Wisconsin Land Patents Database: Brown County - Surnames T-Z ****************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. 18:39 11/14/1999 Contributed by Joy Fisher and Tina Vickery ****************************************************************** Wisconsin Land Patents Database The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) inherited the functions of the General Land Office when it was established by Congress in 1946. The Wisconsin Land Patents Database, derived from General Land Office and BLM information, contains deeds (primarily patents) issued by the United States in the region now known as the State of Wisconsin between 1807 and 1907. While BLM has been referred to as "the Nations record keeper", it is the National Archives that actually keeps the files. The BLM, maintains diagrammatic plats known as Master Title Plats, which depict lands which are owned by the United States and lands which are patented. However, these plats do not have any information about who the lands were patented to. That information which has only been available after tedious research, it is available now in this database. The Wisconsin Land Patents Database contains the following information for each land transaction: date, location (township, range, section), name of person the land was patented to, county, date, and the patent document identification number. Using this information, you can access the Bureau of Land Management web site and view a copy of the original document. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ The document can be saved to disk, printed out, or merely viewed. Certified copies of the document can be orderd on their web site as well. The National Archives will also send you a copy of the patent file for $10 from at the following address: Reference Branch (Lands) National Archives Washington, DC 20408 (202) 501-5428 You need to submit your request on a copy of Form 84. To get the form, send an e-mail message to inquire@nara.gov In the body of the message, be sure to ask for Form 84 "Order for Copies of Land Entry Files", tell them how many copies you want (get at least 2, in case you make a mistake) and give your name and snail address so they can send you the forms. (Or you can send a snail mail letter to above address). Sending by e-mail takes less than a week; by snail mail both ways takes about 2 weeks. All of the twps and ranges in WI are measured from the 4th Principal Meridian. WI Land Offices 01 Ashland 02 Bayfield 03 Eau Claire 04 Falls St. Croix 05 Green Bay 06 Hudson 07 La Crosse 08 Menasha 09 Milwaukee 10 Mineral Point 11 Muskaday 12 Stevens Point 13 Superior 14 Wausau 15 Willow River 16 Wisconsin PATENT_L_N PATENT_F_N PATENT_M_I SECTION_NR TOWNSHIP RANGE TOTAL_ACRE L_O_CODE DOCUMENT_N SIGN_DATE REMARKS TAGGART WILLIAM M 20 23 N 22 E 0 08 