Early Land Entries: Stampers Creek Township Early Land Entries of Stampers Creek Township Orange County, Indiana This information is taken from Goodspeed’s 1884 History of Orange County, p. 406, with permission from the Orange County Genealogical Society. The names below were the only entries in the present French Lick Township, prior to January 1, 1813. The second list shows 1813-1820. BURT, Asa October 11, 1811 T1N, R1E, Sec. 1; 160 acres BUSH, William November 25, 1812 T2N, R1E, Sec. 25; 160 acres COPELAND, Thomas April 1, 1812 T1N, R2E, Sec. 18; 160 acres HOPPER, Thomas September 26, 1810 T2N, R2E, Sec. 32; 160 acres HOPPER, Thomas September 21, 1811 T1N, R2E, Sec. 5; 150 acres MAHAN, Peter March 10, 1812 T2N, R1E, Sec. 35; 160 acres SCOTT, Thomas September 18, 1812 T2N, R2E, Sec. 32; 160 acres The following men entered land in this township from January 1, 1813, to January 1, 1820: ALLGOOD, Presley 1817 BAKER, James 1817 BROOKS, William 1815 CONLEY, James 1814 CORNWELL, Peter 1815 DILLARD, William 1818 DOAN, J. W. 1818 DOUGHERTY, George 1814 DOUGHERTY, Henry 1819 DOUGHERTY, John 1818 DOUGHERTY, Robert 1818 DOUGHERTY, Samuel 1814 DOUGHERTY,William 1818 FINDLEY, Harvey 1817 FINLEY, David 1813 GRESHAM, John 1817 HINTON, George 1813 HOLLOWELL, Robert 1817 HOLMES, Hugh 1817 KING, Cornelius 1818 LINDLEY, Zachariah 1817 MARTIN, Robert 1819 MAY, Francis 1816 MONTGOMERY, Robert 1819 MURPHY, James J. 1814 PETERS, George 1815 RANEY, J. 1819 REED, Joshua 1815 RIGNEY, J. 1819 RIGNEY, William 1813 SANDERSON, Robert 1819 SMITH, Humphrey 1817 VANCLEAVE, Benjamin 1813 VANDEVEER, John 1819 WAGONER, Jacob 1814 WAGONER, Jacob 1818 WIBLE, Samuel 1818 WIRE, William 1813 WHITE, William 1816 WOLFE, Henry 1818 WOLFE, John 1819 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Vonda Lee Heverly (© 1997 Vonda Lee Heverly)