Wisconsin Land Patents Database: Pierce 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 TABOR EMMONS 5 24 N 17 W 40 06 5964 1859/12/10 TAGGART DANIEL 17 25 N 17 W 40 06 3966 1857/04/01 TAYLOR CATHARINE 1 25 N 18 W 160 06 2669 1855/12/15 TAYLOR DANIEL 1 25 N 18 W 40 06 2733 1855/12/15 TAYLOR DAVID 7 24 N 15 W 160 06 2781 1855/12/15 TAYLOR LANDON 36 25 N 17 W 40 06 3755 1857/04/01 TEACHOUT GEORGE M 13 27 N 19 W 120 06 302 1854/10/02 TEACHOUT GEORGE M 13 27 N 19 W 0 06 302 1854/10/02 TEACHOUT GEORGE M 34 27 N 20 W 40 06 359 1854/10/02 TEACHOUT HENRY 32 27 N 17 W 0 06 4644 1857/04/01 TEACHOUT HENRY 6 27 N 19 W 120 06 238 1854/10/02 TEACHOUT HENRY 32 27 N 17 W 120 06 4644 1857/04/01 TEACHOUT HENRY 6 27 N 19 W 0 06 238 1854/10/02 TEACHOUT HENRY 29 27 N 17 W 80 06 3457 1855/12/15 TEACHOUT JOHN 29 27 N 17 W 80 06 3456 1855/12/15 TENNESSON ANDREW 18 27 N 16 W 52.2 06 1570 1855/06/15 TENSAW CHARLES 3 25 N 18 W 0 06 1998 1855/12/15 TENSAW JOHN N 4 25 N 18 W 86.83 06 1999 1855/12/15 TERRY GEORGE B 8 27 N 19 W 40 06 3645 1855/12/15 TERRY GEORGE B 8 27 N 19 W 40 06 5732 1857/04/01 THAYER EPHRAIM 36 27 N 18 W 80 06 3916 1859/05/02 THAYER EPHRIAM 19 27 N 18 W 81.44 06 3915 1857/04/01 THAYER EPHRIAM 25 27 N 18 W 40 06 3914 1857/04/01 SAMUEL M FLINT THING WILSON 3 24 N 18 W 147.86 06 976 1854/10/02 THING WILSON 33 25 N 18 W 0 06 978 1854/10/02 THING WILSON 3 24 N 18 W 0 06 976 1854/10/02 THING WILSON 4 24 N 18 W 40.8 06 415 1854/10/02 THING WILSON 3 24 N 18 W 0 06 976 1854/10/02 THING WILSON 34 25 N 18 W 120 06 978 1854/10/02 THING WILSON 3 24 N 18 W 80 06 2791 1855/12/15 THING WILSON 34 25 N 18 W 80 06 802 1854/10/02 THOMAS PETER 26 27 N 15 W 80 04 528 1873/04/01 THOMPSEN OLE 8 27 N 15 W 80 04 1673 1877/09/26 THOMPSON ANDREW 36 25 N 16 W 120 06 4168 1857/04/01 THOMPSON ANDREW 36 25 N 16 W 0 06 4168 1857/04/01 THOMPSON ROBERT T 13 27 N 17 W 40 06 890 1856/04/01 THOMPSON SAM 30 27 N 15 W 82.09 04 2051 1879/10/01 THORESEN OLE 22 27 N 15 W 80 04 2101 1880/05/15 THORSON STENER 7 27 N 17 W 40 06 2711 1855/12/15 THORSON STENER 18 27 N 17 W 80 06 4185 1857/04/01 THORSTENSON THORSTEN 2 27 N 16 W 80 04 472 1872/10/01 THYESEN ELLING 10 27 N 17 W 0 06 1840 1855/12/15 THYESEN ELLING 10 27 N 17 W 120 06 1840 1855/12/15 THYGESEN ELLING 10 27 N 17 W 40 06 2710 1855/12/15 TICKNER ALMON 12 25 N 18 W 160 06 2869 1860/03/01 TIO FRANCIS J 20 27 N 15 W 80 04 514 1873/04/01 TIO MICHAEL 4 27 N 15 W 82.21 04 651 1873/09/20 TOLLEFSEN HALVOR 34 27 N 16 W 80 04 408 1872/10/01 