Early Land Records of Fairmount Township 23 Range 8 Grant County Indiana Fairmount Twp 23 - Range 8 DATE NAME SECTION ACRES HUNDREDS 3 May 1836 Isaac Commons 1 72 24 12 Sept 1837 Isaac Roberts 1 40 1 Apr 1835 David Jay 1 132 89 5 Sept 1835 Richard Morris 1 160 9 Oct 1835 Richard Morris 1 160 7 Sept 1839 Thomas Jay 1 40 12 Aug 1836 Daniel Brooks 2 41 30 8 Mar 1836 Isaiah Thomas Jr. 2 80 16 July 1836 Phineas Roberts 2 38 33 12 July 1837 Absalom Hollingsworth 2 40 7 Mar 1836 Phineas Roberts 2 40 12 Sept 1836 Daniel Bates 2 40 4 Nov 1833 William Bates 2 40 17 Nov 1835 John Wilson 2 40 13 Dec 1833 Aaron Shidler 2 40 10 June 1834 Burtney W. Ruley 2 80 13 Dec 1833 Aaron Shilder 2 40 25 Aug 1836 Lucy Ann Wilson 2 40 7 Mar 1836 Wm. Roberts 3 37 47 30 Nov 1835 Absalom Hollingsworth 3 80 10 June 1834 Richard Hollingsworth 3 79 79 7 Mar 1834 James Forehand 3 40 4 Dec 1829 John Bates 3 104 72 21 Jan 1829 William Bates 3 55 56 10 June 1834 David Moreland 3 64 30 17 Nov 1835 John Wilson 3 40 23 Dec 1833 Daniel Bates 3 40 29 June 1829 John Benbow 4 76 86 18 Feb 1829 Robert McCormick 4 48 06 18 Feb 1829 Robert McCormick 4 80 18 Feb 1829 Jacob McCormick 4 50 36 8 Sept 1829 Caleb Smith 4 80 13 July 1835 Obadiah Jones 4 80 22 Oct 1833 Jacob McCormick 4 60 09 16 Dec 1833 Denny Jay 5 135 76 16 Dec 1833 James Jay 5 138 94 31 Mar 1836 Isaac Marquess 5 80 10 June 1834 Charles Thomas 5 80 14 Sept 1835 Jesse Moorman 5 40 10 Dec 1833 David Winslow 5 40 24 June 1829 Samuel Russell 5 80 31 Mar 1836 Joseph Holman 6 146 04 17 Apr 1835 David Willcuts 6 150 57 4 Apr 1836 David Willcuts 6 158 48 23 Nov 1836 David Willcuts 6 80 31 Mar 1836 Isaac Marquess 6 80 24 Mar 1836 Joseph Holman 7 80 3 Feb 1837 David Willcuts 7 160 1 June 1836 Peter Lawrence 7 80 60 17 Apr 1835 Isaac Meek 7 80 20 19 Apr 1836 Jacob & Wm. Ward 7 160 1 Apr 1839 A.G. Scott & Wm. J.Reed 7 80 24 June 1829 John Russell 8 80 28 Dec 1829 John Smith 8 80 13 Mar 1832 Jese Moorman 8 80 14 Sept 1835 Jesse Moorman 8 40 15 May 1837 Jesse Moorman 8 40 20 Oct 1831 Solomon Wright 8 80 16 Mar 1831 Solomon Wright 8 80 18 Dec 1829 Aaron Hill 8 80 16 Mar 1831 Aaron Hill 8 80 22 Sept 1830 Jacob McCormack 9 80 14 Feb 1835 Samuel Russell 9 160 26 June 1829 John Russell 9 80 10 June 1834 Daniel Frazier 9 80 9 Apr 1836 Henry S. Goode 9 80 29 Dec 1835 Thomas Hill 9 80 23 Nov 1836 Michael Weesner 9 80 17 July 1829 Ephraim Bates 10 32 22 21 Jan 1829 John Dolman 10 45 94 21 Jan 1829 William Bates 10 73 73 22 Sept 1830 Martin Bates 10 80 31 Mar 1830 Ichabod Dille 10 80 29 Dec 1833 Ichabod Dille 10 40 26 July 1836 James Baldwin 10 40 18 June 1830 Jacob H. Johnson 10 80 22 Oct 1833 John Dolman 10 80 4 Nov 1833 John L. Dolman 10 80 3 Nov 1834 John M. Wilson 11 80 14 July 1835 John Shidler 11 40 25 June 1835 Robert Wilson 11 40 27 May 1830 Joseph Wilson 11 210 86 27 Jan 1829 Robert McCormack 11 152 89 27 May 1830 Joseph Wilson 11 89 30 10 Nov 1834 John Johnson 12 276 57 9 Sept 1835 Jacob Yerkes 12 40 23 Dec 1833 Thomas Coleman 12 40 26 Dec 1829 Thomas Coleman 12 105 76 10 June 1829 Josiah Dille 12 