LAND: ORIGINAL ENTRIES OF LANDS Dallas County, Iowa Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Annette Lucas ClintonRoots@aol.com Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net//copyright.htm ________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Dallas County, Iowa Please visit the Dallas County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/dallas/ ________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL ENTRIES OF LANDS Dallas County, Iowa--The following list of names was copied from the "Book of Original Entries" at the Dallas County Courthouse, Adel, Iowa, which records the first purchasers of land in the county from its formation to approximately 1873. The list covers the period through 1852. The book gives in addition to the nasmes of the first purchasers: location of the land, price per acre, number of acres, date of Purchase and date of patent. In not all cases was a patent issued to the pursher. In many cases a name would appear more than one in the same township and range, when this happened the name is shown only once. The present township names have been added to further identify the locations. Last Name First Township Range Township Name Barber Pleasant 78 26 Boone Township Boone William D 78 26 Boone Township Casady P M 78 26 Boone Township Fell Sarah 78 26 Boone Township Flinn David M 78 26 Boone Township Gaswny William D 78 26 Boone Township Goodson Joseph C 78 26 Boone Township Gresham George 78 26 Boone Township Groves William 78 26 Boone Township Hardord Robert A 78 26 Boone Township Haworth George 78 26 Boone Township Hoeye John 78 26 Boone Township Huston James B 78 26 Boone Township Huston Jonathan B 78 26 Boone Township Huston William H 78 26 Boone Township Knight Andrew 78 26 Boone Township Knight George 78 26 Boone Township Lane Ambrose 78 26 Boone Township Mershon James R 78 26 Boone Township Richards Seth 78 26 Boone Township Stump Henry 78 26 Boone Township Wilkin John W 78 26 Boone Township Williams Isaac 78 26 Boone Township Wright John 78 26 Boone Township Clary William 79 26 Walnut Township Bailey John 81 26 Des Moines Township Barkhurst Helmsley 81 26 Des Moines Township Bolle Frederick 81 26 Des Moines Township Chamberlain John 81 26 Des Moines Township Cole Crawford 81 26 Des Moines Township Conaughy Alexander 81 26 Des Moines Township Culbertson John C 81 26 Des Moines Township Dicks Jesse S 81 26 Des Moines Township Everly Henry 81 26 Des Moines Township Fisher John A 81 26 Des Moines Township Gaston Charles W 81 26 Des Moines Township Granger Barlow 81 26 Des Moines Township Hedrick Richard 81 26 Des Moines Township Hutchinson Bennett 81 26 Des Moines Township Johns Aaron L 81 26 Des Moines Township Johns hn 81 26 Des Moines Township Keith Hiram 81 26 Des Moines Township Keith Jacob Jr 81 26 Des Moines Township Keith Willibay 81 26 Des Moines Township Leaming Jeremiah 81 26 Des Moines Township Leaming Judah 81 26 Des Moines Township Leming Judah Sr. 81 26 Des Moines Township McIntosh Elizabeth 81 26 Des Moines Township Mace John G S 81 26 Des Moines Township Morse James 81 26 Des Moines Township Peninger Jacob Jr 81 26 Des Moines Township Pilcher Moses 81 26 Des Moines Township Platt Richard 81 26 Des Moines Township Preston Albert G 81 26 Des Moines Township Rabourn Theodore 81 26 Des Moines Township Richhart John 81 26 Des Moines Township Robbins Isaac 81 26 Des Moines Township Shafer Fredrick 81 26 Des Moines Township Spear John 81 26 Des Moines Township Stover Joseph 81 26 Des Moines Township Thomson Joseph A 81 26 Des Moines Township Townsend Jacob M 81 26 Des Moines Township Uler Andrew 81 26 Des Moines Township Waldo Jeduthan 81 26 Des Moines Township Wallace Cadwalader 81 26 Des Moines Township Ware John 81 26 Des Moines Township Balch Stephen F 78 27 Van Meter Township Baldwin James 78 27 Van Meter Township Black James W 78 27 Van Meter Township Black John W 78 27 Van Meter Township Blosser David M 78 27 Van Meter Township Buckingham Alvah 78 27 Van Meter Township