22948 1858/02/22 TAGGART WILLIAM M 17 23 N 22 E 120 08 22948 1858/02/22 TAYLOR FREDERICK F 33 21 N 21 E 0 08 20199 1858/02/22 TAYLOR FREDERICK F 33 21 N 21 E 160 08 20199 1858/02/22 TAYLOR JAMES 17 24 N 20 E 40 05 14570 1850/08/10 TAYLOR TEHAN 10 24 N 20 E 117.54 05 6864 1848/07/01 TAYLOR TEHAN 10 24 N 20 E 0 05 6864 1848/07/01 TAYSEN JOHN J 15 24 N 22 E 80 05 10268 1849/08/01 THIRY CELESTIN 36 25 N 22 E 80 08 20887 1858/02/22 THOENMER FRIEDRICH A 34 22 N 19 E 80 08 25622 1860/01/03 THOMPSON ALEXANDER 25 24 N 22 E 0 08 19140 1858/02/22 THOMPSON ALEXANDER 25 24 N 22 E 0 08 19140 1858/02/22 THOMPSON JAMES H 10 21 N 19 E 0 05 1685 1837/11/07 ASSIGNEE OF JAMES D DOTY THOMPSON JOHN 29 21 N 21 E 0 08 19167 1858/02/22 THOMPSON JOHN 29 21 N 21 E 160 08 19167 1858/02/22 THOMPSON LINUS 13 24 N 21 E 160 05 21 1843/02/01 AMABLE JERVAIS THOMPSON LINUS 13 24 N 21 E 160 05 21 1841/12/13 AMABLE JERVAIS THOMPSON LINUS 26 24 N 21 E 160 05 815 1837/08/10 THOMPSON LINUS 15 25 N 22 E 25.5 05 1159 1837/08/10 THOMPSON WILLIAM 30 21 N 21 E 160 08 19166 1858/02/22 TIERNAN JOHN 0 24 N 20 E 4 08 124 1869/11/04 FORT HOWARD RESERVATION TIERNAN JOHN 0 24 N 20 E 4 08 111 1866/12/01 FORT HOWARD RESERVATION TIERNAN JOHN 0 24 N 20 E 4 08 154 1868/05/05 FORT HOWARD RESERVATION TIERNAN JOHN 0 24 N 20 E 4 08 155 1868/05/05 FORT HOWARD RESERVATION TIERNAN JOHN 0 24 N 20 E 4 08 110 1866/12/01 FORT HOWARD RESERVATION TIMLIN EDWARD 25 21 N 21 E 120 08 19261 1858/02/22 TIMLIN EDWARD 25 21 N 21 E 0 08 19261 1858/02/22 TOBELUIS MATHIAS 31 24 N 22 E 40 05 6368 1848/02/01 TOHER LAWRENCE 18 21 N 21 E 44 08 20919 1858/02/22 TONNON CECELIEN J 0 24 N 20 E 20.34 08 35 1866/12/01 FORT HOWARD RESERVATION TONNON CECELIEN J 0 24 N 20 E 17.86 08 34 1866/12/01 FORT HOWARD RESERVATION TOUNON CECILIEN J 16 24 N 20 E 0 08 26476 1865/11/15 TOUNON CECILIEN J 16 24 N 20 E 57.25 08 26476 1865/11/15 TOWNSEND CHESTER C 10 23 N 22 E 320 08 22092 1858/02/22 TOWNSEND CHESTER C 10 23 N 22 E 0 08 22092 1858/02/22 TOWNSEND CHESTER C 10 23 N 22 E 0 08 22092 1858/02/22 TRIPP ROBERT 1 25 N 19 E 0 08 413 1876/02/15 TRIPP ROBERT 1 25 N 19 E 80 08 413 1876/02/15 TRUDELL THEODULPHE 2 24 N 19 E 40 08 21686 1858/02/22 TULLAR CHARLES 33 23 N 20 E 65.35 05 396 1837/08/10 TUTTLE ALBERT 30 22 N 20 E 40 08 237 1873/01/25 TUTTLE SAMUEL 21 23 N 21 E 160 05 2085 1838/09/01 UNDERWOOD DEMMING 23 23 N 21 E 40 08 26810 1866/10/10 VALT MICHAEL 30 24 N 22 E 40.51 05 2628 1846/09/01 VALT MICHAEL 25 24 N 21 E 40 05 2627 1846/09/01 VALT MICHAEL 30 24 N 22 E 41.64 05 11712 1849/08/01 VAN ARD JOHN 34 21 N 19 E 40 05 15607 1852/08/02 VAN DE HEI CORNELIUS 34 21 N 19 E 40 05 12906 1849/09/01 VAN DE ZANDEN LORENZ 14 24 N 22 E 0 08 24219 1858/02/22 VAN DE ZANDEN LORENZ 14 24 N 22 E 120 08 24219 1858/02/22 VAN DER LEEST ARNOLD 0 23 N 21 E 46.24 08 26596 1869/08/05 PRIVATE CLAIM #11 EAST OF DEVILS