Wisconsin Land Patents Database: Eau Claire - Surnames D-G ****************************************************************** 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. 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 WisconsinEau Claire PATENT_L_N PATENT_F_N PATENT_M_I SECTION_NR TOWNSHIP RANGE TOTAL_ACRE L_O_CODE DOCUMENT_N SIGN_DATE REMARKS DAHIG ELIZA 32 27 N 10 W 80 03 338 1888/09/29 DAHIG ELIZA 32 27 N 10 W 80 03 338 1862/10/01 DALKA MICHAL 32 25 N 5 W 40 03 6861 1890/02/14 DARROW ALFRED 21 27 N 6 W 160 03 322 1873/01/10 DAVIS WILLIAM F 6 25 N 10 W 40 03 126 1860/07/02 DAY WILLIAM W 3 27 N 9 W 80 03 98 1869/09/01 DAY WILLIAM W 3 27 N 9 W 0 03 98 1869/09/01 DENISON URI T 12 27 N 10 W 160 03 164 1870/05/02 DEVITT TERENCE 32 27 N 10 W 120 03 110 1869/09/01 DEVITT TERENCE 32 27 N 10 W 0 03 110 1869/09/01 DEXTER BENJAMIN F 14 25 N 8 W 80 03 548 1873/12/15 DIGHTON F W 18 25 N 6 W 80 03 90 1869/09/01 DIGHTON FLETCHER 6 25 N 6 W 37.49 07 6503 1857/03/10 DIMENT GEORGE 33 25 N 6 W 40 07 9167 1858/01/15 DIMENT GEORGE 34 25 N 6 W 40 07 11340 1858/08/10 DODGE ABNER 30 25 N 9 W 160 03 537 1874/10/01 DRAKE ABRAHAM W 36 27 N 10 W 33 07 7833 1857/03/10 DRAKE ABRAM W 36 27 N 10 W 40 07 7405 1857/02/20 DRAKE HOWELL A 14 25 N 9 W 80 03 1005 1875/04/01 DRINKWATER EPHRAIM 13 27 N 9 W 160 07 12695 1858/08/10 DRURY ISAAC 28 27 N 10 W 40 06 3680 1857/04/01 DRURY ISAAC L 32 27 N 10 W 63.15 06 3388 1855/12/15 DRURY ISAAC L 33 27 N 10 W 40 06 3900 1859/05/02 DUDLEY ROSWELL I 4 27 N 9 W 40 03 3206 1884/05/20 DUNN ROBERT 22 25 N 9 W 40 03 3137 1872/11/01 EAGAN JOHN 28 25 N 9 W 40 03 3864 1873/06/20 EASTENSON GEORGE 6 25 N 9 W 0 03 2585 1883/05/05 EASTENSON GEORGE 6 25 N 9 W 157.11 03 2585 1883/05/05 EASTENSON GEORGE 6 25 N 9 W 0 03 2585 1883/05/05 EATON DEROY 9 27 N 6 W 160 03 94 1869/09/01 EATON DEWIGHT 4 27 N 6 W 160 03 93 1869/09/01 EATON DEWIGHT 4 27 N 6 W 0 03 93 1869/09/01 EATON DEWITT 9 27 N 6 W 160 03 100 1869/09/01 EATON URIAS R 9 27 N 6 W 160 03 157 1869/12/10 ECKLOR JOHN 32 27 N 6 W 0 03 5236 1895/12/26 ECKLOR JOHN 32 27 N 6 W 160 03 5236 1895/12/26 EDWARDS JULIUS 11 25 N 6 W 40 07 12857 1858/08/10 EDWARDS JULIUS 28 27 N 9 W 40 07 9940 1858/01/15 EDWARDS JULIUS 10 25 N 6 W 40 07 10038 1858/01/15 EDWARDS THEODORE B 34 27 N 10 W 25.4 07 10620 1857/10/30 EDWARDS THEODORE B 13 27 N 9 W 40 07 12512 1858/08/10 EDWARDS THEODORE B 28 27 N 9 W 80 07 10141 1858/02/01 EDWARDS THEODORE B 35 27 N 10 W 28.6 07 10621 