Wisconsin Land Patents Database: Milwaukee County - Surnames L-O ****************************************************************** 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 LAHERTY PETER 12 8 N 21 E 80 09 7028 1843/03/03 LANDON JOSEPH S 12 6 N 21 E 80 09 32560 1850/01/01 LANE LOTAN H 35 5 N 21 E 160 09 4791 1840/12/10 LARSON GEORGE 7 6 N 21 E 40 09 8712 1843/03/03 LAUGHNEY MATHEW 29 6 N 21 E 40 09 9122 1844/08/01 LAWE JOHN 29 7 N 22 E 80 05 43 1838/09/01 ASSIGNEE OF LAURENT FORTIER LEAVENWORTH JESSE H 26 6 N 21 E 160 09 6281 1843/03/03 LEAVENWORTH JESSE H 4 6 N 21 E 144.75 09 6283 1843/03/03 LEAVENWORTH JESSE H 13 8 N 21 E 160 09 6348 1843/03/03 LEAVENWORTH JESSE H 14 8 N 21 E 160 09 6349 1843/03/03 LEAVENWORTH JESSE H 20 6 N 21 E 160 09 6286 1843/03/03 LEAVENWORTH JESSE H 31 7 N 21 E 81.68 09 6347 1843/03/03 LEE THOMAS 2 5 N 21 E 80 09 3691 1840/12/10 LEGINGAR FREDERICK 13 5 N 21 E 160 09 3703 1840/12/10 GEORGE ABARTS LEISTER AARON W 18 8 N 21 E 80 09 33040 1850/03/01 LEISTER NOAH 18 8 N 21 E 80 09 34260 1850/03/01 LEISTER NOAH 18 8 N 21 E 80 09 34261 1850/03/01 LEROY JACOB 10 8 N 22 E 424.15 05 1481 1837/08/10 LEROY JACOB 9 8 N 22 E 0 05 1481 1837/08/10 LEROY JACOB 10 8 N 22 E 0 05 1481 1837/08/10 LEWIS JESSE 18 8 N 21 E 80 09 33041 1850/03/01 LIGENGER BABTIST 18 5 N 22 E 67.48 09 4203 1840/12/10 LIGINGER BABTIST 30 5 N 22 E 80 09 7267 1843/03/03 LIKENS JAMES 34 5 N 22 E 80 09 18320 1848/03/01 LITCHFIELD JOHN S 17 6 N 21 E 80 09 6240 1843/03/03 LODGE MICHAEL 22 8 N 21 E 40 09 32562 1850/01/01 LONG WILLIAM B 4 8 N 22 E 107.59 05 1691 1837/11/07 PETER B GRIGNON LONG WILLIAM B 4 8 N 22 E 0 05 1691 1837/11/07 PETER B GRIGNON LOUDEN JAMES 8 8 N 21 E 80 09 32683 1850/01/01 ASSIGNEE OF NELSON DARLING LOUGHNEY MICHAEL 30 6 N 21 E 40 09 9251 1844/08/01 LOUGHNEY MICHAEL 30 6 N 21 E 40 09 19389 1848/03/01 LOVETT JAMES 10 8 N 21 E 80 09 7062 1843/03/03 LUBBE JOHN G 36 6 N 21 E 160 09 1004 1843/03/03 LUSCHER FREDERICK 36 8 N 21 E 80 09 8571 1843/03/03 LYNCH JOHN 30 5 N 21 E 80 09 5041 1843/03/03 LYON ISAAC 19 8 N 22 E 160 05 541 1837/08/10 LYON ISAAC S 24 8 N 21 E 160 09 5465 1843/03/03 LYON PETER 19 8 N 22 E 160 05 547 1837/08/10 MADDEN FERDINAND 22 8 N 21 E 40 09 34211 1850/03/01 MADDEN MICHAEL 22 8 N 21 E 80 09 32603 1850/01/01 MAFFATT BENJAMIN 2 6 N 21 E 156.01 09 5584 1843/03/03 MAHANEY JACOB 10 6 N 22 E 41.58 09 833 1843/03/03 MAHAR TIMOTHY 14 8 N 21 E 80 09 6333 1843/03/03 MALONE BERNARD 22 8 N 21 E 40 09 13359 1848/02/01 MALOY PATRICK 11 5 N 21 E 160 09 3680 1840/12/10 MANAHAN MATTHEW 5 5 N 21 E 72.36 09 3698 1840/12/10 MANER JACOB 26 5 N 21 E 40 09 4957 1840/12/10 MANY DAVID 22 8 N 21 E 40 09 16322 1848/03/01 MARIN PATRICK 35 5 N 