GOODSPEEDS' - MADISON COUNTY, AR EARLY LAND ENTRIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Files may be printed or copied for Personal use only. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EARLY LAND ENTRIES. As evidenced by the records of the land office, the earliest entry in Madison County was made by John Austin in Section 31, Township 16 north, Range 27 west, a short distance west of Drake's Creek. The entry bears date November 8, 1834, and covers eighty acres. The following is a list of land entries prior to and including 1853; where the same individual made several entries, the earliest is usually given: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TOWNSHIP 15, RANGE 24. 1849. John Clark Johnson, southwest, southeast, Section 8. 1846. Caleb Whorton, southeast, northeast, Section 8. TOWNSHIP 16, RANGE 24. 1847. David Carroll Boydston, northeast, southwest, Section 5. 1849. Nathaniel Doak, southwest, northeast, Section 8. 1846. Ewing McCracken, northeast, southeast, Section 8. 1850. James Phillips, northeast, southwest, Section 8. 1848. William A. Adair, southeast, northeast, Section 9. 1851. Joseph Rogers, southwest, northwest, Section 9. 1849. William Dotson, northwest, southwest, Section 9. 1849. Mason Coombs, southwest, southwest, Section 13. 1852. William Tidkins, northeast, southwest, Section 14. 1851. John Page, southwest, southwest, Section 15. 1851. John Bassham, southeast, southwest, Section 15. 1851. Robert McCracken, northwest, northeast, Section 17. 1852. Henry H. Hastings, southeast, southeast, Section 17. 1846. John D. Coombs, northeast, northeast, Section 21. 1848. Henry P. Brown, southwest, northeast, Section 21. 1846. Jeremiah Coombs, northeast, southwest, Section 21. 1851. William C. Lane, southwest, northeast, Section 22. 1848. John J. Craig, northwest, northwest, Section 22. 1852. Wheelin Coombs, northwest, northwest, Section 23. 1851. William B. Coombs, northwest, southwest, Section 23. 1853. Garrett I. Lane. northeast, northeast, Section 31. 1846. Thomas Clark, southwest, northeast, Section 31. 1853. James B. McElhaney southwest, southwest, Section 32. TOWNSHIP 17, RANGE 24. 1853. John Brown, southwest, southwest, Section 17. 1847. Jacob Owens, northwest, northwest, Section 18. 1844. John Gage, southeast, southwest, Section 18. 1844. Joseph M. Doak, southeast, northwest, Section 19. 1853. John W. Graham, northeast, northeast, Section 20. 1847. John McCracken, southeast, northeast, Section 29. 1844. John Stover, northwest, northeast, Section 29. 1844. Reuben T. Hawkins, east, northeast, Section 30. 1852. Joseph Street, southeast, southeast, Section 30. 1853. George W. Henry, southwest, southwest, Section 32. 1851. Benjamin Tittsworth, east, northwest, Section 33. 1844. Aaron Parker, northwest, northeast, Section 33. 1850. William H. Hunt, northeast, southeast, Section 33. 1851. John Hann, northwest, southeast, Section 33. TOWNSHIP 14, RANGE 25. 1853. David Ogden, northwest, southwest, Section 7 TOWNSHIP 15, RANGE 25. 1853. William Driver, northeast, northeast, Section 7. 1852. Joseph Holcomb, northwest, northeast, Section 7. 1852. John Martin, northeast, northwest, Section 7. 1853. Nathaniel Driver, northwest, southeast, Section 8. page 429 TOWNSHIP 16, RANGE 25. 1853. Peter Harges, northeast, northeast, Section 5. 1853. Reuben Phillips, Sr., southeast, southwest, Section 5. 1853. James A. Scaggs, northeast, northeast, Section 6. 1844. Stephen Dotson, southeast, southeast, Section 18. 1852. James Phillips southwest, southeast, Section 18. 1847. William G. Williams, northwest, northeast, Section 19. 1848. John Tucker, southwest, northeast, Section 19. 1848. John Casey, southeast, southeast, Section 19. 1852. Solomon E. George, southwest, southeast, Section 20. 1853. Jeptha Whorton, southeast, southeast, Section 23. 1844. Archibald Dodson, northwest, northwest, Section 27. 1853. Edward Dodson, southeast, southwest, Section 28. 