151 37 10 May 1836 Gabriel Johnson 13 160 26 Sept 1834 John F. McCormack 13 40 18 Mar 1833 John F. McCormack 13 80 13 Dec 1834 John Shidler 13 40 20 Apr 1836 Robert McCormack 13 80 6 Aug 1836 Jonathan McCormack 13 80 23 Oct 1835 Dennis Hart 13 160 15 Aug 1829 Robert McCormack 14 80 27 Sept 1829 Robert McCormack 14 160 4 Dec 1833 Robert McCormack 14 80 16 Sept 1836 Jabez H. Moore 14 40 9 Dec 1836 John F. Swift 14 40 7 Mar 1836 Josiah Nixon 14 80 4 Aug 1830 Chas. Baldwin 14 80 7 Mar 1836 John McCormack 14 80 7 Mar 1836 Robert McCormack 15 160 12 Sept 1835 Elijah Lucas 15 160 3 Mar 1835 Lewis Moorman 15 80 7 Mar 1836 Absalom Hollingsworth 15 120 9 Dec 1836 Zachariah Flaugher 15 40 26 July 1836 Zachariah Flaugher 15 80 No entries were recorded for Section 16 20 Oct 1831 Matthew Winslow 17 80 28 Dec 1829 Matthew Winslow 17 80 28 Dec 1829 Joseph Winslow 17 160 28 Dec 1829 Axam Newby 17 160 31 Oct 1831 Chas. Baldwin 17 80 19 Oct 1836 Abraham Adamson 17 80 16 Mar 1836 Henry Harvey 18 80 10 Oct 1832 Thomas Harvey 18 40 15 Feb 1833 Thomas Harvey 18 40 31 May 1837 Thomas Harvey 18 80 7 Mar 1836 Josiah Nixon 18 79 96 27 May 1836 Thomas Winslow 18 79 84 7 Mar 1836 Thomas Edgerton 18 160 30 Apr 1836 James Hutson 18 40 7 Mar 1836 Wm. Osborn 18 40 2 Jan 1836 Dugan Rush 19 80 7 Nov 1835 Dugan Rush 19 40 8 June 1837 Hopkin Richardson 19 40 10 Oct 1836 Thomas Winslow 19 40 24 May 1837 Phineas Henley 19 40 27 May 1836 Thomas Winslow 19 79 76 27 May 1836 Jacob Hale 19 79 64 3 Dec 1836 Jacob Hale 19 40 1 Nov 1836 Iredel Rush 19 40 13 Jan 1834 Iredel Rush 19 40 7 Mar 1837 Briton Wall 19 40 5 Feb 1837 Peter Rich 19 80 10 Oct 1832 Jesse Harvey 20 80 16 Dec 1833 Benjamin Benbow 20 80 20 Oct 1831 Seth Winslow 20 80 28 Dec 1829 Seth Winslow 20 80 16 Mar 1831 Iredel Rush 20 80 9 Apr 1832 Nathan Morris 20 160 2 July 1835 Solomon Parsons 20 80 16 Mar 1836 Eli Moorman 21 40 20 July 1836 Charles Smith 21 40 19 June 1835 Thomas Ratliff 21 80 23 May 1836 Eli Charles 21 160 23 May 1836 Micajah Henley 21 160 23 May 1836 Thomas Charles 21 160 17 May 1836 Otho Selby 22 160 26 July 1836 Chas. Smith 22 80 3 Mar 1835 Lewis Moorman 22 40 26 July 1836 Chas. Smith 22 40 23 May 1836 Wm. Harvey 22 160 23 Nov 1836 Micajah Weesner 22 80 4 Sept 1839 Otho Selby 22 40 1 Feb 1838 Alexander McKee 22 40 25 May 1836 Robert McCormack 23 40 4 Sept 1837 Timothy Kelley 23 40 9 Aug 1830 Solomon Thomas 23 80 16 Nov 1835 Timothy Kelley 23 80 11 July 1835 Timothy Kelley 23 40 17 Apr 1835 Owen Osborne 23 40 1 Feb 1838 Alexander McKee 23 80 19 Oct 1849 Jacob Jones 23 40 5 Sept 1834 Miles Gray 24 80 25 May 1836 John Fankboner 24 80 21 June 1837 Jacob H. Johnson 24 40 14 May 1836 John Hartman 24 40 15 Nov 1837 John J. Heavlin 24 40 13 June 1832 Jacob Eltzroth 24 80 14 May 1836 Wm. H. Smith 24 40 14 May 1836 John Hartman 24 80 28 Sept 1836 David Bates 24 80 26 Sept 1836 Catherine McCormick 24 80 24 Oct 1835 Bingham Simons 25 80 5 Nov 1835 James S. Wilson 25 80 9 Sept 1835 Nathan Dicks 25 160 4 May 1836 Wm. Leach 25 160 13 Oct 1836 Jonathan Reeder 25 160 9 Sept 1835 