The Founding - List of Businesses - Land Purchases

The Founding of the Homeplace
List of Businesses and Buildings: 1865 to 1875
Land Purchases in Oak Creek Township - after the war

The green hill in the valley

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From the forthcoming short story collection:

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

**Part IV - 1865-1876 review completed

List of Businesses and Buildings: 1865 to 1875

Beginning late in 1865, the following were the new businesses in Oak Springs:

Campbell Boarding House

Diamond Hotel

Donagan’s Tavern

J.D. Potts, Physician, Office

Oak Creek Real Estate and Land Office

Oak Creek Sale Barn

Oak Creek Valley Breeding 

Oak Creek Valley Livery and Stable

Oak Springs Enterprise

Oak Springs General Merchandise Store and U.S Post Office

Oak Springs Savings Bank

Oak Springs Town Hall

Olson Blacksmith Shop

Potts Barber, Apothecary and Print Shop

Sylvester Preston, Attorney-at-Law, Office (later, Preston-Coffee Law Office)

Weston-McDonald Freight Line Office

Weston Woodworking

**Part IV - 1865-1876 review completed

Land Purchases in Oak Creek Township - after the war

1. Mar 1866 - Riley Cooper (from David Baldridge and Sarah Baldridge McDonald) - 40 acres - NE 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 25
2. Mar 1866 - Riley Cooper - 120 acres - NW 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 25 and S 1/2 NE 1/4 Section 25
3. Mar 1866 - Delbert Campbell (from Victor Campbell) - 160 acres - N 1/2 Section 31 and N 1/2 Section 32
4. Mar 1867 - Theodosius Rhodes (from Eli Rhodes) - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 49
5. Mar 1867 - Franklin Gifford (from Edmond Gifford estate) - 160 acres - SW 1/4 Section 39
6. Jul 1868 - “Land Office” - letter from Silas Hamby - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 34
7. Oct 1868 - “Land Office” - letter from Grant Carroll - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 28
8. Mar 1870 - Turkill Dent - transfer from Wilson Craddock - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 34
9. Jan 1871 - “Land Office” - court order, from Jesse Bartlett - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 26
10. Jan 1871 - “Land Office” - court order, from Oliver Dodson - 160 acres - SW 1/4 Section 26
11. Jan 1871 - “Land Office” - court order, from Jefferson Lowden - 160 acres - NW 1/4 Section 34
12. Jan 1871 - “Land Office” - court order, from Jacob Pryor - 160 acres - SW 1/4 Section 27
13. Mar 1871 - Bernie and Coleman Cox (from Joshua Cox) - SW 1/4 Section 32
14. Mar 1872 - Abner Wingfield (from Ephriam Bressie) - 160 acres - NE 1/4 Section 26
15. Mar 1873 - Russell Nixon (from Land Office/Bartlett) - 160 acres - SE 1/4 Section 26
16. Mar 1874 - J.P. Polk (from Land Office/Dodson) - - 160 acres - SW 1/4 Section 26

To be continued... next Friday.

May we each have a Homeplace, if only in our hearts!

Dr. Bill ;-)