Early Land Records of Jefferson Township 23 Range 9 Grant County Indiana Jefferson Twp 23 - Range 9 DATE NAME SECTION ACRES HUNDREDS 30 June 1840 Joseph Vanhorn 1 75 15 15 Feb 1839 Manlove Caldwell 1 65 15 15 Feb 1839 Smith Nixon 1 80 15 Feb 1839 Lorenzo Miles 1 80 30 June 1840 Joseph Vanhorn 1 80 11 Aug 1840 Joseph Snyder 1 80 4 Dec 1838 Timothy Casterline 1 80 14 Dec 1838 John S. Miller 1 80 20 Aug 1838 John Patterson 2 306 6 Oct 1838 Michael Oswalt Jr. 2 240 23 Oct 1839 Geo. Phillips 2 60 10 12 Aug 1836 John Oswalt 3 480 17 Oct 1838 Jane Orin 3 61 14 17 Oct 1838 Chas. Atkinson 3 63 92 2 Feb 1837 Benjamin Harris 4 65 20 22 Sept 1836 John E. Day 4 80 16 July 1836 James Neal 4 63 72 12 Aug 1836 John Oswalt 4 320 18 Oct 1836 James Neal 5 62 52 1 June 1836 Joseph Day 5 80 14 Dec 1836 Lorani Rigdon 5 62 04 14 Dec 1836 Lorani Rigdon 5 40 25 Aug 1836 Jeremiah Hall 5 40 20 Oct 1835 Isaac Truax Jr. 5 160 7 Apr 1836 Zadock Tomlinson 5 160 16 Nov 1835 John Harvey 6 145 64 31 May 1836 Isaac Commons 6 106 73 10 Oct 1835 Eli Rigdon 6 34 52 25 May 1836 Robert Wilson 6 80 16 Nov 1835 John Harvey 6 80 16 July 1836 Wm. Parks 6 40 1 June 1835 Aaron Bates 6 40 13 Apr 1833 James Moorman 7 85 40 12 Dec 1833 Benjamin Rigdon 7 112 25 10 Oct 1835 Eli Rigdon 7 40 12 Dec 1833 Benjamin Rigdon 7 40 10 Oct 1835 Eli Rigdon 7 38 08 26 May 1830 Joseph Wilson 7 56 9 Apr 1835 Josiah Dilley 7 61 47 10 June 1831 Ichabod Dilley 7 105 70 9 Sept 1835 Nathan Dicks 8 57 55 9 Sept 1835 Nathan Dicks 8 80 10 Nov 1836 John Johnson 8 240 13 Apr 1833 James Moorman 8 42 13 Apr 1833 James Moorman 8 114 20 7 Feb 1834 Samuel Coleman 8 37 45 16 July 1836 Josephus Reed 9 160 17 Nov 1835 Jacob Yerkes 9 80 9 Sept 1835 Jacob Yerkes 9 80 17 Jan 1835 James Forehand 9 80 10 July 1836 Joseph Reed 9 80 10 July 1836 Joseph Reed 9 160 12 Aug 1836 John Oswalt 10 480 13 Oct 1836 Isaac Ballenger 10 80 12 Aug 1836 John Oswalt 10 80 14 Feb 1837 Esau Stanley 11 80 12 Aug 1836 John Oswalt 11 320 19 June 1837 Wm. Lyon 11 80 14 Feb 1837 Seth Brewer 11 40 7 Sept 1838 Esau Stanley 11 40 3 Jan 1839 Esau Stanley 11 40 23 May 1839 Joseph Monroe 12 40 15 Dec 1837 Noah Reasoner 12 240 14 Feb 1837 Seth Brewer 12 40 24 Jan 1837 Samuel McFadden 12 80 19 Oct 1837 Samuel McFadden 12 80 24 Jan 1837 Robert Marshall 12 40 28 May 1839 Noah Reasoner 12 40 2 Dec 1839 George Palmer 12 40 3 Sept 1840 George Palmer 12 40 7 Dec 1849 James Morton 12 40 19 July 1849 Cephus Atkinson 12 40 26 Oct 1836 John Marshall 13 40 19 Feb 1838 Joseph Marshall 13 40 14 Oct 1836 John Marshall 13 40 4 Nov 1836 Alva Clark 13 160 13 June 1837 Elizabeth Marshall 13 40 1 Oct 1838 Garrett Reasoner 13 40 18 Aug 1838 Samuel Sutton 13 80 1 Oct 1838 Garrett Reasoner 13 40 27 Nov 