TOMLINSON THOMAS 8 25 N 18 W 240 06 2810 1855/12/15 TOMLINSON THOMAS 8 25 N 18 W 0 06 2810 1855/12/15 TONESON JENS 4 27 N 17 W 40 06 4377 1860/03/01 ANDREAS TONESON TONESON JENS 4 27 N 17 W 40 06 4378 1859/03/02 TOOTMAN RATLIFF B 10 27 N 15 W 80 04 744 1873/12/20 TORKELSEN TORKEL 20 27 N 16 W 80 04 771 1873/12/20 TORKELSON TORKEL 20 27 N 16 W 80 04 80 1870/12/10 TROW SALEM 30 27 N 15 W 80 04 293 1871/08/25 TRUAX CHARLES L 32 27 N 19 W 80 06 387 1854/10/02 TRUAX JOSEPH W 32 27 N 19 W 80 06 386 1854/10/02 TRUITT HENRY C 12 25 N 17 W 40 06 6072 1859/12/20 TRUITT HENRY C 12 25 N 17 W 40 06 6140 1860/06/01 TRUMBLE JOHN D 10 24 N 16 W 40 06 4547 1857/04/01 TRUMBLE JOHN D 10 24 N 16 W 80 06 4466 1857/04/01 TRUMBLE JOHN D 10 24 N 16 W 0 06 4466 1857/04/01 TUBBS THOMAS E 23 27 N 19 W 40 06 3777 1857/04/01 TUNNESSON GABRIEL 6 27 N 17 W 40 06 1630 1856/04/01 TURNER GEORGE 34 27 N 15 W 0 04 2909 1884/09/20 TURNER GEORGE 34 27 N 15 W 80 04 2909 1884/09/20 TURNER HENRY 4 25 N 15 W 0 04 1368 1876/05/15 TURNER HENRY 4 25 N 15 W 0 04 1368 1876/05/15 TURNER HENRY 4 25 N 15 W 175.19 04 1368 1876/05/15 TURNER JEROME 2 27 N 15 W 85.76 04 1927 1878/11/30 TURNER LUCIUS 6 25 N 17 W 89.34 06 2856 1855/12/15 TURNER THOMAS 14 27 N 15 W 80 04 610 1873/05/20 TURNER WILLIAM 34 27 N 15 W 80 04 665 1873/09/20 TUTHILL JOHN 36 27 N 15 W 80 04 2149 1880/05/15 TUTTLE CALVIN A 1 25 N 19 W 160 06 1266 1855/04/19 TUTTLE CALVIN A 33 25 N 18 W 0 06 1268 1855/04/19 TUTTLE CALVIN A 34 25 N 18 W 500 06 1268 1855/04/19 TUTTLE CALVIN A 27 25 N 18 W 640 06 1265 1855/04/19 TWISS GEORGE W 4 27 N 19 W 0 06 1922 1855/12/15 TWISS GEORGE W 3 27 N 19 W 0 06 1922 1855/12/15 TWISS GEORGE W 3 27 N 19 W 156.9 06 1922 1855/12/15 TWOHEY PATRICK 22 24 N 15 W 400 06 3687 1857/04/01 TWOHEY PATRICK 22 24 N 15 W 0 06 3687 1857/04/01 TWOHEY PATRICK 23 24 N 15 W 0 06 3687 1857/04/01 TWOHEY PATRICK 22 24 N 15 W 0 06 3687 1857/04/01 UPMANN DEITRICH 10 27 N 15 W 80 04 2716 1883/07/10 VAN SCHOONHOVEN JOHN 11 25 N 16 W 40 06 4117 1857/04/01 VAN SCHOONHOVEN JOHN 13 25 N 16 W 0 06 4118 1857/04/01 VAN SCHOONHOVEN JOHN 14 25 N 16 W 160 06 4118 1857/04/01 VERCKLE CHIEBAUT 12 24 N 15 W 80 04 327 1871/11/20 WADDELL JAMES A 15 27 N 19 W 40 06 1860 1855/12/15 WAHLER OLE P 6 27 N 15 W 75.25 04 1447 1876/11/03 WALES NATHANIEL 26 27 N 18 W 0 06 4098 1859/05/02 WALES NATHANIEL 26 27 N 18 W 160 06 4098 1859/05/02 WALSINGHAM JAMES 4 25 N 16 W 80 04 492 1873/01/10 WALSINGHAM JAMES 30 25 N 15 W 40.55 06 6108 1861/09/05 