[Adapted from a chart in the book "History of Wells County, Indiana, 1776- 1976" by Dorothy Rose and Joyce Buckner, c1975] **NOTE:** Date range indicates the earliest and latest dates of purchase within each section. First land claimants in Rockcreek Township 27 North, Range 11 East Section 1 1836-1837 Sweet, John Parks, James Wetmore, J. Miller, A. Baltzell, J. Howick, S. Section 2 1836-1848 McClelland, Thomas Zimmerlee, David Song, S. Sinclear, J. Morgan, Isaac Sparks, George Morgan, Isaac Dunks, Harris Section 3 1836-1849 Jones, Stephen Higginbotham, B. Reiley, George Long, Samuel George, Russel Hawes, Gray, Hallett Hawes, Gray, Hallett Sparks, Aaron Long, Samuel Section 4 1836-1848 Ivers, William Lewellen, Isaac McCullock, H. Miller, Simon Hawes, Gray & Hallett & Isaac Lewellen Section 5 1836-1849 Hawes, Gray & Hallett Covert, William H. J. Eby, C. Eby, Christian Logan, J. Farley, James Eby, Christian Section 6 1836-1848 Delvin, Edsall & Edsall Hawes, Gray & Hallett Morise &. & L. Beardsley Edsall, Wm. Morse & Beardsley Matchett, Chas Section 7 1836-1848 Sparks, Soloman Jr. Roberts, Paul Draker, Albert Fee, John Miller, Martin Jones, S. Section 8 1833-1836 Farley, J. Smith, William Morse, J. & L. Beardsley Fee, John Smith, William Section 9 1833-1853 Morse, James & Beardsley, Levi Hawes, Gray & Hallett Breckenridge, Theodore Miller, Jacob Snyder, David Section 10 1833-1836 Hawes, Gray & Hallett Hallett, Jacob Shoemaker, George Miller, Jacob Flattery, Jonathan Section 11 1833-1836 Smith, T. T. Smith, T. T. Logan, Joseph Flattery, J. Thomas Thornburg Smith Marguise, Isaac Section 12 1830-1836 Logan, J. Davis, A. Ashbaugh, J. Logan, Joseph Logan, J. Section 13 1834-1836 Ashbaugh, John Wetmore, J. Davis, Amos Nelson, William French, Ezekial Seek, Henry Section 14 1834-1836 Flattery, Jonathan Seek, John Wetmore, J. Seek, John Brown, Benjamin Section 15 1836-1837 Littlefield, Thomas French, Aaron Littlefield, T. Logan, Joseph Brown, B. Rason, Wm Section 16 1847-1849 Conkling, Sam'l & Cora Linscott Dodds, James Jackson, J. Mossey, Wm Redding, John Mosey, W Reddings, A. Lesh, J. Robison, E. Section 17 1835-1836 Gregg, George Bronson, Andrew Sparks, J. Gregg, G. Barton, William Section 18 1835-1836 Fee, John Sparks, Solomon Sparks, J. Gregg, G. Section 19 1835-1836 Bigges, John Redding, William Price, N. Newman, Elizabeth Smith, Betsey & Eleanor Section 20 1835-1836 Powell, M. Draker, Albert Fee, John DeWitt, I. DeWitt, Isaac Smith, Rob't W. Fee, John Section 21 1836-1837 Fee, John Miller, Jacob French, Asa Fee, J. Hatheway, David French, Enos & David Jones, Joseph Section 22 1836-1838 Powell, Mason Moore, John L. Williamson, James Robison, E. Williamson, J. Sparks, J. Moore, John L. Wetmore, J. Section 23 1836 Robison, E. Waugh, Archibald B. Melrose, Charles Melrose, Charles Stobie, W. Burnett, Thomas Section 24 1836 Waugh, A. Baldwin, Buel Hilliard, Joseph Williams, T. French, David & John Moore, John Brown, Harvey Section 25 1836-1839 Tobey, Noah Alderman, John Bunyan, Robert Barton, Nathan Barton, William Section 26 1836-1839 Smith, Lewis D. Shell, William Barton, Wm Bunyon, John Section 27 1836-1837 Willard, Rowland DeWeese, Thomas Breumer, Philip Section 28 1836-1837 Brown, Henry Hatheway, David Jackson, James Davis, Joseph Barton, William Section 29 1835-1836 David Young Davis Johnson, Solomon Davis, Joseph Fee, John Section 30 1835-1836 Price, Nicholas Shuatterly, Joseph Davis, Joseph Section 31 1836 Dunwitt, Robert P. Section 32 1835-1836 Roberts, Robert Fee, john Gregg, George Section 33 1837-1838 Wallace, Thomas Butt, Reason Shetts, Frederick Ellingham, William Murphy, Nathan VanFooser, Levi Section 34 1837-1839 Sheets, Frederic DeWeese, Elizabeth DeWeese, Thomas Hatheway, David Bobo, Zariah Barton, William Section 35 1837-1839 Shell, William Barton, William Pepper, Philip Pepper, Conrad Meek, Stephen Section 36 1836-1839 Souerwine, Louis Souerwine, Peter Miller, Jacob Hart, James Barton, William Moore, Edward ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Cathy Burnsed (© 1998 Cathy Burnsed)