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CHAPTER VI.GOVERNMENT SURVEYS AND LAND ENTRIES.From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
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The following is a list of the United States surveys of government
lands in Audubon county, also by whom and when made: The correction line, between townships 78 and 79, by I. Marsh, 1848. The east, south and west lines of township 78, range 34 (Audubon) by Andrew Leech, June, 1849. The south and west lines of township 78, range 35, and the south and west lines of township 78, range 36, by John P. Conkey, August, 1851. The east lines of township 79, range 34; township 80, range 34, and township 81, range 34, by I. Ellis, 1849. The remainder of the township and range lines in the county, by A. Anderson, 1851. The following are the subdivisions of townships into sections, showing by whom and when made:: Township 78, range 34 (Audubon), by Elisha S. Norris, November 14 to 20, 1851. Township 78, range 35 (Exira), by William H. Henderson, October 13 to 27, 1851. Township 78, range 36 (Oakfield), by Daniel W. Henderson, October 28 to November 6, 1852. Township 79, range 34 (Greeley), by Ambrose Carpenter, October 16 to 23, 1852. Township 79, range 35 (Hamlin), by Adam Perry, November 8 to 20, 1852. Township 79, range 36 (Sharon), by Adam Perry, May 16 to 23, 1852. Township 80, range 34 (Melville), by Ambrose Carpenter, October 25 to November 1, 1852. Township 80, range 35 (Leroy), by Adam Perry, December 6 to 12, 1852. Township 80, range 36 (Douglas), by Joseph H. D. Street and Richard H. Worden, June 13 to 18, 1853. Township 81, range 34 (Viola), by Ambrose Carpenter, November 3 to 10, 1852. Township 81, range 35 (Cameron), by Joseph H. D. Street and Richard H. Wordenu, [?sic Worden] November 2 to 13, 1852. Township 81, range 36 (Lincoln), by Joseph H. D. Street and Richard H. Worden, June 6 to 12, 1853. Dr. Samuel M. Ballard was financially interested in the Perry and Henderson surveys. His sons assisted in making them. The surveyors entered into their field notes mentions of some of the early settlers, viz.: Monday, October 13, 1851, in running the line between sections 35 and 36, in township 78, range 35, entered Nathaniel Hamlin's field, forty acres. On the same day, widow Hoggard's house, five chains west of line between sections 25 and 26; cabin on the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 26. October 18. Powell's cabin, on section 3. October 21, Philip A. Decker's breaking, three and one-half acres on section 17. October 24, John Jenkin's cabin, on section 20. October 28, 1852, Samuel M. Ballard has twenty-five acres broken on the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 36, township 78, range 36, and Benjamin Hiatt resides on the northeast quarter of section 36. The plat of the survey of township 78, range 35, shows that the section line between sections 35 and 36 passed through Nathaniel Hamlin's field, about half the breaking on each side of the line, being in the northeast quarter of section 35 and the same amount in the northwest quarter of section 36. Also, that the line between sections 16 and 17 passed through Decker's field, his breaking extending from northwest to southeast, about half in the northeast quarter of section 17, and a like amount in the northwest quarter of section 16. ORIGINAL ENTRIES OF GOVERNMENT LANDS.During the year 1855 entries of land were made as follow, viz.: Samuel M. Ballard, John W. Beers, George H. Calder, Reuben Carpenter, John Countryman, James B. Donnel, Richard Gault, Nathaniel Hamlin, Mark Heath, Alvin Herrick, Edson Herrick, Benjamin F. Jenkins, John S. Jenkins, Isaac V. D. Lewis, Bryant Milliman, Daniel B. Reese, John Seiford, William Shirley, Robert Stansberry, Peoria I. Whitted. During the year 1855 entries of land were made as follows, viz.: Mary Anderson, Norman W. Archer, Samuel M. Ballard, William F. Ballard, John W. Beers, William Carpenter, Michael Scharff, Daniel Crane, Charles B. Cross, Howard J. Green, Nathaniel Hamlin, Daniel M. Harris, Urbane Herrick, William Holdcroft, John S. Jenkins, Walter J. Jardine, Alexander Kincaid, Charles E. Marsh, Richard C. Meek, Hiram Perkins, George T. Poage, Samuel Smith, William Walker. SOME EARLY CONVEYANCES OF LAND. |
Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 135-137.
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