22 E 160 09 4245 1840/12/10 JOHN DYER MARLETT PETER 8 6 N 21 E 160 09 6230 1843/03/03 MARSH JOHN 3 6 N 21 E 80 09 6968 1843/03/03 MARSH JOHN 3 6 N 21 E 160 09 6969 1843/03/03 MARSH JOHN 5 6 N 21 E 80 09 6221 1843/03/03 MARSH MANTLE 36 8 N 21 E 40 09 10745 1844/09/10 GEORGE ELLIS MARSH MANTLE 36 8 N 21 E 40 09 10746 1844/09/10 GEORGE ELLIS MARSHALL JOHN 19 7 N 22 E 160 05 463 1837/08/10 MARTIN HENRY 27 6 N 21 E 160 09 6260 1843/03/03 MARTIN JAMES 20 8 N 21 E 160 09 5598 1843/03/03 MARTIN MATTHEW 26 6 N 22 E 160 09 4267 1840/12/10 MARTIN MORGAN L 29 7 N 22 E 80 05 30 1838/04/16 ASSIGNEE OF AMABLE DUROCHER MARTIN MORGAN L 28 7 N 22 E 0 05 16 1842/12/21 ASSIGNEE OF PETER JUNEAU MARTIN MORGAN L 29 8 N 22 E 9.76 05 523 1843/02/01 MARTIN MORGAN L 28 7 N 22 E 120.45 05 16 1842/12/21 ASSIGNEE OF PETER JUNEAU MARTIN MORGAN L 21 7 N 22 E 80 05 29 1838/04/16 ASSIGNEE OF PAUL AND CHRISTIANA GREGNON MARTIN MORGAN L 32 8 N 22 E 23.17 05 522 1837/08/10 MARTIN MORGAN L 28 7 N 22 E 36.4 09 9399 1842/12/27 ASSIGNEE OF WILLIAM POWELL MARTIN MORGAN L 30 8 N 22 E 57.1 05 535 1837/08/10 MAUGAN EUGENE 4 5 N 21 E 72.62 09 3696 1840/12/10 MCCARTHY PATRICK 10 7 N 21 E 160 09 32551 1850/01/01 JAMES MCCARTHY MCCARTTY DENNIS 4 5 N 21 E 80 09 1007 1843/03/03 MCCARTY JOHN 29 7 N 22 E 80 05 11 1836/01/20 MCCARTY JOHN M 20 7 N 22 E 70.76 05 3 1836/01/20 ASSIGNEE OF THOMAS CLAFLIN MCCARTY JOHN M 20 7 N 22 E 0 05 3 1836/01/20 ASSIGNEE OF THOMAS CLAFLIN MCCARTY PATRICK 10 7 N 21 E 80 09 34277 1850/03/01 JOHN HALPIN MCCLAY WILLIAM 10 5 N 21 E 160 09 3674 1840/12/10 MCCREEDY GEORGE 26 6 N 22 E 160 09 4266 1840/12/10 MCCREEDY JEREMIAH 11 5 N 22 E 160 09 4202 1840/12/10 MCCREEDY JEREMIAH 22 5 N 22 E 40 09 8107 1843/03/03 MCCUBBIN THOMAS 7 8 N 22 E 0 05 557 1837/08/10 MCCUBBIN THOMAS 7 8 N 22 E 108.62 05 557 1837/08/10 MCDONNALL THOMAS 29 5 N 22 E 80 09 5106 1843/03/03 MCDONNALL THOMAS 29 5 N 22 E 40 09 5105 1843/03/03 MCFADDEN JAMES S 15 6 N 22 E 158.17 09 4259 1840/12/10 MCKAY THOMAS 24 8 N 21 E 160 09 6336 1843/03/03 MCKENNA BARNEY 19 5 N 21 E 80 09 5313 1843/03/03 MCKIBBEN THOMAS 7 7 N 22 E 160 05 511 1837/08/10 ISAAC C ALEXANDER MCKIBBEN THOMAS 8 7 N 22 E 160 05 494 1837/08/10 ASSIGNEE OF ISAAC B CLEMENTS MCKIBBEN THOMAS 18 8 N 22 E 160 05 545 1848/06/01 ASSIGNEE OF JOEL WATKINS MCKIBBEN WILLIAM 31 8 N 22 E 160 05 534 1837/08/10 JAMES CLYMAN MCKIBBIN THOMAS 18 7 N 22 E 160 05 452 1837/08/10 MCNENY THOMAS 6 5 N 21 E 176.7 09 3665 1840/12/10 MCNENY THOMAS 7 5 N 21 E 175.88 09 3701 1840/12/10 MCQUILLEN PATRICK 35 5 N 22 E 40 09 8161 1843/03/03 MEACHAM ISAAC 23 6 N 21 E 160 09 6985 1843/03/03 MEINCER PHILIP 27 6 N 21 E 80 09 6259 1843/03/03 MEINCER PHILIP 27 6 N 21 E 80 09 6406 