Land

McMinn County, Tennessee Deed Book B

Page 7 1 4 Sept 1826 Matthias Firestone to Samuel Firestone: signed in German 5 3 Nov 1825 Elizabeth and James Fields heirs of Andrew Miller dec’d of the Cherokee Nation to Samuel McConnell; land, part in McMinn Co and part in Monroe Co., claimed by said Miller as a life estate reservation. 7 3 Nov 1825 Joseph Crutchfield and George Hicks, Execx. Of Andrew Miller dec’d, all of Cherokee nation, to Samuel McConnell; said miller’s Reservation part in McMinn Co and part in Monroe Co. 8 8 27 Oct 1826 Jourdon T. Counsel of Knox Co. to George M. … Read more

McMinn County, Tennessee Deed Book D

Page 15 1 16 July 1835 James Smith of Lincoln Co., Power of Atty. To Mathew Stephenson and John Lyons both of Habersham Co., Ga., to sell land on Red River is Texas; acknowledged in Davidson Co. 4 29 Sept 1835 James Smith of Lincoln CO. by his Attys. In fact Mathew Stephenson and John Lyon of Habersham Co, Ga. To Wiott W. Bailey and david Cochran of Smith Co: $3,864.50; undivided 22ned part of two tracts of land on SW bank of Red River between the Cado Lake and the sulphur fork of the same containing twenty-two leagues of … Read more

McMinn County, Tennessee Deed Book E

Page 19 1 8 Feb 1836 Miranda Thompson, Michael C. Derrick and wife Emily late Thompson, and Mary Thompson widow of Samuel Thompson Sr. dec’d to Wm. H. Cook; their undivided part of land. being the part bought of Samuel Thompson Jr. which is 1/6 part; also the part conveyed by Robert Thompson to said Miranda and said Derrick, and the part of Miranda and Michael and wife Emily and of Elizabeth Masters widow of James Masters dec’d late Elizabeth Thompson, all the said parts being undivided and all the said Mary Thompson’s dower; land on which the forge is … Read more

McMinn County, Tennessee Deed Book F

Page 24 4 5 Nov 1838 Andrew Fox to Mary Fox; Power of Atty. to receive his share of estate of Andrew Fox dec’d ; late of Greene Co. 7 3 Nov 1838 David Reid Sr. to Martin D. Anderson. 12 21 Dec 1825 Robert C. Crow to John H. Beck of Rhea Co.; his part of undivided land willed to him by his father John Crow dec’d. 13 23 Nov 1838 Caleb Starr and wife Nancy to William H. Cook and Thomas Cooper; $8350; plantation of about 1533 1/2 acres on both sides of Connasauga Creek including their reservation. … Read more

McMinn County, Tennessee Deed Book C

Page 11 2 28 Feb 1820 Nancy Starr to John Bean of Cherokee Nation: Bill of Sale for slave. 3 Sep 1833 Anthony and Nancy Davis, Adms. Of Wm. Davis dec’d to Wm. Davis of Logan Co., Ky; Bill of Sale for slave. 3 7 Nov 1833 Gilbert Cruse to William M. Herron; Deed of Trust; his interest in estate of Benjamin Riddle dec’d which descended to him by his wife Frances Riddle. 7 2 Dec 1833 Benjamin Paden of Arnoha District in Cherokee nation to Jeremiah Horn; Deed of Trust 8 24 Jan 1834 John Cobbs to Solomon Bogart … Read more

The Six Nations Indian’s Conditions of Settlement

The conditions which govern the Indian’s occupation of his Reserve are, probably, so well known, that any extended reference under this head will be needless. He ceded the whole of his land to the Government, this comprising, originally, a tract which pursued the entire length of the Grand River, and, accepting it as the radiating point, extended up from either side of the river for a distance of six miles, to embrace an area of that extent. The Government required the proprietary right to the land, in the event of their either desiring to maintain public highways through it themselves, … Read more