Byington Legrand 78 27 Van Meter Township Clark Charles 78 27 Van Meter Township Clark Jacob 78 27 Van Meter Township Clayton Charles 78 27 Van Meter Township Clayton Jeremiah H 78 27 Van Meter Township Clayton John 78 27 Van Meter Township Cooper Iego 78 27 Van Meter Township Culbertson John C 78 27 Van Meter Township Davidson William 78 27 Van Meter Township Dillon Jonathan 78 27 Van Meter Township Ellis Isaac 78 27 Van Meter Township Ellis John 78 27 Van Meter Township Ellis Thomas 78 27 Van Meter Township Ellis William 78 27 Van Meter Township Foley John 78 27 Van Meter Township Gillman John 78 27 Van Meter Township Golden Richard 78 27 Van Meter Township Haskins Hiram 78 27 Van Meter Township Haworth Dillow 78 27 Van Meter Township Haworth George 78 27 Van Meter Township Haworth Shobal 78 27 Van Meter Township Hughes Irvin C 78 27 Van Meter Township Jewett Joseph E 78 27 Van Meter Township Johnson John 78 27 Van Meter Township Lane John 78 27 Van Meter Township Leaverton James 78 27 Van Meter Township Lowry James K 78 27 Van Meter Township Moore Nathan 78 27 Van Meter Township Neal David B 78 27 Van Meter Township Payne William W 78 27 Van Meter Township Powell Nathaniel J 78 27 Van Meter Township Shelton Chisley 78 27 Van Meter Township Shelton William 78 27 Van Meter Township Staggs Noah 78 27 Van Meter Township Stevens Andrew J 78 27 Van Meter Township Stump Daniel 78 27 Van Meter Township Stump Henry 78 27 Van Meter Township Stump Lewis 78 27 Van Meter Township Sturges Solomon 78 27 Van Meter Township Thornburgh Lemuel 78 27 Van Meter Township Thornton Calvin 78 27 Van Meter Township Thornton Isaac 78 27 Van Meter Township Vanmeter Jacob R 78 27 Van Meter Township Walbridge George N 78 27 Van Meter Township Watts Thomas B 78 27 Van Meter Township Williams Ephraim 78 27 Van Meter Township Williams John 78 27 Van Meter Township Wright Henry 78 27 Van Meter Township Wright James 78 27 Van Meter Township Wright John 78 27 Van Meter Township Wright Levi 78 27 Van Meter Township Alexander John T. 79 27 Adel Township Allen Benjamin F 79 27 Adel Township Bailey Ezekial 79 27 Adel Township Blosser David 79 27 Adel Township Boone William D 79 27 Adel Township Brooks Thomas K 79 27 Adel Township Casady Phinias M 79 27 Adel Township Coffen Benjamin 79 27 Adel Township Coleman Joseph 79 27 Adel Township Culbertson John C 79 27 Adel Township Daniel Francis 79 27 Adel Township Fowler John 79 27 Adel Township Garotte Theodore 79 27 Adel Township Greene Benjamin 79 27 Adel Township Gregg Thomas D 79 27 Adel Township James John 79 27 Adel Township James William 79 27 Adel Township Ludington Henry S 79 27 Adel Township Mericle Benjamin 79 27 Adel Township Miller John 79 27 Adel Township Miller Lewis B 79 27 Adel Township Miller Samuel 79 27 Adel Township Mills James R 79 27 Adel Township Mount John A 79 27 Adel Township Pitt William 79 27 Adel Township Powell Nathaniel J 79 27 Adel Township Rhoadesq Lawrince P 79 27 Adel Township Richards Seth 79 27 Adel Township Scovell Ezra 79 27 Adel Township Scoville Stephen K 79 27 Adel Township Shepherd William H 79 27 Adel Township Stevens Andrew J 79 27 Adel Township Tidrick Robert L 79 27 Adel Township Turner Rice R 79 27 Adel Township Van Fossen Ezra 79 27 Adel Township Williams Ephraim 79 27 Adel Township Williams John 79 27 Adel Township Yost Simon 79 27 Adel Township Andrews Nathan 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Boyd William 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Brown Zachariah 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Burns Lloyd D 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Cartwright William 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Casady Phinias M 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Culbertson John C. 