1843/03/03 MEISNER HANNAH R 34 5 N 22 E 40 09 12462 1844/09/10 MEISNER HANNAH R 34 5 N 22 E 40 09 13101 1848/02/01 MELENDY SAMUEL 31 7 N 21 E 159.76 09 6323 1843/03/03 MERRIL HENRY 32 8 N 22 E 52.12 05 565 1837/08/10 MERRILL DAVID 6 6 N 22 E 80 09 5603 1843/03/03 MERRILL HENRY 8 7 N 22 E 160 05 504 1837/08/10 ASSIGNEE OF WILLIAM B OGDEN MERRILL WILLIAM P 6 6 N 22 E 80 09 34276 1850/03/01 MEYROSE HENRY 25 6 N 21 E 80 09 6255 1843/03/03 MICHELS JOHN P 28 8 N 21 E 80 09 34272 1850/03/01 MILAY LEWIS 20 5 N 22 E 40 09 4840 1840/12/10 MILLER ANDREW G 12 7 N 21 E 160 09 5610 1843/02/23 MILLER BLARIUS 27 5 N 22 E 40 09 11114 1844/09/10 MILLER FREDERICK 24 6 N 21 E 80 09 6990 1843/03/03 MILLER FREDERICK 33 5 N 22 E 80 09 8855 1843/03/03 MILLER FREDERICK 24 6 N 21 E 80 09 6991 1843/03/03 MILLER FREDERICK 28 5 N 22 E 80 09 8854 1843/03/03 MILLER NICHOLAS 27 5 N 22 E 40 09 13632 1846/07/01 MILLINGTON SAMUEL 7 6 N 21 E 40 09 6380 1843/03/03 MILLINGTON SAMUEL 17 6 N 21 E 80 09 6239 1843/03/03 MILLS JAMES 22 5 N 21 E 160 09 3721 1840/12/10 MILLS JAMES 26 5 N 21 E 160 09 3729 1840/12/10 MILLS JAMES 21 5 N 21 E 160 09 3722 1840/12/10 MILLS JAMES 15 5 N 21 E 80 09 3720 1840/12/10 MITCHELL DAVID 35 5 N 22 E 40 09 12979 1844/10/01 MOFFATT BENJAMIN 17 6 N 21 E 40 09 7747 1843/03/03 MOFFATT BENJAMIN 3 6 N 21 E 145.12 09 7009 1843/03/03 MOLONEY MICHAEL 2 8 N 21 E 80 09 7779 1843/03/03 MOORE JOHN 19 5 N 21 E 43.48 09 5323 1843/03/03 MOORE JOHN 19 5 N 21 E 80 09 5322 1843/03/03 MORGAN ALFRED M 35 6 N 21 E 160 09 3782 1840/12/10 MORGAN DAVID 6 7 N 22 E 164.83 05 506 1837/08/10 MORGAN DAVID 30 7 N 21 E 160 09 6317 1843/03/03 MORGAN SETH 4 8 N 21 E 40 09 7592 1843/03/03 MORGAN SETH 4 8 N 21 E 80 09 8160 1843/03/03 MORGAN SETH 4 8 N 21 E 40 09 7992 1843/03/03 MOROSY WILLIAM 34 6 N 21 E 160 09 3765 1840/12/10 EDWARD WELSH MORRISSAY JOHN 28 5 N 21 E 160 09 3742 1840/12/10 MORSE ORSON B 4 8 N 22 E 38.34 09 45 1837/06/20 MORTON ABRAHAM B 25 6 N 22 E 0 09 4263 1840/12/10 ASSIGNEE OF NOAH PREVO MORTON ABRAHAM B 25 6 N 22 E 57.18 09 4263 1840/12/10 ASSIGNEE OF NOAH PREVO MOWER NATHAN W 18 7 N 21 E 146.44 09 32550 1850/01/01 MUNROE ALEXANDER L 8 7 N 21 E 160 09 32873 1850/03/01 MUNTER JOHANN G 27 5 N 22 E 40 09 12480 1844/09/10 MURPHY JOHN 30 6 N 21 E 80 09 6633 1843/03/03 MURPHY TIMOTHY 35 5 N 21 E 80 09 5040 1843/03/03 MURRAY JAMES 29 6 N 22 E 80 09 4413 1840/12/10 MURREY PATRICK 24 7 N 21 E 160 09 32586 1850/01/01 MURTHA JOHN 36 5 N 22 E 80 09 5321 1843/03/03 NATZKE JOHN G 31 7 N 21 E 80 09 11055 1844/09/10 NELSON HORATIO 23 6 N 22 E 80 09 4272 1840/12/10 NELSON JOSEPH 28 5 N 22 E 160 09 5097 1840/07/01 NELSON JOSEPH 29 5 N 22 E 160 09 5096 1840/07/01 NELSON JOSEPH 18 5 N 21 E 