ORLANDO AREA FEDERAL LAND GRANTS PRE-CIVIL WAR ONLY, Orange County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by William S. Morgan V, FlaHistory@aol.com 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 cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** compiled by William S. Morgan V (FlaHistory@aol.com) Information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Land Management’s web site. I ran a search for all grants made within the bounds of Ranges 27-31 East and Townships 20-24 South (which encompasses all of the modern Orlando metropolitan area). Then, I pared-down the list to include only those grants made prior to the closure of the federal land offices at the outbreak of the Civil War. Using the legal descriptions given in these grants, I located the properties on a modern map. Patentee Date Legal Description Acres Location Baker, Joseph M. 02-01-61 NENW13-23-29 30 Orlando, between Lakes Jennie Jewell and Gatlin Barber, John J. 08-01-60 Part#5-24-23-29 32 Belle Isle, between Lake Conway & Little Lake Conway Barnhart, Robert 02-01-61 SESE03-21-29 40 Sanlando Springs on Little Wekiva River Buchan, Charles T. 05-01-55 NESW03-21-28 40 Apopka, along west shore of Lake McCoy Buchan, Peter 05-01-55 S-SW-03-21-28 120 Apopka, between Dream Lake & Lake McCoy NWNW10-21-28 Caldwell, Benj. F. 08-01-60 S-SE-26-22-29 120 Downtown Orlando NESE26-22-29 Farrell, Elizabeth M. 08-01-60 Part#2-14-22-27 56 Winter Garden, along shoreline of Lake Apopka Fox, John 01-18-61 S-SW15-21-29 80 Altamonte Springs, NW of Spring Lake on Little Wekiva R Galloway, Francis L. 06-01-60 NWSW15-21-29 40 Altamonte Springs, on Little Wekiva River Goolsby, William C. 08-01-60 SWSW26-20-27 160 Zellwood, straddling Highway 441 near N. Orlando Airport Higginbotham, David 05-01-55 NWNW11-23-29 40 Orlando, west shore of Lake Holden Part#1-17-23-30 168 Conway, east shore of Little Lake Conway NWNE17-23-30 SENE17-23-30 NWSE17-23-30 Part#3-17-23-30 Higginbotham, Elijah 08-01-60 NESE08-23-30 120 Conway, west shore of Lake George SWNW09-23-30 NWSW09-23-30 Hodges, John 08-01-60 SWSE08-23-30 40 Conway, east shore of Lake Echo Hudson, Edward M. 08-01-60 Pts1&2 01-22-27 108 N. of Winter Garden, along shoreline of Lake Apopka Hudson, Isaac 08-01-60 Pts1-4 21-22-27 580 Tildenville, along shoreline of Lake Apopka Part#3-20-22-27 NESE21-22-27 Pts1&2 15-22-27 NWSE21-22-27 NENE22-22-27 Hughey, James P. 08-01-60 NWSE35-22-29 40 Orlando, west of Lake o’ the Woods on Gore Street Hull, William B. 08-01-60 NENW27-22-29 40 Orlando, between Rock Lake and Colonial Drive Hyme, Peter G. 10-20-49 SW-02-23-29 160 Orlando, northwestern shores of Lake Holden Jernigan, Aaron 10-20-49 NE-10-23-29 160 Orlando, western shores of Lake Holden 05-01-55 SESE03-23-29 40 Orlando, Orange Blossom Trail interchange at Interstate 4 05-01-55 SWNE17-23-30 70 Conway, eastern shore of Little Lake Conway Part#2-17-23-30 Jernigan, Isaac 10-20-49 SE-10-23-29 160 Orlando, southwestern shores of Lake Holden Lee, Vincent 10-20-49 NW - 36-22-29 160 Orlando, between Lakes Lucerne and Davis Mizell, David 10-01-60 SESE08-22-30 80 Winter Park, south of Lake Berry on Glenridge Way 08-01-60 SESE08-23-30 80 Conway, E of Conway Rd on both sides of Gatlin Avenue NENE17-23-30 08-01-60 NWSE08-23-30 40 Conway, land around modern fire station Mizell, David W. 08-01-60 SWSW29-22-30 40 Orlando, along northwest shore of Lake Underhill Neill, Mary C. 08-01-60 NESE22-21-29 80 Altamonte Springs, along southern shores of Spring Lake NWNW22-21-29 NWSW23-21-29 40 Altamonte Springs, on Little Wekiva River Newton, Amos 01-18-61 NENE26-20-28 40 Wekiva River Protection Area Osteen, James 05-01-55 SENE36-20-28 40 Sweetwater Golfcourse Patrick, James J. 08-01-60 Part#4-17-23-30 36 Conway, southeast shore of Little Lake Conway Patrick, John 05-01-55 SENW10-21-28 40 Apopka, grounds of modern city cemetery Rutland, Isaac N. 08-01-60 N-NE-08-22-30 80 Winter Park, between Lakemont Avenue & Lake Mizell Smithson, George B. 10-01-60 SENE08-21-29 40 Forest City, west of modern Sand Lake Shopping Center Stewart, John L. 05-01-55 NENE36-20-28 40 Sweetwater Golfcourse NESW10-21-28 40 Apopka, north of junction of SR436 & US Hwy 441 Stewart, Jonathan C. 08-01-60 SENE10-21-28 40 Apopka, west of Sheeler Road Stewart, Mathew A. 05-01-55 SWNE27-20-28 40 Rock Springs Road, west of Lake Audie 08-01-60 SWNE07-21-28 40 Along Binion Road, west of Apopka Stewart, Samuel W. 08-01-60 SWNE34-20-28 40 West of Lake Prevatt, near Apopka Turner, John 08-01-60 NESW35-22-29 40 Orlando, adjoining west side of James P. Hughey (above) Tyler, William M. 08-01-60 SWSW11-23-29 160 Orlando, adjoining SE line of Isaac Jernigan (above) NWNW14-23-29 NENE15-23-29 NWNE15-23-29 Whitner, Benjamin F. 05-24-54 Part#1-13-23-29 64 Orlando, north shore of Little Lake Conway NENE13-23-29 09-01-53 Part#1-18-23-30 54 Belle Isle, between Lake Conway and Little Lake Conway Yates, James 08-01-60 SESW22-22-29 40 Orlando, between the old country club and Colonial Drive