[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 Union Township 28 North, Range 11 East Section 1 1848 Powell, Aaron McBride, David Tolerton, A. Bell, A. Tolerton Crismore, H. Kitchen, J. Section 2 1847-1848 Walker, William powell, Mason McBride, Robert Bell, William Section 3 1847-1848 Walker, James Rousseau, William Wandall, John Rich, Joseph Section 4 1847-1848 David?, M. Edmundson, James Walker, Leonard Feltz, John Section 5 1848 Chapean Reserve Swalley, John Section 6 1848 Weaver, David Zent, David Griffith, Joseph Pritchard, T. Feltz, J. Section 7 1848 DeWitt, Clark Hixson, John Shewalter, Ephraim Thomas, David Section 8 1847-1848 Smith, Augustus Sonner, W. Eddingfield, J. Campbell, Isaac Stump, Samuel Section 9 1847-1848 Caley, Samuel Newhouse, William Zent, J. Zent, Jacob Section 10 1848 Jarvis, Nelson McBride, William Walker, L. Beeber, Abraham Roysden, Enoch Section 11 1848-1849 Scott, John Bell, James Malrine, Peter Barnett, John Feltz, Edmund Slane, Andrew Byrd, William Section 12 1847=1848 Bagby, Elisha Barrett, James Powell, William Housel, Abraham Section 13 1848-1849 Prough, D. Parks, E. Bates, Wm Tuttle, John Cotton, J. Krewson, Simon Snyder, John Browning, Wm Section 14 1848-1850 Crismore, Henry Prough, Daniel Bell, Archibold Wandall, S. Kitchen, D. Rinear, C. Schoonover, D. Lipkey, William Section 15 1848-1850 Beuber, Abraham Curry, Josiah Curry, Robert Matchett, Jonathan Stump, B. Stump, Benjamin Krewson, J. Jones, J. Section 16 1851 Caley, Samuel Truly?, D. Shart, John Beaty, Joseph Shoup, W. Parks, Eli Lightfoot, W. Gephart, Henry Section 17 1848 Ree, Isaac Weaver, Samuel Roe, F. Miller, Milton Cass, John Section 18 1848-1849 Sink, Henry Smoots, Robert Mahon, Monroe Kohr, Jacob Section 19 1839-1849 Hurley, Thomas Slane, Hugh May, Wm Wilson, Harley K Sink, Henry Section 20 1848-1849 Roe, Ezekiel Criter, Jesse Fisher, Daniel Stephens, Jacob Sheets, Christian Roe, F. Hochstettler, Daniel Mahon, Monroe Section 21 1849 Beaty, Joseph Pritchard, Thomas Fay, J. Rozell, Charles Morgan, Mary Section 22 1848-1853 Wherley, Jonathan Stump, Benjamin Krewson, J. Nelson, S. Fry, John Holloway, A. Soule, I. Harris, James Jr. Section 23 1848-1850 Anthony, Eli Shinn, Merrick Quackenbush, Thomas Roseberry, I. Wolfcale, Abraham Section 24 1848-1849 Osborn, Levi Cotton, William Wilson, J. Keller, Samuel Soule, Isaac Section 25 1837-1838 Wilson, John Hatfield, J. Hatfield, John Clark, Orson Summers, J. Bailey, P. Wasson, J. Clark, David Section 26 1849-1850 Scott, James Osborn, E. Osborn, J. Wolfcale, A. Wolfcale, A. Meeks, G. Key, D. A. Osborn, E. Cartwright, William Section 27 1849-1850 Roysden, Wm Bunnell, John Goshorn, George Scott, James Ohler, Isaac Hoffman, Daniel Section 28 1848-1850 Jackson, J. Stenttz, Thomas Roysden, William Roe, Jeremiah Slane, Andrew DeWitt, F. Livergood, P. Livergood, P. DeWitt, F. Hoopingarner, S. Section 29 1839-1849 Maddux, John Miller, D. Miller, Jacob Section 30 1837-1848 Karnes, J. Karnes, J. Miller, J. Brown, William Fleenor, D. Brown, William Brown, William Section 31 1836-1853 Fleenor, David Barrond, Peter Pierson, B. Pierson, B. Fagg, M. Monroe, Nimrod H. C. Section 32 1838-1849 Couert, Ellison Keller, A. Kaine, John Gray, Jacob C. Section 33 1839-1853 Livergood, Peter Hoopingarner, Sol. Willoughby, Thomas May, A. Jones, Meshach Picket, Isaac C. Section 34 1849-1851 Smith, M. Richards, Solomon Marquis, James DeWitt, A. Looel, J. Looel, Joseph Studabaker, William Section 35 1837-1851 Forbes, William Meyers, F. Lipskey, H. Cowert, Isaac Meeks, G. Turnbull, James Hale, Bowen Covert, Isaac Covert, Isaac Meyers, Frederick Section 36 1836-1848 Pritchard, T. McCulloch, H. Summers, John Brown, George Miller, Michal Gary, Catharine ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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)