80 09 5164 1840/07/01 NELSON JOSEPH 18 5 N 21 E 80 09 5163 1840/07/14 NELSON JOSEPH 14 5 N 21 E 80 09 4846 1840/07/01 NELSON WILLIAM 30 5 N 21 E 80 09 5168 1843/03/03 NELSON WILLIAM 30 5 N 21 E 80 09 5167 1843/03/03 NELSON WILLIAM 19 5 N 21 E 324.16 09 5222 1843/03/03 NEWBERRY WALTER 18 8 N 22 E 0 05 551 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER 18 8 N 22 E 125.08 05 551 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 20 8 N 22 E 80 05 708 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 7 8 N 22 E 316.47 05 555 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 30 8 N 22 E 0 05 528 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 30 8 N 22 E 160 05 528 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 9 7 N 22 E 63.78 05 510 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 31 8 N 22 E 17.28 05 532 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 30 8 N 22 E 80 05 706 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 32 8 N 22 E 160 05 707 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 32 8 N 22 E 0 05 707 1837/08/10 NEWBERRY WALTER L 15 7 N 22 E 80 05 460 1837/08/10 NEWNHAM JAMES 28 7 N 21 E 80 09 34256 1850/03/01 NICHOLS DARIUS 13 5 N 21 E 80 09 3588 1840/12/10 NICHOLS PHILIP W 34 6 N 22 E 80 09 4305 1840/12/10 NOLIN THOMAS 24 8 N 21 E 80 09 6353 1843/03/03 NORTHUP JOHN H 26 8 N 21 E 80 09 5599 1843/03/03 NORTON DANIEL 8 5 N 22 E 160 09 4181 1840/12/10 NORTON DANIEL 26 5 N 22 E 160 09 4235 1840/12/10 NORTON ROBERT P 20 6 N 22 E 80 09 32981 1850/03/01 ASSIGNEE OF EZRA STONE NOWLIN PETER 14 8 N 21 E 80 09 6426 1843/03/03 OBRIEN CORNELIUS 14 8 N 21 E 40 09 6429 1843/03/03 OBRIEN MICHAEL 3 8 N 21 E 42.65 09 7777 1843/03/03 OBRIEN MICHAEL 2 8 N 21 E 86.64 09 7776 1843/03/03 OBRINE MICHAEL 6 6 N 21 E 40 09 10767 1844/09/10 ODELL GALUTIA 6 6 N 22 E 149.03 09 32986 1850/03/01 AARON HERRIMAN ODELL GEORGE 9 5 N 21 E 40 09 4785 1840/12/10 ODELL MELANCTHON 30 7 N 21 E 157.44 09 5570 1843/03/03 ASSIGNEE OF WILLIAM HUNT OEFFELEIN SAMUEL 36 8 N 21 E 40 09 33076 1850/03/01 ASSIGNEE OF JOHN MCCLEAN OGDEN JOHN 10 6 N 22 E 47.35 09 836 1843/03/03 OHERRIN JAMES 23 5 N 22 E 160 09 4227 1840/12/10 OLIN THOMAS H 6 7 N 22 E 161.9 05 503 1837/08/10 ORENDORFF ALFRED 19 8 N 22 E 6.28 05 544 1843/02/01 ASSIGNEE OF WILLIAM B OGDEN ORENDORFF ALFRED 18 8 N 22 E 0 05 544 1843/02/01 ASSIGNEE OF WILLIAM B OGDEN ORILEY PATRICK 25 5 N 22 E 137.73 09 4726 1840/12/10 JAMES GUIRK OSBORN TOBIAS G 18 7 N 21 E 160 09 32564 1850/01/01 OWENS RICHARD 26 6 N 21 E 160 09 5305 1843/03/03 OWENS RICHARD 25 6 N 21 E 80 09 6257 1843/03/03 OWENS RICHARD 25 6 N 21 E 0 09 5305 1843/03/03 OWENS RICHARD J 26 7 N 21 E 80 09 5590 1843/03/03