1838 Joseph McKinstray 13 80 1 Mar 1839 Washington Jenkins 13 40 1 Mar 1839 Washington Jenkins 13 40 4 Nov 1836 Geo. Ritchey 14 160 21 Aug 1836 John Oswalt 14 160 6 Sept 1836 Michael Pugh 14 40 10 June 1834 Solomon Reasoner 14 40 17 Dec 1834 Thomas Cussins 14 80 21 Nov 1836 Albert Jenkins 14 120 8 Jan 1850 Jestin Steele 14 40 7 Nov 1836 David Davis 15 80 7 Nov 1836 David Davis 15 40 22 Oct 1836 David Ballenger 15 40 12 Aug 1836 John Oswalt 15 160 7 Nov 1836 Thomas Dean 15 40 10 June 1834 Wm. Shaw 15 40 6 Sept 1836 Michael Pugh 15 40 10 June 1834 Wm. Shaw 15 40 10 June 1834 Wm. Shaw 15 40 6 Sept 1836 Michael Pugh 15 80 16 Mar 1831 James Griffin 17 102 83 9 Mar 1830 James Griffin 17 83 85 25 June 1834 Jesse Moorman 17 80 25 June 1834 James Moorman 17 80 17 Aug 1836 Thomas Lucas 17 80 25 Dec 1835 Aaron D. Bates 17 40 10 Oct 1836 David Bates 17 40 19 Mar 1830 James Griffin 17 106 10 17 Aug 1836 Basil Lucas 18 160 13 July 1836 Ephraim Bates 18 40 10 Oct 1836 Ephraim Bates 18 40 13 July 1836 Ephraim Bates 18 48 56 16 July 1836 Dennis Hart 18 54 84 5 Nov 1835 James S. Wilson 18 80 17 Aug 1836 Thomas Lucas 18 80 15 Nov 1835 Soloman Duling 18 80 23 Apr 1836 Jesse Moorman 19 80 13 June 1832 Jacob Eltzroth 19 80 3 Nov 1834 John M. Wilson 19 80 5 Sept 1835 Miles Gray 19 60 24 24 Oct 1835 Samuel Todd 19 147 80 26 Oct 1836 Henry W. Price 19 80 28 Sept 1836 Robert Wilson 19 80 29 Oct 1834 John Ogan 20 80 16 July 1836 Benjamin Bixler 20 160 23 Apr 1836 James Moorman 20 80 21 Nov 1836 James Smith 20 160 1 June 1835 John Hinton 20 160 26 July 1836 John Lyon 21 158 25 10 June 1834 James Griffin 21 86 40 29 Oct 1834 John Ogan 21 56 45 18 May 1833 Levi Lewis 21 99 20 18 May 1833 Henry Richards 21 110 7 Aug 1838 Wm. Scott 21 44 15 1 July 1835 David McVicker 22 160 2 Dec 1836 John & Sarah Kelsay 22 80 16 July 1836 John Lyon 22 80 2 Dec 1836 John & Sarah Kelsay 22 80 1 Nov 1836 Isaac Carter 22 80 26 Oct 1836 John Shaw 22 160 21 July 1836 Henry Pratt 23 120 29 Sept 1836 Henry Pratt 23 40 5 Oct 1836 David McVicker 23 41 26 Dec 1836 Elias Lyon 23 40 16 Sept 1836 Elias Lyon 23 40 12 Feb 1838 Reuben H. Barr 23 40 26 Oct 1838 Isaac Lanning 23 160 26 July 1837 Wm. Ward 23 40 28 June 1835 Elizabeth W. Paxton 23 80 9 May 1838 Wm. Ward 23 40 26 Oct 1836 James Staler(Slator) 24 160 21 Nov 1836 Hiram Verner 24 160 25 June 1835 Elizabeth Paxton 24 80 5 Oct 1836 Andrew Geyer 24 160 26 Oct 1836 James Mullin 24 80 22 Oct 1836 Nathan Jones 25 160 22 May 1837 John Needler 25 40 26 Feb 1835 James A. Godberry 25 80 4 Nov 1836 David Needler 25 80 26 Dec 1836 David Needler 25 80 11 Oct 1836 Nathan Jones 25 160 26 May 1846 Wm. Ward 25 40 26 Feb 1835 James A. Godberry 26 80 14 Dec 1836 Robert Wilson 26 160 