WALTER ALPHA E 29 27 N 18 W 40 06 1945 1855/12/15 WALTER HARVEY L 29 27 N 18 W 40 06 1983 1855/12/15 WARD REUBEN S 4 25 N 18 W 0 04 6630 1866/09/01 WARD REUBEN S 4 25 N 18 W 87.43 04 6630 1866/09/01 WARD REUBEN S 10 25 N 18 W 40 04 6632 1871/06/14 WARNER JUDSON 3 27 N 17 W 81.37 06 981 1856/04/01 WARREN LYMAN 7 24 N 16 W 45.9 06 1407 1855/06/15 WARREN LYMAN 7 24 N 16 W 40 06 3474 1855/12/15 WARREN ORSON A 11 24 N 15 W 40 04 6711 1867/07/15 WARREN REUBEN 11 24 N 15 W 0 04 811 1874/04/01 WARREN REUBEN 11 24 N 15 W 80 04 811 1874/04/01 WEBB JAMES 24 27 N 15 W 80 04 716 1873/12/20 WEBERG JOHN 13 24 N 15 W 0 04 845 1874/07/15 WEBERG JOHN 13 24 N 15 W 120 04 845 1874/07/15 WEBSTER ABEL 9 24 N 16 W 0 04 1564 1877/03/20 WEBSTER ABEL 9 24 N 16 W 160 04 1564 1877/03/20 WEBSTER JOHN T 29 25 N 16 W 40 04 7163 1870/06/01 WEBSTER MILTON 23 27 N 19 W 80 06 832 1854/10/02 WEBSTER POLLY 23 27 N 19 W 40 06 830 1854/10/02 WEBSTER POLLY 23 27 N 19 W 80 06 831 1854/10/02 WELDEN ELIAS C 18 27 N 15 W 80 04 1635 1877/09/26 WELDEN ISAAC N 3 25 N 19 W 0 04 1351 1876/03/10 WELDEN ISAAC N 3 25 N 19 W 159.72 04 1351 1876/03/10 WELDEN ISAAC N 3 25 N 19 W 0 04 1351 1876/03/10 WELLS EPHRAIM 32 25 N 16 W 40 06 2551 1857/04/01 WELLS HENRY T 33 25 N 18 W 0 06 1272 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 11 25 N 19 W 400 06 1270 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 11 25 N 19 W 0 06 1270 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 2 25 N 19 W 0 06 1269 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 2 25 N 19 W 120 06 1269 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 11 25 N 19 W 0 06 1270 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 2 25 N 19 W 0 06 1270 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 34 25 N 18 W 0 06 1272 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 10 25 N 19 W 0 06 1270 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 6 25 N 18 W 39.88 06 1290 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 26 25 N 18 W 0 06 1272 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 26 25 N 18 W 422.74 06 1272 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 34 25 N 18 W 0 06 1287 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 35 25 N 18 W 0 06 1287 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 36 25 N 18 W 240 06 1287 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 33 25 N 18 W 0 06 1272 1855/04/19 WELLS HENRY T 33 25 N 18 W 0 06 1272 1855/04/19 