Nathan Dicks 26 160 3 Feb 1837 Joseph W. Welch 26 80 17 Jan 1835 John Weston 26 80 9 Feb 1837 Joseph Weston Sr. 26 80 19 May 1836 Alexander McKee 26 160 22 Nov 1838 Amaziah Beeson 26 80 15 Nov 1837 John J. Heavlin 27 40 22 Nov 1837 Amaziah Beeson 27 80 21 Jan 1837 John Baldwin 27 40 8 Oct 1835 John Lee Jr. 27 40 30 Jan 1837 John Baldwin 27 80 8 May 1836 John Ricketts 27 40 17 Mar 1837 Thomas Osborn 27 40 14 Dec 1836 John Lee Jr. 27 40 8 Oct 1835 John Lee Sr. 27 40 9 Feb 1837 John Weston 27 40 28 Feb 1838 Amaziah Beeson 27 40 12 July 1838 Amaziah Beeson 27 40 19 Nov 1838 Jesse Lee 27 40 22 Nov 1839 Charles Beeson 27 40 29 Dec 1835 Chas. Henshaw 28 40 22 July 1836 Chas. Henshaw 28 40 16 Mar 1836 Thomas Ratliff 28 120 26 July 1836 Solomon Parsons 28 40 25 May 1836 David Stanfield 28 240 25 May 1836 Moses Benbow 28 80 28 May 1836 John Ricketts 28 40 7 Mar 1836 Owen E. Osborn 28 40 29 Sept 1835 Hopkin Richardson 29 40 27 Aug 1833 Henry Osborn 29 40 16 Dec 1833 Daniel Baldwin 29 80 9 Apr 1832 John Benbow 29 80 30 Nov 1831 John Benbow 29 80 7 Oct 1833 Thomas Baldwin 29 40 13 Jan 1834 Thomas Baldwin 29 40 22 Oct 1836 Daniel Baldwin 29 40 7 Mar 1836 Lancaster Bell 29 40 10 June 1834 Ann Hunt 29 160 30 Nov 1831 John Benbow 30 80 23 July 1836 Samuel Parsons 30 80 22 Oct 1836 Daniel Baldwin 30 80 2 Nov 1836 Micajah Weesner 30 79 20 7 Mar 1836 John Gregg 30 40 7 Mar 1836 John Gregg 30 160 9 Apr 1832 Thomas Morris 30 80 21 Mar 1836 Wm. J. Ball 31 80 10 June 1834 Ann Hunt 31 160 11 Apr 1836 Lewis Jones 31 73 60 18 Feb 1835 Jonathan Willcutts 31 64 84 10 Dec 1833 Thomas Baldwin 31 80 7 Mar 1836 Jonathan Willcutts 31 40 8 Aug 1836 Jonathan Willcutts 31 40 18 Oct 1834 Thomas Baldwin 31 80 30 Jan 1837 Walter Roberts 32 80 24 Oct 1837 Henry Jackson 32 40 12 Jan 1837 John Benbow Jr. 32 40 1 May 1835 Wyley Davis 32 80 2 Nov 1836 Carter Hastings 32 40 18 Feb 1835 Carter Hastings 32 40 7 Mar 1836 Thomas Baldwin 32 40 1 June 1836 Zeno Mote 32 120 1 June 1836 David Mote 32 80 1 June 1836 Luke Mote 32 80 25 Aug 1836 Joel Hollingsworth 33 80 19 Oct 1836 Abraham Adamson 33 160 25 May 1836 David Stanfield 33 80 25 May 1836 David Stanfield Jr. 33 80 2 Jan 1835 Henry Osborn 33 40 26 Oct 1838 Franklin Davis 33 40 1 Jan 1838 Nathan Davis 33 120 13 Mar 1852 Jacob Bayer 33 40 18 Mar 1836 Joseph Weston Jr. 34 80 11 Mar 1836 Joseph Weston Sr. 34 80 23 Nov 1836 Nathan Lee 34 40 5 Nov 1835 Nathan Lee 34 40 30 Jan 1837 Walter Roberts 34 80 20 Jan 1837 Joel Hollingsworth 34 80 5 Aug 1836 Nathan Hammer 34 80 23 Oct 1835 Joseph Weston 34 160 9 Feb 1837 Joseph Weston Sr. 35 160 18 May 1836 Thomas Weston 35 80 7 Apr 1836 Lewis Harrison 35 80 23 Sept 1837 James W. Davis 35 40 29 Sept 1829 James W. Davis 35 80 11 Mar 1839 Jacob Myers 35 40 11 Oct 1838 Geo. W. Bowers 35 80 30 Aug 1837 Henry Simons 36 80 2 Feb 1837 William Bates 36 80 4 May 1836 William Leach 36 160 7 Mar 1836 William Leach 36 80 4 May 1836 William Leach 36 80 13 Oct 1836 Joseph Corn 36 160 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sheila D. Watson (© 1998 Sheila D. Watson)