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Hiltebrand David 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Loyd Emory 80 27 Sugar Grove Township McMullin Thomas 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Mason David 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Morris Thomas 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Reasoner Garret 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Richards Seth 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Robinson Zachariah 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Stevens Andrew J 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Strather Reuben M 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Sturgis Solomon 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Taylor Slimmons C 80 27 Sugar Grove Township Flemming E M H 81 27 Beaver Township Atchinson James 78 28 Adams Township Bilderback Charles 78 28 Adams Township Bilderback Ephraim 78 28 Adams Township Bilderback Massam 78 28 Adams Township Campbell Daniel 78 28 Adams Township Casady Phineas M 78 28 Adams Township Chaplin William H 78 28 Adams Township Culbertson John c 78 28 Adams Township Davidson William 78 28 Adams Township Davis George 78 28 Adams Township Davis George W 78 28 Adams Township Delano Mary Ann 78 28 Adams Township Eaton Parley 78 28 Adams Township France Elizabeth 78 28 Adams Township Hickman John 78 28 Adams Township Hill Hastin P 78 28 Adams Township Jones John F 78 28 Adams Township Jones Sarah 78 28 Adams Township King John V 78 28 Adams Township McKean Nathaniel J 78 28 Adams Township Mahan William 78 28 Adams Township Miller Jesse X 78 28 Adams Township Repp Pleasant F 78 28 Adams Township Srader? Jacob L 78 28 Adams Township Van Cleave Benj F 78 28 Adams Township Van Fossen Ezra 78 28 Adams Township Walbridge George W 78 28 Adams Township Wilson Samuel McKee 78 28 Adams Township Byinton LeGrand 79 28 Colfax Township Davis John L 79 28 Colfax Township Harper James H 79 28 Colfax Township Baker Joseph 80 28 Washington Township Cooper Erasmus 80 28 Washington Township Frankes Willis C 80 28 Washington Township Hess Elizabeth 80 28 Washington Township Hilterbrand David 80 28 Washington Township Kendall William 80 28 Washington Township McMullen Thomas 80 28 Washington Township Rouse William 80 28 Washington Township Runyan John 80 28 Washington Township Shelton Chesley 80 28 Washington Township Starbuck David M 80 28 Washington Township Stroudt Ctharine 80 28 Washington Township Strong Anna 80 28 Washington Township Warford Isaac 80 28 Washington Township Culbertson John C 81 28 Spring Valley Township Moore John 81 28 Spring Valley Township Ollom Jacob L 81 28 Spring Valley Township Peters P J 81 28 Spring Valley Township Rouse William 81 28 Spring Valley Township Runyan Franklin 81 28 Spring Valley Township Runyan John 81 28 Spring Valley Township Rush John W 81 28 Spring Valley Township Buckingham Alvah 78 29 Union Township Casady Phineas M 78 29 Union Township Cavenbaugh Thomas 78 29 Union Township Cleveland Joseph 78 29 Union Township Culbertson John C 78 29 Union Township Davis John H 78 29 Union Township Davis John L 78 29 Union Township Gower James H 78 29 Union Township Gregg Thomas 78 29 Union Township Harper Henry 78 29 Union Township Lambert Leroy 78 29 Union Township McMullen Stevens 78 29 Union Township Nicholson John M 78 29 Union Township Noel George W 78 29 Union Township Pancoast Shedlock 78 29 Union Township Perdue Asa 78 29 Union Township Perkins Ellis 78 29 Union Township Powell Nathaniel J 78 29 Union Township Sturgis Solomon 78 29 Union Township Warden George B 78 29 Union Township White Mills 78 29 Union Township Armstrong Martin 79 29 Linn Township Casady Phineas M 79 29 Linn Township Clark Perry 79 29 Linn Township Fuller Resolve 79 29 Linn Township Gower James H 79 29 Linn Township Harper John W 79 29 Linn Township Harper James H 79 29 Linn Township Harper James M 79 29 Linn Township Lambert John 79 29 Linn Township Lambert Joseah 79 29 Linn Township Pardue Asa 79 29 Linn Township Rhoads James 79 29 Linn Township Rosencrance Hiram 79 29 Linn Township Stevens Andrew J 79 29 Linn Township Tannahill Dennison S 79 29 Linn Township Williams Jesse 79 29 Linn Township