WELLS SAMUEL 33 25 N 16 W 40 06 1300 1855/04/19 WETHERN BENJAMIN 7 25 N 18 W 160 06 951 1854/10/02 WETHERN BENJAMIN 18 25 N 18 W 0 06 951 1854/10/02 WHEELER SALMON 33 27 N 18 W 0 06 380 1855/04/19 WHEELER SALMON 34 27 N 18 W 320 06 380 1855/04/19 WHEELER SALMON 33 27 N 18 W 0 06 380 1855/04/19 WHEELER SALMON 28 27 N 18 W 0 06 380 1855/04/19 WHINERY GEORGE 4 25 N 16 W 84.19 06 2924 1855/12/15 WHINERY GEORGE 34 25 N 16 W 80 06 3679 1857/04/01 WHITAKER JOHN 12 27 N 15 W 80 04 505 1873/01/10 WHITE EBEN 34 25 N 16 W 40 04 583 1873/05/20 WHITE MOSES 2 27 N 18 W 40 06 1674 1855/12/15 WHITMORE LESTINA P 21 25 N 16 W 40 06 4169 1857/04/01 WHITMORE LESTINA P 21 25 N 16 W 80 06 3004 1855/12/15 WIESEMANN CASPAR 28 27 N 15 W 80 04 519 1873/04/01 WIESEMANN GEORGE F 28 27 N 15 W 80 04 520 1873/04/01 WILCOX ALFRED M 6 27 N 15 W 80 04 244 1871/04/20 WILCOX GEORGE W 6 27 N 15 W 81.5 04 246 1871/04/20 WILCOX MAITLAND H 8 27 N 15 W 80 04 1361 1876/04/01 WILCOX OZIAS 10 24 N 15 W 40 06 5311 1859/05/02 WILDER CHARLES E 13 25 N 18 W 80 06 2802 1855/12/15 WILKINSON JAMES H 35 25 N 18 W 0 06 4503 1857/04/01 WILKINSON JAMES H 35 25 N 18 W 80 06 4503 1857/04/01 WILKINSON WILLARD H 18 25 N 16 W 0 06 4418 1857/04/01 WILKINSON WILLARD H 18 25 N 16 W 120 06 4418 1857/04/01 WILLIAMS ESTHER 3 27 N 18 W 74.9 06 5190 1859/12/20 WILSON ALLEN B 10 25 N 19 W 47.8 06 5334 1859/12/20 WILSON ALLEN B 14 25 N 19 W 35.1 06 4252 1857/04/01 WILSON ALLEN B 14 25 N 19 W 22.85 06 5335 1859/12/20 WILSON EDGAR C 12 25 N 18 W 320 06 2759 1855/12/15 WILSON ROBERT 36 27 N 19 W 40 06 4457 1857/04/01 WILSON SAMUEL M 14 24 N 15 W 80 06 5218 1859/05/02 WILTON WILLIAM 9 27 N 18 W 0 06 1081 1855/04/19 WILTON WILLIAM 10 27 N 18 W 0 06 1073 1856/04/01 WILTON WILLIAM 4 27 N 18 W 160 06 1081 1855/04/19 WILTON WILLIAM 10 27 N 18 W 40 06 2666 1855/12/15 WILTON WILLIAM 10 27 N 18 W 80 06 1073 1856/04/01 WINCHESTER WILLIAM H 36 27 N 18 W 240 06 2081 1856/04/01 WINCHESTER WILLIAM H 35 27 N 18 W 0 06 2081 1856/04/01 WINCHESTER WILLIAM H 35 27 N 18 W 160 06 1980 1856/04/01 WINCHESTER WILLIAM H 17 27 N 18 W 160 06 3826 1859/05/02 WINGER OLE 25 27 N 17 W 80 06 1150 1855/04/19 WINN JOHN W 27 27 N 18 W 40 06 1835 1855/12/15 WISE GEORGIANA 29 25 N 18 W 80 06 2164 1856/04/01 WISE PEMBROKE V 32 25 N 18 W 36.81 06 2355 1855/12/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 9 24 N 15 W 40 04 6716 1867/07/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 5 25 N 18 W 0 04 6717 