Taylor County, Iowa Original Land Entries
[transcribed by Pat O'Dell: genpat@netins.net]

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Date of Purchase	Part of Section	section	township	range	acres	hds	name of purchaser
1853 12 09	E1/2 of NW 1/4	05	67	34	81	12	Ross, Jacob
1853 12 09	SW of SE	05	67	34	40		Lambert, John
1853 07 08	W1/2 & SE of NW & NE of SW	08	67	34	160		Stephens, John L.
1853 12 09	NW of NE	08	67	34	40		Lambert, John
1853 12 09	SW of NE	18	67	34	40		Baker, Henry
1853 12 09	NE of NW	18	67	34	40		Baker, Henry
1853 07 08	SW of NW	18	67	34	33	19	Miller, Jacob
1853 05 27	SW 1/4	05	67	35	160		Bridgewater, Elias
1853 06 03	NE of ? 1/4	06	67	35	154	28	Fergson, William
1853 05 27	SW of ? 1/4	06	67	35	153	70	Wamsley, William B.
1853 12 03	SE of SE	14	67	35	39	34	Brown, Joshua
1853 07 25	SE of SE	23	67	35	40		Cook, William P.
1853 09 09	E 1/2 of NE	32	67	35	80		Dougherty, Abner N.
1853 12 13	E 1/2 of SW	10	68	35	80		Mason, James
1853 06 01	W 1/2 of NW	14	68	35	80		Mason, James
1853 12 13	NE of NE	15	68	35	40		Mason, James
1853 09 09	N 1/2 of NW	18	68	35	75	40	Scarlett, Samuel
1853 09 09	SW of NW	18	68	35	35	87	Scarlett, William W.
1853 09 07	E 1/2 of NW	29	68	35	80		Winenger, Samuel
1853 05 24	SW of SW	29	68	35	40		Stocton, James M.
1853 05 24	SE of SE	30	68	35	40		Stocton, James M.
1853 05 24	NE of NE	31	68	35	40		Stocton, James M.
1853 05 24	NW of NW	32	68	35	40		Stocton, James M.
1853 05 24	E 1/2 of SE	31	68	35	80		Holland, Thomas
1853 07 22	NW of ?1/4 of SW	18	69	35	39	18	Buckingham, Joseph
1853 12 13	N 1/2 of NW	30	69	35	80		McAlpin, Henry
1853 06 01	NW of ? 1/4	31	69	35	166	28	Krout, John
1853 09 09	SW of SW	33	69	35	40		Scarlett, James
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1854 07 10	NW of NE	01	67	34	38	22	Smith, David
1854 11 01	SE of NE	01	67	34	40		Easley, James S.
1854 10 11	N1/2 of SE	02	67	34	80		McGuire, William
1854 11 01	SW of NE	03	67	34	40		Allen, Samuel A.
1854 10 02	SE of NW	03	67	34	40		Baker, David Jr
1854 10 02	SW of SW	03	67	34	40		Dale, Jesse
1854 06 08	NW of NW	04	67	34	43	89	Cobb, John M.
1854 11 21	SE of SE	04	67	34	40		Creed, Wilson
1854 11 21	NE of SW	04	67	34	40		Creed, Wilson
1854 06 08	SW of SW	04	67	34	40		Abbit, Grenville C.
1854 07 25	NE of NE	05	67	34	42	80	Grosvenor, Alvin S.
1854 06 07	NW of NE	05	67	34	42	22	Ross, Jacob
1854 10 11	SW of NE	05	67	34	40		Ross, Jacob
1854 07 26	NW of NW	05	67	34	40	84	Vinnedge, Adam
1854 07 26	SW of NW	05	67	34	40		Grosvenor, Alvin S.
1854 06 08	NW of SE	05	67	34	40		Ross, James
1854 06 28	NE of SW	05	67	34	40		Baker, Henry W.
1854 11 04	NW of SW	05	67	34	40		Ross, William M.
1854 06 08	S 1/2 of SW	05	67	34	80		Lambert, John
1854 11 01	NE of SE	06	67	34	40		Vinnedge, Adam
1854 10 02	SE of NE	07	67	34	40		Cobb, Asa
1854 10 02	NE of SE	07	67	34	40		Cobb, Asa
1854 06 28	NW of SE	07	67	34	40		Miller, Jacob
1854 06 28	SE of SE	07	67	34	40		Ray, Smallwood V.
1854 11 04	SW of SE	07	67	34	40		Ray, Smallwood V.
1854 11 08	SE of SW	07	67	34	40		Cole, William C.