Seminole Town Site Act

AN ACT To provide for the appointment of town-site commissioners and the location of a a town in the Seminole Nation. Be it enacted by the general council of the Seminole Nation: SEC. 1. That A. J. Brown, Thomas McGeisey, Thomas Factor, W. L. Joseph, and Dorsey Fife he, and are hereby, appointed as town-site commissioners for the Seminole Nation, and their term of office shall continue for four years and until their successors are appointed by the general council and qualified. The said commissioners shall each execute a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved … Read more

Blackfeet Indian Reservation

Map of the Blackfoot Reservation

The Blackfeet Reservation was established when the treaty of 17 Oct. 1855 was entered into on the shores of Judith River, in what was in 1855, the Territory of Nebraska.

Improvements to Annexed Cherokee Lands

1830 Map of Cherokee Territory in Georgia

List of the improvements, with the proprietors’ names, on lands ceded by the Cherokees to the United States, by the treaty of the 6th of May, 1828, with the appraised value, &c. annexed.

Portland Land Title Controversies

Land Title Controversies: Measures taken by Proprietors to Protect Land Purchasers’ Rights – The Three Causes of Litigation – Legal Points in the Stark vs. Starr Case – Decision of the Courts – Causes of Litigation Over the Lownsdale Estate – Final Settlement of the Case in the United States Circuit Court – Decision of Judge Sawyer and Concurrent Opinion of Judge Deady – Public Levee Case – Grounds of Private and Municipal Claims to the River Front – How the City’s Rights were Lost – Legal History of the Caruthers Claim.

End to the Portland Land Title Controversy

Following is the agreement referred to so often in the foregoing decision, and may be regarded as the palladium of the Portland land titles, and the end of controversy to all contestants. It was made in March, 1852, when the proprietors found that it was impossible to secure a title jointly to the land which they had been holding and selling as partners. Each covenants that “First, He will fulfill and perform all contracts and agreements that he has entered into with the others, or each of them, or with other persons, respecting the said tract of land or any … Read more

Early Troup County, Georgia Land Records

The following records of early Troup County Georgia Land records was extracted from the History of Troup County, Atlanta, Ga.: Printed by Foote & Davies Co., 1935, pp 11-26. The lot numbers followed by an asterisk (*) are fractional lots of less acreage than those unmarked; those followed by a plus (+) are not wholly in Troup County; the county from which registrations were made is the third column; names followed by an asterisk (*) are revolutionary soldiers or their widows; those followed by a plus (+) are soldiers of Indian wars or their widows.

1922 Jackson Township, Iowa Atlas

Last First & Middle Wife Children Rents Acres Section Yrs in County Owner County State Ambrose F H Ella LolitaLowellLeonaLorene   120 9 34   Harrison Iowa Ambrose H W Bertha ChristieHarryClara   6080 43 10   Harrison Iowa Andersen Chris Sena     160 15 2   Harrison Iowa Anderson E Hannah GraceElofHuston   30160 3526 7 Lysander Crane Harrison Iowa Andersen S M Bessie J ClarenceEdwardLoraineDarwinMaryHelenIdella R 4 23 2 R W Payton Harrison Iowa Babe S Lillie JoyOttoMadeline   44 32 & 33 38   Harrison Iowa Baker W A Mary A Leota MElton RRalph   160 … Read more

1922 Little Sioux, Iowa Atlas

Last First & Middle Wife Children R Acres Sec Yrs in County Owner County State Alton Jess A Inez Virgil Earl Floy R 240 24 32 Cross D  A Harrison Iowa Alton O F Sena Leo Nina Harriett 159 17 16 Harrison Iowa Alton W C R 160 5 Lougee E H Harrison Iowa Armstrong Joe Ethel Bruce Lyle Rose Hugh R 73 36 Harrison Iowa Atwell J F Verna Pearl R 320 22-23 25 Atwell W C Harrison Iowa Aylesworth E D Olga Eugene D R 220 7 10 Smith E E Harrison Iowa Baker F M Anna Hattie … Read more

