Tama County, Iowa Early Land Records / Index Transcribed by Diana Hanson . Submitted to the USGenWeb Project Archives on July 2nd, 1998. ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ====================================================================== This is the index to the earliest land records of Tama County, Iowa which include many land warrants from the state and the United States government. Many of these deeds give additional information concerning military service and members of their families. SURNAME / FIRST NAME GRANTOR and GRANTEE DATE Atkisson, HN Eastin Morris 9 May 1850 Alger, Charles Robert Wilkison 20 Nov 1854 Atkisson, Horace N United States 10 Jun 1849 Applegate, Eli D Joel W. Richards 10 May 1852 Algeo, Charles Robert Wilkison & Wife 20 Nov 1852 Berryhill, William D John Dutton 16 Dec 1852 Berryhill, Charles H. & Wife James H. Hollen 23 Dec 1853 Berryhill, Charles H. & Wife Thomas W. Davis 11 Feb 1851 Berryhill, James B. D O Geher & wife 4 Mar 1853 Culbertson, John C. & wife Joel U. Richards 27 Sep 1851 Crider, John C. & wife John P. Miller 17 Nov 1851 Cacey, Patrick & Wife Harmum Helms 8 Jan 1853 Connell, John Jonas P. Wood (or James P) 9 Jul 1852 Connell, John et al Norman L. Osborn and wife 28 Jan 1853 Culbertson, John C. Jacob S. Staley 10 Nov 1851 Connell, John Joseph Young and wife 9 May 1853 Deer, Noah and wife Simeon Deer 20 May 1850 Deer, Simeon Noah Deer and wife 20 May 1850 Dutton, John William D. Berryhill 16 Dec 1852 Davis, Thomas W. Charles H. Berryhill and wife 11 Feb 1851 Davis, Thomas W. United States 1 Aug 1851 Elliot , John and wife Frank Emerson 6 Mar 1852 Emerson, Frank John Elliot and wife 6 Mar 1852 Greene, George Nelson Usher 13 Nov 1852 Geher, DO and wife James B. Berryhill 4 Mar 1853 Halloway, Thomas W. William D. Mason and wife 10 Sep 1852 Holenback, John Morgan Reno and wife 28 Aug 1853 Helms, Harnum Patrick Cacey and wife 8 Jan 1853 Hollen, James H Charles H. Berryhill and wife 23 Dec 1853 Lytle, Thomas R Benjamin Williams 9 Dec 1851 Mason, William D. and wife Thomas Halloway 10 Sep 1851 Morris, Eastin HN Atkisson 22 Apr 1850 Miller, John P John Crider 17 Nov 1851 Miller, John P James Smallwood and wife 14 may 1852 Miller, John P United States 27 Sep 1851 Mason, Mahlon J United States 10 Apr 1850 Mason, Mahlon J United States 1 Apr 1850 Mason, Mahlon J United States 1 Jun 1850 Mason, Mahlon J United States 1 Jun 1850 Osborn, Norman L and wife John Connell & William Hichener 28 Jan 1853 Osborn, Norman L and wife Jonas Wood 28 Jan 1853 Opfry, Samuel IJ Tibbets 5 Jan 1849 Petro, Henry John Shelton 19 Aug 1852 Phelps, Samuel William Taylor 5 Jan 1853 Richards, Joel W Eli D. Applegate 10 May 1852 Reno, Morgan and Wife John Holenback 28 AUg 1853 Reno, Morgan and Wife Alfred Snyder 28 Aug 1853 Richards, Joel W John C. Culbertson and wife 27 Sep 1851 Smallwood, James and Wife John P. Miller 14 May 1852 Staley, Jacob S John C. Culbertson 10 Nov 1851 Shelton, John Henry Petro 19 Aug 1852 Snyder, Alfred Morgan Reno and wife 28 Aug 1853 Tibbets, I.W. and wife Samuel Opfry 5 Jan 1849 Taylor, William Stephen Phelps 3 Jan 1853 United States Horace N. Atkisson 10 Jun 1849 United States John P. Miller 27 Sep 1851 United States Mahlon J. Mason 10 Apr 1850 United States Mahlon J. Mason 1 Apr 1851 United States Mahlon J. Mason 1 Jun 1850 United States Mahlon J. Mason 1 Jun 1850 United States Thomas W. Davis 1 Aug 1851 Usher, Nelson George Greene 13 Nov 1852 Wood, Jonas P. (or James P.) John Connell 9 Jul 1852 Wilkison, Robert and wife Charles Algeo 20 Nov 1852 Wilkison, Robert and wife Charles Algeo 20 Nov 1852 Williams, Benjamin Thomas R. Lytle 9 Dec 1851 Young, Joseph John Connell 9 May 1853