1867/07/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 11 25 N 18 W 80 04 6717 1867/07/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 17 25 N 18 W 0 04 6737 1867/07/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 32 25 N 18 W 10.55 06 2440 1855/12/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 17 25 N 18 W 120 04 6737 1867/07/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 25 25 N 19 W 35.4 06 2354 1855/12/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 30 25 N 18 W 0 06 2732 1857/04/01 WISE PEMBROKE V 25 25 N 19 W 13.91 06 2569 1855/12/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 36 25 N 19 W 1.28 06 2345 1855/12/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 30 25 N 18 W 40 06 2731 1855/12/15 WISE PEMBROKE V 30 25 N 18 W 0 06 3125 1856/04/01 WISE PEMBROKE V 30 25 N 18 W 76.8 06 3125 1856/04/01 WISE PEMBROKE V 30 25 N 18 W 113.96 06 2732 1857/04/01 WISE PEMBROKE V 11 27 N 18 W 40 06 2251 1857/04/01 WIXSON HENRY S 3 24 N 17 W 0 04 1121 1875/07/30 WIXSON HENRY S 4 24 N 17 W 160 04 1121 1875/07/30 WIXSON HENRY S 3 24 N 17 W 0 04 1121 1875/07/30 WOOD EZRA T 8 27 N 15 W 80 04 1638 1877/07/02 WOOD EZRA T 8 27 N 15 W 0 04 1638 1877/07/02 WOOD JOSEPH 32 27 N 18 W 0 06 379 1854/10/02 WOOD JOSEPH 32 27 N 18 W 0 06 379 1854/10/02 WOOD JOSEPH 25 27 N 19 W 40 06 3029 1855/12/15 WOOD JOSEPH 25 27 N 19 W 0 06 2161 1855/12/15 WOOD JOSEPH 25 27 N 18 W 80 06 3027 1855/12/15 WOOD JOSEPH 35 27 N 19 W 40 06 2957 1855/12/15 WOOD JOSEPH 31 27 N 18 W 80 15 131 1852/08/02 WOOD JOSEPH 36 27 N 19 W 120 06 2161 1855/12/15 WOOD JOSEPH 32 27 N 18 W 160 06 379 1854/10/02 WOOD JOSEPH 30 27 N 17 W 82.59 06 3030 1855/12/15 WOOD JOSEPH 31 27 N 18 W 0 15 131 1852/08/02 WOOD JOSEPH 30 27 N 17 W 40.83 06 3425 1855/12/15 WOOD JOSEPH 36 27 N 18 W 0 06 4386 1857/04/01 WOOD JOSEPH 36 27 N 18 W 160 06 4386 1857/04/01 WRIGHT CHARLES 13 25 N 18 W 80 06 2792 1855/12/15 WRIGHT GEORGE D 33 27 N 18 W 120 06 884 1856/04/01 WRIGHT GEORGE D 33 27 N 18 W 0 06 884 1856/04/01 WRIGHT WALTER 25 27 N 18 W 40 06 4153 1857/04/01 WRIGHT WALTER 33 27 N 17 W 40 06 4152 1857/04/01 WRIGHT WALTER 19 27 N 17 W 40.17 06 4154 1857/04/01 YANCH ERHARD 36 27 N 16 W 80 04 1194 1875/09/15 YANCH ERHARD 36 27 N 16 W 0 04 1194 1875/09/15 YEOUMANS CHARLES B 29 25 N 18 W 40 04 2277 1881/02/10 YOUNG GEORGE 36 27 N 16 W 0 04 1087 1875/04/15 YOUNG GEORGE 36 27 N 16 W 80 04 1087 1875/04/15 YOUNG JOHN L 21 27 N 15 W 160 06 4017 1859/05/02 ZWICKEY FREDRICK 21 25 N 16 W 80 06 5920 1859/12/10