17th District 1st Section, Cherokee

1830 Map of Cherokee Territory in Georgia

The list below contains the names and residence of all the fortunate drawers in the Land Lottery of the 17th District, 1st Section, of Cherokee country. This list is part of a larger compilation called the Cherokee land lottery. 1 Reuben Taylor, Tuggle’s, Merriwether.2 Bressie O’Brien, 601st, Taliaferro3 William Davis, Higginbotham’s, Rabun,*4 Gabriel G. Coley, Daniel’s, Hall.*5 John Dial, Jr:, 2d section, Cherokee.*6 John King, Jr., Baismore’s, Jones,7 Richard W. Davis’s ors,, Downs’s, Warren.8 James H. Stedham, Duke’s, Carroll;*9 Meshack Maddox, Bustin’s, Pike*10 Elias Crews, Brown’s, Camden:*11 William Moore, SOL, Fenn’s, Clarke.*12 George Brown, Ball’s, Monroe.13 William Nix, Mizell’s, Talbot.108 … Read more

18th District 1st Section, Cherokee

1830 Map of Cherokee Territory in Georgia

The list below contains the names and residence of all the fortunate drawers in the Land Lottery of the 18th District, 1st Section, of Cherokee country. This list is part of a larger compilation called the Cherokee land lottery. 1 James Murray, Loven’s, Henry.*2 Hester Branch, w. r. s., Southwell’s, Tatnall3 John Mills, Park’s, Walton.*4 Seaborn Jones, Covington’s, Pike5 John A. Byrd, Athens, Clarke6 Michael James’s ors., 1st, Chatham.7 Kinchen Harrison, sol., Newsom’s, Warren.*8 James Harrell, 561st, Upson.9 Isaac Laroche’s ors., 122d, Richmond.10 William Savage, Hill’sBaldwin.*11 William Bacon, Harris’s, Columbia.12 Felix H. Greene, Lunceford’s, Wilkes.20 Gilbert Blailock’s ors., Hendon’s, Carroll.21 … Read more

7th District, 2nd Section, Cherokee

1830 Map of Cherokee Territory in Georgia

The list below contains the names and residence of all the fortunate drawers in the Land Lottery of the 7th District, 2nd Section, of Cherokee country. This list is part of a larger compilation called the Cherokee land lottery. 1 John Gurley, Hughes’s, Habersham.*2 Sirass B. Oliver , Martin’s, Washington.*3 Ward Hudson Guice’s, Oglethorpe.*4 John Laton, s.l. w., Peacock’s, Washington.*5 Simon C. Vick, George’s, Appling.6 William Pentecost, r. s., Lay’s Jackson.7 Kenneth Gillis, Gillis’s, De Kalb8 Charles W. Nixon) Gunn’s, Henry.*9 Williamson Phipps) Rainey’s, Twiggs.10 Stephen Meritt, sol, Smith’s, Wilkinson.*11 Benjamin Boyt, Bryan s, Burke.*12 Jeremiah Blangett’s ors., Nellum’s, Elbert.13 … Read more

10th District 2nd Section, Cherokee

1830 Map of Cherokee Territory in Georgia

The list below contains the names and residence of all the fortunate drawers in the Land Lottery of the 10th District, 2nd Section, of Cherokee country. This list is part of a larger compilation called the Cherokee land lottery. 1 Robert Scott, Bustin’s, Pike.2 Joseph J. Williams, 656th, Troup.*3 Alexander Modesett, Bivins’s, Jones.”4 Warren J. Phillips, Payne’s, Merriwether.5 John G. Barnett, Loveless’s, Gwinnett.6 Jackson M’Donald, Southwell’s, Tatnall.7 Benjamin Tillery, Allison’s, Pike.*8 Jonathan Powell, Hutson’s, Newton.9 Ibby Hurst, w., Roberts’s, Hall.10 Duncan Ray, Williams’s, Decatur.*11 Thomas Arnett, Downs’s, Warren.12 Daniel Young, Whitehead’s, Habersham.13 William Camp, Gray’s, Henry.14 Arba Washburn, 1st, Chatham. … Read more