Wisconsin Land Patents Database: Forest 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. 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 TALBOT JAMES 22 41 N 13 E 40 08 30700 1875/04/10 EZRA G GODDARD THUNDER JOHN 26 35 N 16 E 80 14 4058 1900/11/28 UIHLEIN AUGUST 6 36 N 15 E 116.61 08 33709 1890/06/09 UIHLEIN AUGUST 30 35 N 16 E 0 08 33921 1889/03/20 UIHLEIN AUGUST 20 36 N 15 E 40 08 33710 1889/03/23 UIHLEIN AUGUST 2 36 N 15 E 0 08 33717 1889/03/23 UIHLEIN AUGUST 32 37 N 16 E 80 08 33715 1889/03/23 UIHLEIN AUGUST 6 36 N 15 E 0 08 33709 1890/06/09 UIHLEIN AUGUST 12 37 N 15 E 0 08 33718 1889/03/23 UIHLEIN AUGUST 18 37 N 16 E 121.6 08 33719 1889/03/23 UIHLEIN AUGUST 12 37 N 15 E 160 08 33718 1889/03/23 UIHLEIN AUGUST 30 35 N 16 E 160 08 33921 1889/03/20 UIHLEIN AUGUST 12 37 N 15 E 0 08 33718 1889/03/23 UIHLEIN AUGUST 2 36 N 15 E 0 08 33717 1889/03/23 UIHLEIN AUGUST 2 34 N 15 E 80 08 33716 1889/03/23 UIHLEIN AUGUST 2 36 N 15 E 280 08 33717 1889/03/23 ULRICH AUGUST 22 35 N 15 E 80 08 32805 1884/12/30 UNDERHILL WILLIAM 20 37 N 15 E 0 08 32676 1884/04/15 HENRY W MOTT UNDERHILL WILLIAM 20 37 N 15 E 80 08 32676 1884/04/15 HENRY W MOTT UNDERHILL WILLIAM M 32 39 N 14 E 40 08 32682 1884/04/15 HENRY W MOTT UNDERHILL WILLIAM M 2 38 N 14 E 84.45 08 31639 1882/06/30 HENRY W MOTT UNDERHILL WILLIAM M 28 39 N 14 E 0 08 31640 1882/06/30 HENRY W MOTT UNDERHILL WILLIAM M 28 39 N 14 E 120 08 31640 1882/06/30 HENRY W MOTT UNDERHILL WILLIAM M 18 37 N 15 E 122.2 08 32715 1884/04/15 UNDERHILL WILLIAM M 28 37 N 15 E 80 08 32677 1884/04/15 HENRY W MOTT UNDERHILL WILLIAM M 32 39 N 14 E 80 08 31641 1882/06/30 HENRY W MOTT UNDERHILL WILLIAM M 18 37 N 15 E 0 08 32715 1884/04/15 UNDERHILL WILLIAM M 28 37 N 15 E 0 08 32677 1884/04/15 HENRY W MOTT URQUHART WILLIAM 10 34 N 14 E 0 08 30739 1875/09/15 URQUHART WILLIAM 10 34 N 14 E 120 08 30739 1875/09/15 URQUHART WILLIAM 12 40 N 14 E 40 08 33765 1889/03/23 VAN HOOFT FREDRICK 18 41 N 13 E 0 08 34064 1894/06/15 VAN HOOFT FREDRICK 18 41 N 13 E 155.19 08 34064 1894/06/15 VOIGT ERNST 24 36 N 16 E 160 08 33167 1885/01/20 VOIGT FRANK 24 36 N 16 E 160 08 33168 1884/12/30 WALL THOMAS 33 39 N 13 E 40 08 33446 1895/04/09 JOHN MCNAIR WARD LEWIS 25 37 N 16 E 120 08 30374 1873/10/01 WARD LEWIS 36 37 N 16 E 40 08 30375 1873/10/01 WARD LEWIS 14 37 N 15 E 40 08 30376 1873/10/01 WARD LEWIS 25 37 N 16 E 0 08 30374 1873/10/01 WEBSTER WILMOT H 22 41 N 13 E 0 08 32296 1884/04/24 WEBSTER WILMOT H 22 40 N 13 E 0 08 32293 1884/04/24 WEBSTER WILMOT H 22 41 N 13 E 80 08 32296 1884/04/24 WEBSTER WILMOT H 14 39 N 14 E 40 08 32295 1884/04/24 WEBSTER WILMOT H 22 40 N 13 E 80 08 32293 1884/04/24 WEBSTER WILMOT H 4 37 N 15 E 40 08 32294 1884/04/24 WESLEY JOSEPH 6 40 N 13 E 83.42 14 5569 1907/04/11 WHITNEY EUGENE C 34 37 N 16 E 40 08 32527 1884/04/24 WUESTHOFF EUGENE 32 34 N 16 E 80 08 33935 1889/03/20 WUESTHOFF EUGENE 2 34 N 15 E 40 08 33934 1889/03/20 WUESTHOFF EUGENE 8 34 N 16 E 80 08 33933 1889/03/20 WUESTHOFF EUGENE 4 34 N 16 E 0 08 33933 1889/03/20 YOUNG ANDREW 17 41 N 14 E 37.08 14 22391 1900/10/04 YOUNG WILLIAM J 20 41 N 14 E 42.5 14 22784 1904/02/25