4 June 1836 James McHenry 26 40 10 June 1834 Peter Culp 26 80 26 Oct 1836 John McFerren 26 160 28 May 1839 Jacob Linder 26 40 13 Oct 1838 Richard Carmine(Cariens)26 40 22 Sept 1838 Tilbury Reid 26 40 30 Sept 1836 Abraham Secrist 27 160 12 July 1836 Sawyer B. Furgus 27 40 7 Nov 1836 Sawyer B. Fergus 27 40 10 May 1833 J.W. Reasoner 27 80 10 May 1833 Joseph Reasoner 27 81 70 10 May 1833 John Reasoner Sr. 27 81 20 4 June 1836 James McHenry 27 160 3 Sept 1833 Sawyer B. Fergus 28 39 90 23 Nov 1833 Thomas Dean 28 108 62 13 Sept 1834 Isaac Carter 28 160 10 June 1834 Henry Richards 28 40 11 May 1835 Henry Richards 28 40 10 June 1834 Henry Richards 28 80 16 Nov 1833 John Hinton 28 72 40 5 Mar 1834 John Hinton 28 74 19 Nov 1835 John Ogan 29 160 1 Nov 1836 Isaac Carter 29 80 1 Nov 1836 David Carter 29 80 23 Nov 1836 David Carter 29 160 1 Nov 1836 Samuel H. Carter 29 80 27 Oct 1836 Henry Richards 29 80 28 Sept 1836 John M. Wilson 30 80 26 Oct 1836 Henry M. Price 30 80 24 Oct 1835 Bingham Symore 30 153 96 7 Mar 1836 Bingham Symore 30 79 36 13 Dec 1836 Aaron Bates 30 80 5 Oct 1836 Thomas Higgins 30 160 21 Nov 1836 Wm. Adsit 31 80 21 Nov 1836 James Terrill 31 167 60 21 Nov 1836 Wm. Adsit 31 160 3 Feb 1840 Daniel Todd 31 97 48 12 Oct 1838 Jonathan Thomas 31 80 9 Nov 1838 Wm. Sears 31 80 5 Feb 1835 John Crawford 32 40 3 Nov 1835 Hugh Crawford 32 40 29 Sept 1835 Lancaster Belle 32 40 4 July 1837 Otho Hardy 32 40 12 Oct 1836 Hugh Crawford 32 80 11 Jan 1837 Thomas Cussins 32 120 3 Feb 1838 Thomas Cussins 32 40 3 Feb 1838 Wm. Hollis 32 40 10 June 1837 Isaac Smith, M.B. Patty & C.B. Streeter 32 80 10 June 1839 Garrett Reasoner 32 40 10 June 1839 Garrett Reasoner 32 40 17 Apr 1852 Samuel C. Vance 32 40 5 Oct 1832 Henry Richards 33 155 36 17 Oct 1834 Henry Richards 33 40 14 Oct 1835 John Hardy 33 40 5 Feb 1835 John Crawford 33 40 2 May 1836 Hugh C. Crawford 33 40 4 June 1836 Jesse Ambum 33 40 6 Dec 1833 Samuel Case 33 40 10 June 1834 John Richards 33 78 50 18 May 1833 John Richards 33 79 80 3 Aug 1835 John Hardy 33 80 12 Dec 1836 Joseph B. Allen 34 40 18 May 1833 Joseph B. Allen 34 40 11 May 1835 Nathan Lewis 34 80 10 May 1833 John Reasoner Sr. 34 75 27 May 1830 Joseph Reasoner 34 71 70 27 May 1830 Joseph Reasoner 34 116 50 18 June 1831 Joseph Reasoner 34 27 23 18 May 1833 Joseph Reasoner 34 158 62 26 Oct 1836 Hiram Rodgers 35 40 9 Oct 1835 Hiram Rodgers 35 40 6 Jan 1837 James Collins 35 40 26 Dec 1836 Ashford Rodgers 35 40 26 Oct 1836 Enoch Parrill 35 40 30 Mar 1837 Enoch Parrill 35 40 26 June 1835 Enoch Parrill 35 80 5 Mar 1834 Joseph Reasoner 35 80 1 July 1835 Michael Pugh 35 80 1 Oct 1836 Joseph Wilson Jr. 35 80 13 Dec 1836 Wm. 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