1857/10/30 EDWARDS THEODORE B 27 27 N 9 W 80 03 647 1865/11/10 EDWARDS THEODORE B 31 27 N 10 W 34.6 07 12067 1858/08/10 EGEN JOHN 28 25 N 9 W 160 03 963 1875/03/01 EGEN JOHN 28 25 N 9 W 0 03 963 1875/03/01 EGEN JOHN 28 25 N 9 W 0 03 963 1875/03/01 ELKERTON MIRIAM A 30 25 N 6 W 43.23 03 1296 1876/05/15 HEIRS OF MIRIAM A ELKERTON ELLEFSEN CARL L 12 25 N 10 W 40 03 2798 1883/05/05 ELLIS DANIEL D 8 25 N 9 W 120 03 359 1873/05/15 ELLIS DANIEL D 8 25 N 9 W 0 03 359 1873/05/15 ELLIS SALATHIEL H 8 25 N 9 W 80 03 38 1869/09/01 ELMER DAVID W 32 27 N 6 W 80 03 3328 1886/08/10 ELSHAUG JOHN O 26 25 N 10 W 80 03 3741 1890/05/14 EMERICK JEREMIAH C 33 27 N 9 W 80 07 3381 1856/04/15 EMERRICK JEREMIAH 33 27 N 9 W 40 07 9517 1858/01/15 EMERSON A L 30 25 N 6 W 160 03 458 1873/01/10 EMERSON LEVI J 2 25 N 5 W 160 03 6139 1884/09/20 EMERSON LEVI J 2 25 N 5 W 0 03 6139 1884/09/20 ENSIGN SUSAN 24 25 N 6 W 40 03 5482 1897/02/23 WIDOW OF GEORGE W ENSIGN ERDMANN AUGUST 12 25 N 8 W 80 03 2262 1881/09/09 ERICKSON ANDREW 8 27 N 8 W 80 03 5770 1899/12/07 ERIKSSEN PETTER 22 25 N 10 W 0 03 1664 1878/06/01 ERIKSSEN PETTER 22 25 N 10 W 160 03 1664 1878/06/01 ESTENSEN HALVOR 22 25 N 10 W 80 03 2791 1883/05/05 ESTENSON OLE 30 25 N 9 W 0 03 2079 1880/04/30 ESTENSON OLE 30 25 N 9 W 157.16 03 2079 1880/04/30 ESTUS HENRY A 6 27 N 8 W 160 03 2 1869/09/01 ETNE PETER 10 25 N 8 W 0 03 124 1874/12/30 ETNE PETER 10 25 N 8 W 160 03 124 1874/12/30 ETNE PETER 10 25 N 8 W 0 03 124 1874/12/30 EVANS CHARLES H 32 25 N 8 W 160 03 1641 1878/06/01 EVANS JEROME B 24 25 N 9 W 160 03 1160 1875/11/20 EVERTS CHARLES 14 27 N 5 W 80 03 2785 1883/05/05 EWER HENRY 32 27 N 9 W 40 07 7326 1857/02/20 FARDY MICHAEL 27 27 N 10 W 80 06 3445 1857/04/01 FARIGAN WILLIAM 28 27 N 10 W 40 03 509 1873/05/15 FARNUM WILLIAM 29 25 N 5 W 40 07 14234 1860/04/02 FELIX PAUL 11 27 N 5 W 40 03 392 1863/05/15 FERCH JOHANN 36 27 N 8 W 80 03 1662 1878/06/01 FISHER MALCOM H 28 27 N 10 W 40 06 5294 1859/05/02 FISHER MALCOM H 19 27 N 10 W 0 06 5293 1859/05/02 FISHER MALCOM H 20 27 N 10 W 80 06 5293 1859/05/02 FLANAGAN PETER 25 27 N 10 W 0 06 2889 1855/12/15 FLANAGAN PETER 25 27 N 10 W 0 06 2889 1855/12/15 FLANAGAN PETER 25 27 N 10 W 140.15 06 2889 1855/12/15 FLANAGAN PETER 26 27 N 10 W 0 06 2890 1855/12/15 FLANAGAN PETER 26 27 N 10 W 120 06 2890 1855/12/15 FLINN THOMAS 30 27 N 10 W 149.78 03 429 1873/01/10 FORBORD OLE J 26 25 N 10 W 80 03 2999 1884/09/20 FORMAN WILLIAM H 30 25 N 10 W 160 03 1577 1877/06/04 