1846. Henry R. Stewbridge, northeast, northeast, Section 29. 1848. Henry Bowen, northeast, northwest, Section 29. 1852. Abner E. Casey, northwest, northwest, Section 29. 1852. John Casey, northeast, southeast, Section 29. 1852. Benjamin Pigman, northeast, northeast, Section 33. TOWNSHIP 17, RANGE 25. 1852. William Tucher, southeast, southwest, Section 3. 1853. Terry Walden, southeast, southwest, Section 7. 1851. Jonathan Gage, northwest, southeast, Section 11. 1851. Dickson Hudson, southeast, southeast, Section 11. 1852. Gilbert Hudson, southeast, southeast, Section 12. 1852. Joseph S. Dickson, southwest, southeast, Section 12. 1851. Hugh C. Berry, southeast, southeast, Section 14. 1853. Campbell Montgomery, southwest, southeast, Section 17. 1849. James Phillips, southwest, southwest, Section 17. 1852. Burnett Denny, southeast, northeast, Section 18. 1845. William Gage, northeast, southeast, Section 18. 1850. Abram Clement, northwest, southeast, Section 18. 1853. Isaac Council, southeast, southeast, Section 19. 1849. William R. O'Neall, southwest, southwest Section 19. 1853. Henry Ray, southeast, southwest, Section 19. 1849. James Phillips, northwest, northwest, Section 20. 1853. Thomas D. Berry, northeast, southeast, Section 20. 1852. William M. Berry, northwest, southwest, Section 20. 1851. John B. Gilliland, southwest, southwest, Section 25. 1853. Jacob Owens, southeast, southeast, Section 26. 1853. Isaac Farris, northeast, southeast, Section 27. 1853. John Carlock, northeast, southeast, Section 30. TOWNSHIP 18, RANGE 25. 1853. William N. Robinson, southeast, southeast, Section 4. 1851. David Walder, northeast, southwest, Section 7. 1853. Benjamin Bennett, northeast, northwest, Section 28. 1853. John Berry, northwest, southwest, Section 28. TOWNSHIP 19, RANGE 25. 1851. Isham Birkes, northeast, southeast, Section 20. 1849. Charles Birkes, southwest, northeast, Section 29. 1853. Thomas Hall, southeast, northeast, Section 33. TOWNSHIP 13, RANGE 26. 1846. David S. Williams, east, northwest, Section 4. 1853. William D. Tweedy, southwest, southeast, Section 4. 1853. William H. Prater, southwest, northeast, Section 5. 1846. William A. Re, southeast, northeast, Section 5. 1846. Kelsey H. Williams, southwest, southeast, Section 6. 1846. John C. Sumner, southwest, southwest, Section 6. 1847. John Bivens, southeast, southwest, Section 6. 1844. William McElroy, southwest, southeast, Section 7. TOWNSHIP 14, RANGE 26. 1848. Abner Cantrell, northeast, northeast, Section 2. 1853. Archibald Berralty, northwest, southeast, Section 2. 1853. Stephen E. Conor, northwest, northwest, Section 12. 1848. Matthew L. Marrs, northeast, northwest, Section 34. 1848. James Marrs, northwest, northwest, Section 34. TOWNSHIP 15, RANGE 26. 1852. Bennett K. Henderson, northwest, southeast, Section 1. 1841. John W. Moore, northwest, southwest, Section 1. 1853. George W. Seaman, southeast, southwest, Section 1. 1842. Henry McElroy, southwest, northeast, Section 2. 1849. John White Moore, southeast, northeast, Section 2. 1837. Allen Wood, northeast, northwest, Section 2. 1853. Andrew J. Edwards, northwest, northeast, Section 3. 1853. Edwin Ivie, southwest, northeast, Section 3. 1853. Thomas Jackson, northwest, northwest, Section 10. 1841. Jacob Cluck, northwest, northeast, Section 11. 1852. Matthew Bell, east, northwest, Section 11. 1845. John S. Cluck, northwest, southeast, Section 11. 1852. Henry McElhaney, southwest, southeast, Section 11. 1841. William Cantrell, southwest, southwest, Section 13. 1853. Michael Robinson, northeast, northeast, Section 13. 1841. Francis Dunn, northwest, northwest, Section 24. 1841. Humphrey Robinson, east, southwest, Section 24. 1853. Andrew J. Bollinger, northwest, northeast, Section 25. 1841. Simon Smith, southwest, northeast, Section 25. 1841. Joseph Bollinger, northeast, southwest, Section 25. 1843. Charles Spencer, southwest, northeast, Section 36. 1850. John Chapman, northwest, southeast, Section 36.