RIVER VAN ESMEN ANNA C 4 23 N 22 E 314.92 08 18925 1858/02/22 VANCASTER PETER 34 24 N 22 E 40 08 24147 1858/02/22 VANDENACK PROSPERT 26 25 N 22 E 40 08 25881 1860/04/02 VANDENBOSCH PETER 5 23 N 22 E 40 08 23647 1858/02/22 VANDENOCK HENRY J 27 25 N 22 E 40 08 24507 1858/02/22 VANDER KINDEN PETER 12 22 N 22 E 80 08 22378 1858/02/22 VANDERBECK ALPHONSE 26 25 N 22 E 40 08 26130 1862/04/10 VANDERBEEK JEAN B 27 25 N 22 E 40 08 20982 1858/02/22 VANDERMISSEN JEAN J 28 25 N 22 E 40 08 24850 1859/05/02 VANDERPOEL AARON 33 23 N 21 E 446.15 05 1765 1837/09/01 VANDERPOEL AARON 4 22 N 21 E 0 05 1765 1837/09/01 VANDERPOEL AARON 29 23 N 21 E 142.04 05 1569 1837/05/15 VANDERVESE MARIE A 35 25 N 22 E 40 08 24495 1858/02/22 VANDERVEST JOSEPH 11 24 N 22 E 40 08 21755 1858/02/22 VANDRISE GABRIEL 28 25 N 22 E 40 08 20981 1858/02/22 VANHOSMAL EUGENE 24 24 N 22 E 40 08 22419 1858/02/22 VANHOSMAL HENRY J 24 24 N 22 E 40 08 22269 1858/02/22 VANNESSE JEAN B 36 24 N 22 E 40 08 22720 1858/02/22 VARAGAN JEAN J 34 25 N 22 E 40 08 22013 1858/02/22 VARLT MICHAEL 25 24 N 21 E 40 05 2568 1846/09/01 VASE CHRISTOPH 27 24 N 22 E 40 08 22311 1858/02/22 VEAUX JOSEPH 5 22 N 20 E 44.84 05 3814 1848/05/10 VECKMAN PIERRE J 35 24 N 22 E 80 08 21976 1858/02/22 VER CAMPEN HENRICUS 34 21 N 19 E 40 05 14954 1850/08/10 VERBONCUER HENRY 19 24 N 22 E 40 05 2661 1846/09/01 VERBONCUER THOMAS 19 24 N 22 E 80 05 2684 1846/09/01 VERHUIZEN JOHN J 36 24 N 22 E 40 08 24610 1858/02/22 VERKUILEN MARTINUS 35 21 N 19 E 40 05 12718 1849/09/01 VILLIESSE JEAN B 23 25 N 22 E 80 08 21756 1858/02/22 VILLIESSE JEAN C 23 25 N 22 E 80 08 23362 1858/02/22 VINCENT JEAN 5 23 N 22 E 40 08 25216 1860/01/03 VINCENT JEAN B 33 25 N 22 E 40 08 19431 1856/04/10 VINCENT JEAN B 33 25 N 22 E 40 08 18721 1858/02/22 VRAIBOS JEAN J 33 25 N 22 E 40 08 24217 1858/02/22 WALD THOMAS 4 23 N 22 E 40 08 17055 1854/10/02 WALD THOMAS 4 23 N 22 E 38.1 08 17679 1856/04/01 WALLACE SARAH G 17 24 N 20 E 40 05 15726 1854/10/02 WARD DAVID 21 24 N 20 E 80.09 05 4052 1848/05/10 WARD DAVID 3 21 N 19 E 77.25 05 357 1843/02/01 ASSIGNEE OF HOEL S WRIGHT WARD DAVID 3 21 N 19 E 0 05 357 1843/02/01 ASSIGNEE OF HOEL S WRIGHT WARD DAVID 10 21 N 19 E 40 05 2209 1843/02/01 WARD DAVID 11 21 N 19 E 160 05 1146 1837/08/10 WARD DAVID 10 21 N 19 E 80 05 361 1837/08/10 WARD DAVID 10 21 N 19 E 80 05 2208 1843/02/01 WARD EDWARD 17 22 N 20 E 80 05 1157 1837/08/10 WARD MILTON W 23 25 N 20 E 40 08 19007 1858/02/22 WATKINS SAMUEL 31 25 N 22 E 77.04 05 619 1837/08/10 WATKINS SAMUEL 31 25 N 22 E 80 05 620 1837/08/10 WATT MICHAEL 6 23 N 22 E 38.13 05 15527 1852/08/02 WEBB JOHN C 11 25 N 20 E 40 08 17668 1854/11/02 WEBB JOHN C 11 25 N 20 E 0 08 16483 1854/10/02 WEBB JOHN C 15 25 N 20 E 40 08 16485 1854/10/02 WEBB JOHN C 3 25 N 20 E 80 08 16484 1854/10/02 WEBB JOHN C 11 25 N 20 E 0 08 17667 1856/04/01 WEBB JOHN C 14 