FORNESS LOUIS A 34 25 N 8 W 0 03 1550 1878/06/01 FORNESS LOUIS A 34 25 N 8 W 160 03 1550 1878/06/01 FORSTER MARTHA V 2 25 N 6 W 80 03 1154 1875/10/15 GUARDIAN FOR MINOR HEIRS OF GEORGE F SHEPHERD FOSS CHRISTOPHER E 4 25 N 10 W 165.36 03 3641.5 1889/04/13 FOSTER NATHANIEL C 10 25 N 5 W 40 03 5421 1880/09/01 FRANCISCO JOHN 36 27 N 8 W 80 03 1220 1878/06/01 FRANCISCO JOHN 36 27 N 8 W 0 03 1220 1878/06/01 FREDERICKSON OLE 22 25 N 10 W 0 03 1752 1878/06/13 FREDERICKSON OLE 22 25 N 10 W 160 03 1752 1878/06/13 FREDERICKSON OLE 22 25 N 10 W 0 03 1752 1878/06/13 FREE JOHN W 8 25 N 8 W 40 03 4444 1873/11/01 FRY DANIEL 9 25 N 6 W 320 07 10321 1858/01/15 GAGE JESSE J 29 27 N 9 W 37.25 07 7494 1857/03/10 GAGE JESSE J 20 27 N 9 W 0 07 7488 1857/03/10 GAGE JESSE J 22 27 N 9 W 80 07 2433 1856/04/15 GAGE JESSE J 21 27 N 9 W 120 07 7488 1857/03/10 GAGE JESSE J 20 27 N 9 W 0 07 2435 1856/04/15 GAGE JESSE J 20 27 N 9 W 69.15 07 2435 1856/04/15 GAGE JESSE J 29 27 N 9 W 0 07 7490 1857/03/10 GAGE JESSE J 28 27 N 9 W 80 07 7490 1857/03/10 GAGE JESSE J 14 27 N 9 W 80 07 8110 1857/02/20 GAGE JESSE J 21 27 N 9 W 40 07 7512 1857/03/10 GAGE JESSE J 15 27 N 9 W 40 07 2826 1856/04/15 GAGE JESSE J 15 27 N 9 W 0 07 2433 1856/04/15 GAGE JESSE J 20 27 N 9 W 77.7 15 55 1852/08/02 GAGE JESSE J 20 27 N 9 W 0 15 55 1852/08/02 GAGE JESSE J 21 27 N 9 W 0 07 7488 1857/03/10 GAGE JESSE J 21 27 N 9 W 38.55 07 2434 1856/04/15 GAILEY WILLIAM 18 27 N 8 W 80 03 3481 1888/10/05 GALUSHA GEORGE H 12 25 N 9 W 80 03 333 1878/11/05 GALUSHA GEORGE W 12 25 N 9 W 80 03 333 1873/01/10 GARDNER AMOS J 25 27 N 9 W 0 07 9885 1858/01/15 GARDNER AMOS J 25 27 N 9 W 160 07 9885 1858/01/15 GATES DAVID A 36 25 N 8 W 80 03 668 1874/04/10 GATES DAVID A 36 25 N 8 W 40 03 2779 1870/09/20 GEER GUSTUS 12 27 N 10 W 80 03 255 1860/07/02 GESKE AUGUST 26 27 N 8 W 80 03 2797 1883/04/05 GESSNER GUSTAVE 2 27 N 6 W 60.24 03 4216 1873/01/20 GILBERG PEDER O 26 25 N 9 W 0 03 3304 1885/10/22 GILBERG PEDER O 26 25 N 9 W 0 03 3304 1885/10/22 GILBERG PEDER O 26 25 N 9 W 160 03 3304 1885/10/22 GILBERT ANDREW 29 27 N 9 W 120 07 10637 1857/10/30 PHINEAS D KINDRICK GILBERT ANDREW 29 27 N 9 W 0 07 10637 1857/10/30 PHINEAS D KINDRICK GILBERT GEORGE D 5 27 N 8 W 80 03 3413 1895/04/05 GILBERT JOHN 24 25 N 6 W 40 03 6138 1885/05/09 GILBERTSON OLE 26 27 N 6 W 80 03 6358 1903/06/27 GILL MICHAEL S 5 27 N 8 W 0 03 6353 1885/05/09 GILL MICHAEL S 5 27 N 8 W 94.67 03 6353 1885/05/09 GILLETT ALFRED 20 25 N 6 W 80 03 465 