (Township 2, the middle number)
3-2-12
John P. Williams, 11/3/1857
NE & SE quarter of the NE quarter and NE & NW part of the SE quarter,
William J. Brock, 12/7/1857
NW & SW quarter of NE quarter
Asy E. Haywood [Asa E. Heywood], 2/1/1860 (patent 9/15/1860)
NW quarter, all
Hiram Billings, 8/31/1858
SE quarter of SE quarter
Luther M. Mumford, 7/38/1859
SW quarter of SW quarter
Martin J. Mumford, 7/30/1859
NE & NW quarter of SW quarter
Benjamin F. Lushbaugh, 4/30/1867
SE quartr of SW quarter
Nancy Wyman, 9/30/1872 [Nancy Kerns Wyman]
SW quarter of the SW quarter
14-2-12
This section was taken up by two brothers, Andrew and William Fellers.
Andrew Fellers, 8/18/1858
NE and NW quarter of NE quarter
(Note: In December 1858, 1. Andrew sold the NE quarter of the NE quarter to Farnam Freeman, but this was not recorded until 1912; in the meantime, Freeman had sold it to William Fellers in 1881 in a deed recorded in 1884. Also in December 1858, Andrew Fellers sold the NW quarter of the NE quarter to William).
William Fellers, 2/15/1858 (patent 1860, not recorded until 1877)
SE and SW quarter of NW quarter
(Note, 12/29/1858, William & Andrew traded some land, the NW quarter going to William)
Table Rock Township
2-3-12
Mary C. Barkley, 11/9/1866
All of NE quarter
3-3-12
W. M. Chambers, 5/27/1857 [conveyed away very soon]
All of SE quarter
5-3-12
Joseph Werner, 1873
Eli Boone, 1874
Henry Cooper patent 1869
9-3-12
John Shaw, 7/31/174
All of NW quarter
19-3-12
Margaret Craig, 7/15/1872
NE and NW quarter of NW quarter
Mary B. Fox, 12/9/1873 (Patent 3/20/1874)
NW & SW quarter of NE quarter
31-3-12
H. N. Gere, 8/24/1858
All of NE quarter
32-3-12
C. W. Giddings, 8/27/1858
All of SE and SE quarter (which is the original town of Table Rock]
John W. Brock, 7/1/1859
All of NE quarter
John Fleming, 7/18/59
All of NW quarter