25 N 20 E 44 08 17557 1854/11/02 WEBB JOHN C 23 25 N 20 E 40 08 17670 1854/11/02 WEBB JOHN C 11 25 N 20 E 80 08 16483 1854/10/02 WEBB JOHN C 10 25 N 20 E 0 08 17669 1854/11/02 WEBB JOHN C 15 25 N 20 E 40 08 17666 1856/04/01 WEBB JOHN C 23 25 N 20 E 40 08 17671 1854/11/02 WEBB JOHN C 11 25 N 20 E 40 08 16482 1854/10/02 WEBB JOHN C 10 25 N 20 E 0 08 16481 1854/10/02 WEBB JOHN C 2 25 N 20 E 0 08 16484 1854/10/02 WEBB JOHN C 10 25 N 20 E 120 08 16481 1854/10/02 WEBB JOHN C 10 25 N 20 E 80 08 17669 1854/11/02 WEBB JOHN C 11 25 N 20 E 120 08 17667 1856/04/01 WEBER HUBERT 17 22 N 22 E 80 08 24161 1858/02/22 WEBER THOMAS 28 24 N 22 E 40 05 14060 1850/03/01 WEBSTER LEVI 36 22 N 19 E 80 05 2203 1843/02/01 WEBSTER LEVI 20 23 N 20 E 67.25 05 14445 1850/03/01 WEIGAND JOHN V 26 24 N 22 E 0 05 15511 1854/10/02 WEIGAND JOHN V 26 24 N 22 E 120 05 15511 1854/10/02 WENNER PETER 20 22 N 22 E 80 08 22033 1865/03/01 WERNIER JACQUES J 26 25 N 22 E 40 08 25349 1859/05/02 WESTPHAL HERMAN 28 22 N 22 E 80 08 18622 1858/02/22 WEYENBERG MARTIN 12 25 N 19 E 40 08 23266 1858/02/22 WHALEN PATRICK 25 21 N 21 E 80 08 19845 1858/02/22 WHALIN THOMAS 2 22 N 22 E 0 08 21803 1858/02/22 WHALIN THOMAS 1 22 N 22 E 120 08 21803 1858/02/22 WHEELER EDWIN 19 23 N 22 E 40 08 22947 1858/02/22 WHITCOMB LEVI 29 25 N 20 E 40 08 18959 1858/02/22 WHITCOMB WALTER S 11 25 N 19 E 80 08 23302 1858/02/22 WHITE GEORGE 22 23 N 21 E 160 05 1889 1837/11/07 WHITE GEORGE 14 23 N 21 E 0 05 1889 1837/11/07 WHITE GEORGE 34 24 N 21 E 80 05 1263 1837/08/10 WHITE GEORGE 2 23 N 21 E 198 05 1215 1837/08/10 WHITE GEORGE 2 23 N 21 E 0 05 1215 1837/08/10 WHITE GEORGE 34 24 N 21 E 160 05 812 1837/08/10 WHITE GEORGE 35 24 N 21 E 80 05 810 1837/08/10 WHITE GEORGE 34 24 N 21 E 40 05 811 1837/08/10 WHITE GEORGE 34 24 N 21 E 0 05 812 1837/08/10 WHITE GEORGE 2 23 N 21 E 38 05 1143 1837/08/10 WHITE GEORGE 3 23 N 21 E 38.27 05 1144 1837/08/10 WHITE STEPHEN 3 23 N 21 E 80 05 1985 1838/09/01 WHITESIDES SAMUEL 14 22 N 20 E 80 05 14901 1850/08/10 WHITNEY DANIEL 13 25 N 22 E 80 05 1915 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 22 25 N 22 E 36.5 05 1905 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 13 25 N 22 E 0 05 1906 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 22 25 N 22 E 200 05 1725 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 14 25 N 22 E 53.5 05 1164 1837/08/10 WHITNEY DANIEL 13 25 N 22 E 0 05 1906 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 13 25 N 22 E 145.8 05 1906 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 21 23 N 21 E 80 05 823 1837/08/10 WHITNEY DANIEL 13 25 N 22 E 0 05 1912 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 21 25 N 22 E 0 05 1904 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 14 25 N 22 E 0 05 1911 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 3 23 N 21 E 39.53 05 1902 