1873/01/10 GILLETT ALFRED 20 25 N 6 W 0 03 465 1873/01/10 GILLETT GUILFORD D 22 25 N 6 W 40 03 517 1873/05/15 GILLETT NELSON 18 25 N 6 W 38.46 03 173 1870/05/02 GILLETT WILSON 20 25 N 6 W 0 03 190 1870/05/02 GILLETT WILSON 20 25 N 6 W 80 03 190 1870/05/02 GOFF EMILY L 17 25 N 10 W 160 07 13599 1858/08/10 GOFF EMILY L 8 25 N 10 W 0 07 13599 1858/08/10 GOODRICH J S 28 27 N 5 W 40 03 5143 1876/01/10 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 12 25 N 5 W 160 07 5593 1857/03/10 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 8 25 N 5 W 160 07 5578 1857/02/19 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 8 25 N 5 W 40 07 5598 1857/03/10 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 7 25 N 5 W 40 07 5597 1857/03/10 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 2 25 N 5 W 163.86 07 5587 1857/03/10 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 7 25 N 5 W 166.83 07 5586 1857/03/10 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 36 25 N 5 W 80 07 5573 1857/02/19 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 7 25 N 5 W 40 07 5574 1857/02/19 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 9 25 N 5 W 160 07 5577 1857/02/19 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 18 25 N 5 W 40 07 5575 1857/02/19 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 2 25 N 5 W 163.86 07 5587 1857/03/10 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 12 25 N 5 W 160 07 5592 1857/03/10 GOODRIDGE BENJAMIN 18 25 N 5 W 83.62 07 5583 1858/02/01 GRANDY SAMUEL B 2 27 N 6 W 80 03 6851 1889/03/12 GRAVES ALEXANDER 10 27 N 5 W 80 03 3152 1884/09/15 GREEN ALBERT A 22 27 N 8 W 0 03 4144 1892/01/20 GREEN ALBERT A 22 27 N 8 W 120 03 4144 1892/01/20 GREEN JOHN C 34 27 N 8 W 0 03 57 1869/09/01 GREEN JOHN C 34 27 N 8 W 80 03 57 1869/09/01 GREEN JOHN S 34 27 N 8 W 0 03 718 1874/10/01 GREEN MARVIN W 34 27 N 8 W 80 03 460 1873/01/10 GREEN WILLIAM A 28 27 N 8 W 80 03 1424 1877/03/01 GREEN WILLIAM H 30 27 N 6 W 80.23 03 3021 1884/09/20 GREENE ERASTUS 28 27 N 8 W 80 03 544 1873/12/15 GROUT NATHAN P 17 27 N 10 W 160 06 5292 1859/05/02 GUNDERSEN MARTIN 12 25 N 10 W 0 03 3284 1885/07/13 GUNDERSEN MARTIN 12 25 N 10 W 120 03 3284 1885/07/13 GUNDERSON CHRISTIAN 18 25 N 6 W 80 03 106 1875/09/20 GUNDERSON SAMUEL C 2 27 N 6 W 80 03 3711 1891/01/24 GUNDERSON TREMONT W 2 27 N 6 W 80 03 3569 1889/03/15 GUNN JOHN 19 25 N 9 W 40 07 14264 1860/04/02 GUSE AUGUST 28 27 N 6 W 80 03 2905 1883/09/10