1854 10 02	SW of NE	08	67	34	40		Cobb, Asa
1854 06 08	NE of NW	08	67	34	40		Lambert, John
1854 10 02	W 1/2 & SE of SW	08	67	34	120		Cobb, Asa
1854 10 02	NW of SE	08	67	34	40		Cobb, Asa
1854 06 08	NE of NE	09	67	34	40		Abbit, Grenville C.
1854 05 26	SE of NE	09	67	34	40		B----, R----ard [could be Richard Bullock] paper gone on page
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1854 10 11	SW of NE & NE of NW	09	67	34	80		McGuire, William
1854 10 02	SE of SW	09	67	34	40		Cobb, Asa
1854 04 20	SE of NE	17	67	34	40		Pfaster, John U.
1854 04 20	E 1/2 of SE	17	67	34	80		Pfaster, John U.
1854 10 11	NW of SW	17	67	34	40		Miller, Berry
1854 11 18	E 1/2 of NE	18	67	34	80		Cole, William C.
1854 06 28	NW of NE	18	67	34	40		Baker, Henry W.
1854 11 18	SE of NW	18	67	34	40		Cole, William C.
1854 05 26	NW of NW	19	67	34	33	67	Bullock, Allen
1854 10 02	SW of NW	19	67	34	33	43	Baker, Washington
1854 07 10	S 1/2 of SE	19	67	34	80		Morris, John T.
1854 10 02	NW of SW	19	67	34	32	68	Baker, Washington
1854 10 11	SE of NW	20	67	34	40		Miller, Berry
1854 07 10	SW of SE	20	67	34	40		Morris, John T.
1854 07 10	NW of NW	29	67	34	40		Morris, John T.
1854 05 26	SW of NW	29	67	34	40		Golden, Henry
1854 07 10	N1/2 of NE	30	67	34	80		Morris, John T.
1854 05 26	SW of NE	30	67	34	40		Golden, Henry
1854 07 10	SE of SE	30	67	34	40		Morris, John T.
1854 10 11	S 1/2 of NE	01	67	35	80		Nivens, Michael
1854 10 11	NW of SE	01	67	35	40		Hattfield, William
1854 11 11	NW of SW	03	67	35	40		Smith, Joseph
1854 01 24	N 1/2 of SE	06	67	35	80		Chrisman, Peter F.
1854 06 08	W 1/2 of NW & SW of SW	07	67	35	110	12	Daken, Thomas
1854 07 19	S 1/2 of SE	07	67	35	80		McFarland, Ebenezar
1854 11 11	NE of SW	07	67	35	40		Shortridge, George S.
1854 10 13	SE of SW	07	67	35	40		Shortridge, George S.
1854 10 03	NW of SE	08	67	35	40		Duncan, John W.
1854 11 11	NW of SE	08	67	35	40		Clayton, David
1854 11 11	SE of SW	08	67	35	40		Rager, Leonard
1854 10 03	SW of SE	10	67	35	40		Stone, James
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1854 11 28	NE of SE	17	67	35	40		Lawson, John S.
1854 05 26	SW of NE & NE of NW	18	67	35	80		Ward, Jonathan B.
1854 05 26	NW of NW	18	67	35	36	40	Ward, Daniel G.
1854 10 03	SW of SE	18	67	35	40		Harris, Jesse
1854 05 26	W 1/2 of SW 1/4	18	67	35	71		Harris, Jesse
1854 10 03	SE of SW 1/4	18	67	35	40		Harris, Jesse
1854 07 19	W 1/2 of NW	19	67	35	70	12	Clayton,David
1854 10 03	SE of NW	22	67	35	40		Campbell, James B.
1854 10 03	NE of SW	22	67	35	40		Rager, Leonard
1854 10 03	NE of SE	23	67	35	40		Dale, Jesse
1854 03 31	NE of NE	24	67	35	40		Brown, Joshua
1854 10 03	SE of NE	24	67	35	40		Baker, Washington
1854 10 03	SW of NW	24	67	35	40		Wade, Thomas B.
1854 10 03	NE of SE	24	67	35	40		Baker, Washington
1854 11 22	SW of SE	24	67	35	40		Cook, William P.
1854 06 08	W 1/2 of SW	24	67	35	80		Vincent, John P.
1854 11 22	NW of NE	25	67	35	40		Vincent, John P.
1854 10 03	NW of NW	25	67	35	40		Vincent, John P.
1854 11 01	SE of SW	25	67	35	40		Ray, Smallwood V.