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 14 25 N 22 E 56.1 05 1200 1837/08/10 WHITNEY DANIEL 22 25 N 22 E 0 05 1725 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 36 25 N 21 E 32.78 05 436 1837/08/10 WHITNEY DANIEL 5 22 N 20 E 59.9 05 389 1837/08/10 WHITNEY DANIEL 14 25 N 22 E 115.8 05 1911 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 24 24 N 21 E 80 05 404 1837/08/10 WHITNEY DANIEL 5 22 N 20 E 36.12 05 4028 1848/05/10 WHITNEY DANIEL 19 22 N 20 E 77.79 05 376 1837/08/10 WHITNEY DANIEL 21 25 N 22 E 109 05 1904 1837/11/07 WHITNEY DANIEL 13 25 N 22 E 80 05 1912 1837/11/07 WILKOWSKI DAVID 19 22 N 22 E 80 08 23831 1858/02/22 WILKOWSKI JUSTINA 20 22 N 22 E 160 08 20908 1858/02/22 WILKOWSKI JUSTINA 20 22 N 22 E 0 08 20908 1858/02/22 WILLEMS ENGELBERTUS 30 22 N 20 E 40 08 522 1878/03/20 WILLIAMS GEORGE 27 25 N 22 E 40 08 21341 1858/02/22 WILLIAMS HENRY 27 21 N 21 E 80 08 18781 1858/02/22 WILLIAMS POLYDOR 26 25 N 22 E 40 08 26198 1862/08/15 WILLIS WILLIAM 12 25 N 19 E 40 08 50 1869/12/10 WIRTHS JOHN 13 23 N 21 E 40 08 22264 1858/02/22 WOLLENFANG JOHN A 32 25 N 20 E 80 08 18503 1856/04/01 WOOD WILLIAM J 1 23 N 21 E 313 05 1280 1837/08/10 WOOD WILLIAM J 2 23 N 21 E 0 05 1280 1837/08/10 WOOD WILLIAM J 33 24 N 21 E 80 05 827 1837/08/10 WRIGHT HOEL S 2 21 N 19 E 0 05 358 1837/08/10 WRIGHT HOEL S 2 21 N 19 E 0 05 2174 1843/02/01 WRIGHT HOEL S 2 21 N 19 E 121.2 05 2174 1843/02/01 WRIGHT HOEL S 12 21 N 19 E 80 05 2207 1843/02/01 WRIGHT HOEL S 30 22 N 20 E 40.02 08 26072 1861/07/01 WRIGHT HOEL S 2 21 N 19 E 120 05 358 1837/08/10 WRIGHT HOEL S 35 21 N 19 E 40 05 10793 1849/08/01 WRIGHT HOEL S 35 22 N 19 E 40 05 6065 1848/02/01 WRIGHT LUCIEN B 2 21 N 19 E 37.87 05 11407 1850/03/01 LANDS LOCATED N OF FOX RIVER YATES HENRY 3 21 N 19 E 91.95 05 356 1837/08/10 ASSIGNEE OF SYLVESTER SIBLEY YATES HENRY 21 23 N 21 E 0 05 1326 1837/08/10 YATES HENRY 27 24 N 21 E 57.6 05 403 1837/08/10 ASSIGNEE OF SYLVESTER SIBLEY YATES HENRY 24 24 N 21 E 80 05 415 1837/08/10 ASSIGNEE OF SYLVESTER SIBLEY YATES HENRY 27 23 N 21 E 80 05 737 1837/08/10 YATES HENRY 36 24 N 21 E 80 05 740 1843/02/01 YATES HENRY 13 24 N 21 E 80 05 425 1837/08/10 ASSIGNEE OF SYLVESTER SIBLEY YATES HENRY 21 23 N 21 E 240 05 1326 1837/08/10 YATES HENRY 3 21 N 19 E 0 05 356 1837/08/10 ASSIGNEE OF SYLVESTER SIBLEY YATES HENRY 33 24 N 21 E 80 05 757 1837/08/10 YATES HENRY 32 24 N 21 E 160 05 745 1837/08/10 ASSIGNEE OF ALBERT G ELLIS YATES HENRY 34 24 N 21 E 80 05 744 1837/08/10 ASSIGNEE OF ALBERT G ELLIS YATES HENRY 28 23 N 21 E 80 05 739 1837/08/10 YATES HENRY 35 24 N 21 E 160 05 738 1837/08/10 YATES HENRY 4 22 N 20 E 80 05 386 1837/08/10 ZELUFF JOHN M 35 21 N 19 E 40 05 14765 1850/08/10 ZOLBER PETER 7 23 N 22 E 80 08 18955 1858/02/22 ZOLBER PETER 7 23 N 22 E 161.48 08 18956 1858/02/22 ZOLBER PETER 7 23 N 22 E 0 08 18956 1858/02/22