Land Purchases in Oak Creek Township - to 1861

Land Purchases in Oak Creek Township - to 1861

[Source: Currier & Ives, “Home in the wilderness,” c1870; Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov : accessed 31 Dec 2012)]

From the forthcoming book (collection of short stories):

“American Centennial at the Homeplace: The Founding (1833-1876)”

From:

**Part II - Oak Springs, Oak Creek Township Stories to 1861

Land Purchases in Oak Creek Township - before the war

Date - Grantee - Acres - Description

1. May 1833 - Robert Baldridge - 640 acres - Section 17
2. May 1833 - Henry McDonald - 640 acres - Section 23
3. May 1833 - Hugh Truesdale - 160 acres - N 1/2 Section 24
4. May 1833 - Jake Patton - 320 acres - S 1/2 Section 24
5. May 1833 - Jake Patton - 320 acres - S 1/2 Section 35
6. Mar 1836 - Victor Campbell - 160 acres - NW 1/4 Section 36
7. Mar 1837 - Jesse Bartlett - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 26
8. Mar 1837 - Oliver Dodson - 160 acres - SW 1/4 Section 26
9. July 1837 - Jake Patton - 320 acres - N 1/2 Section 35
10. Mar 1838 - Eli Rhodes - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 49
11. Mar 1838 - George King - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 50
12. Mar 1839 - Victor Campbell - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 31
13. Mar 1840 - Victor Campbell - 160 acres - NW 1/4 Section 31
14. Mar 1841 - Michael Duncan - 160 acres - NW 1/4 Section 49
15. Mar 1842 - Peter Simpson - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 31
16. Mar 1843 - Jacob Pryor - 160 acres - SW 1/4 Section 27
17. Mar 1843 - Frances Holt - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 28
18. Mar 1845 - Victor Campbell - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 32
19. Mar 1846 - Joshua Cox - 160 acres - SW 1/4 Section 32
20. Feb 1847 - Robert Baldridge - 40 acres - NE 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 25
21. Mar 1847 - Grant Carroll - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 28
22. Mar 1847 - Lawrence Johnson - 160 acres - NW 1/4 Section 27
23. Mar 1847 - Nathan Bishop - 160 acres - SW 1/4 Section 31 
24. July 1847 - Owen Olson (from Jake Patton) - 60 acres - NE 1/4 SE 1/4 Section 35 and east 1/2 of NW 1/4 SE 1/4 Section 35 
25. July 1847 - Owen Olson (from Jake Patton) - 40 acres - SE 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 35
26. Mar 1848 - Henry McDonald - 320 acres - S 1/2 Section 18
27. Mar 1848 - Harry McDonald - 320 acres - N 1/2 Section 18
28. Mar 1848 - Hugh Truesdale - 160 acres - NW 1/4 Section 24
29. Jun 1848 - Town of Oak Springs Platted - see separate land descriptions.
30. Jun 1849 - Grant Carroll (from Frances Holt) - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 28
31. Nov 1850 - George King (from Peter Simpson) - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 31
32. Mar 1851 - Jasper Die - 160 acres - SW 1/4 - Section 13
33. Mar 1852 - Jourdan Sullivan - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 33
34. Mar 1853 - Jefferson Lowden - 160 acres - NW 1/4 Section 34
35. Mar 1854 - Samuel Street - 160 acres - NW 1/4 Section 39
36. Mar 1855 - Edmond Gifford - 160 acres - SW 1/4 Section 39
37. Mar 1856 - Ephriam Bressie - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 26
38. Mar 1857 - Abner Wingfield - 160 acres - NW 1/4 Section 26
39. Aug 1857 - Levi Wilson (from Jake Patton) - 20 acres - E 1/2 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 35
40. Mar 1858 - Wilson Craddock - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 34
41. Mar 1859 - Silas Hamby - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 34