Taylor County, Iowa Original Land Entries
in order by date of purchase
[transcribed by Pat O'Dell: genpat@netins.net]

Date of Purchase	Part of Section	section	township	range	acres	hds	name of purchaser
1855 12 05	E 1/2 of NE	04	67	34	80	37	Cobb, John M.
1855 12 06	E 1/2 of NW	31	68	34	80		Easley, James S.
1855 12 09	NW of NE [marked out?]	08	67	34	40		Lambert, John
1855 12 15	SE of NW	30	69	35	40		Duncan, Alexander
1855 12 23	SE 1/4	15	67	34	160		King, Horatio
1855 12 25	NE 1/4	26	67	34	160		Evans, John
1855 12 25	S 1/2 of SW & SW of SE	28	67	34	120		Knox, Carey
1855 12 25	SW of NE	01	67	34	40		Pennington, Hampton
1855 12 25	W 1/2 of NW	03	67	34	79	74	Cable,Thomas
1855 12 25	NE of NE	12	67	34	40		Ball, Hiram
1855 12 25	SE of NE	05	67	34	40		Benton, Thomas H. Jr
1855 12 25	NW of SE	26	67	34	40		Evans, John
1855 12 25	NE 1/4	15	67	34	160		King, Horatio
1855 12 25	E 1/2 of SE & SW of SE	26	67	34	120		Evans, John
1855 12 26	E 1/2 of SW & SW of SW	22	68	34	120		Dale, Jesse
1855 12 26	NE of SW & S 1/2 of SW	14	68	34	120		Johnson, Benjamin
1855 12 27	N 1/2 of NE	29	69	34	80		Banks, John
1855 12 27	NW 1/4	21	69	34	160		Willingham, William W.
1855 12 27	NE of SE & S 1/2 of SE	29	69	34	120		Easley, James S.
1855 12 27	SE of NE	29	69	34	40		Easley, James S.
1855 12 27	N 1/2 of SW	10	69	34	80		Burger, William
1855 12 27	SW of SE	13	69	34	40		Cales, Robert
1855 12 27	SW of NE	09	69	34	40		Burge, William
1855 12 27	SE of SE	13	69	34	40		Cales, Robert
1855 12 27	E 1/2 of NE	24	69	34	80		Cales, Robert
1855 12 27	W 1/2 of NE	24	69	34	80		Cales, Robert
1855 12 27?	SE 1/4	17	69	34	160		-----?, Arnold
1855 12 28	SE 1/4	09	70	34	160		Metcalfe, Bejamin D.
1855 12 28	SE of SE	11	70	34	40		Cochran, Addison
1855 12 28	W 1/2 of SE	07	70	34	80		Managan, James
1855 12 28	S 1/2 of NW & N 1/2 of SW	07	70	34	167	84	Metcalp,Benjamin D.
1855 12 28	N 1/2 of NW & SW of NW & NW of SW	20	70	34	160		Convers, John H.
1855 12 28	SW of SW	34	70	34	40		Mullen, Louden
1855 12 28	NE of NE	14	70	34	40		Cochran, Addison
1855 12 29	NW 1/4	01	70	34	162	29	Hooton, J. Smith
1855 12 29	S 1/2 of NE & SE of NW	29	70	34	120		Metcalfe, Benjamin D.
1855 12 29	N 1/2 of NE	30	70	34	80		Day, Joseph
1855 12 29	W 1/2 of NW	29	70	34	80		Day, Josiah