1854 10 03	NE of NE	26	68	34	40		Vincent, John P.
1854 11 25	SE of NE	12	68	34	40		Allison, William H.
1854 11 11	W 1/2 & SE of NE	20	68	34	120		Smith, James M.
1854 11 11	S 1/2 of NW	20	68	34	80		Smith, James M.
1854 11 21	NE 1/4	22	68	34	160		Willingham, William W.
1854 11 20	SE of NW	22	68	34	40		Johnson, Benjamin L.
1854 10 02	SE 1/4	22	68	34	160		Dale, Jesse
1854 11 20	SW of NW	23	68	34	40		Johnson, Benjamin L.
1854 06 08	SE of SE	23	68	34	40		Hahnenkratt, Henry
1854 11 01	SW 1/4	23	68	34	160		Daniel S.
1854 11 22	SE of NE	24	68	34	40		Huddleston, Thomas
1854 11 18	NE of SE	24	68	34	40		Huddleston, Thomas
1854 06 08	W 1/2 of SW	24	68	34	80		Hahanenkratt, Henry
1854 11 08	SE of SW	24	68	34	40		Evans, Jesse
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1854 11 01	SW of NE	25	68	34	40		Derrickson, Andrew
1854 05 16	N 1/2 of NW	25	68	34	80		Dowis, Isaac
1854 11 01	SE of NW	25	68	34	40		Derrickson, Andrew
1854 11 01	SW of SE	25	68	34	40		White, John H.
1854 11 01	NW of SW	25	68	34	40		Guess, Madison
1854 11 01	S 1/2 of SW	25	68	34	80		White, John H.
1854 11 08	NW of NE	26	68	34	40		Evans, Jesse
1854 06 28	SE of NE	26	68	34	40		McGuire, William
1854 11 02	SW of NE	26	68	34	40		Everett, Horace
1854 05 16	E 1/2 of SE	26	68	34	80		Dowis, Isaac
1854 11 01	NW of SE	26	68	34	40		Easley, James S.
1854 06 28	SW of SE	26	68	34	40		McGuire, William
1854 05 23	N 1/2 of SW	26	68	34	80		Houck, Edwin
1854 10 11	SW of SW	26	68	34	40		Lowe, John*
1854 10 12	SW of NW & SE of SW	26	68	34	80		Derrickson, Albert
1854 10 02	E 1/2 of NE	27	68	34	80		Dale, Jesse
1854 11 18	W 1/2 of NE	27	68	34	80		Smith, James M.
1854 11 11	E 1/2 of NW	27	68	34	80		Smith, Elizabeth Jane
1854 10 02	SW of NW	27	68	34	40		Derrickson, John
1854 11 02	NE of SE	27	68	34	40		Everett, Horace
1854 11 08	SE of SE	27	68	34	40		Everett, Horace
1854 11 18	E 1/2 of SW	27	68	34	80		Fowler, Isaac H.
1854 10 02	NW of SW	27	68	34	40		Derrickson, John
1854 10 02	SW of SW	27	68	34	40		Baker, David Jr
1854 10 02	SE of NE	28	68	34	40		Derrickson, John
1854 10 02	SE of NW	28	68	34	40		Dale, Jesse
1854 10 02	NE of SE	28	68	34	40		Derrickson, John
1854 10 02	W 1/2 of SE	28	68	34	80		Doughty, John T.
1854 10 02	E 1/2 of SW	28	68	34	80		Derrickson, John
1854 10 02	SW of SW	28	68	34	40		Derrickson, John
1854 10 11	S 1/2 of NW	29	68	34	80		Vinnedge, Adam
1854 10 11	NW of SW	29	68	34	40		Vinnedge, Adam
1854 07 25	W 1/2 of NE	32	68	34	80		Vinnedge, Adam
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1854 07 25	S 1/2 of NW	32	68	34	80		Vinnedge, Adam
1854 07 25	N 1/2 of SE	32	68	34	80		Vinnedge, Adam
1854 06 08	SE of SE	32	68	34	40		Cobb, John W.
1854 07 26	SW of SE	32	68	34	40		Grosvenor, Alvin S.
1854 10 11	W 1/2 & SE of SW	32	68	34	120		Vinnedge, Adam
1854 03 01	NW 1/4	33	68	34	160		Dougherty, Abner N.
1854 10 12	NW of NE	33	68	34	40		Guess, Madison
1854 11 07	NW of SE	33	68	34	40		Cariger, William B.
1854 07 25	N 1/2 of SW	33	68	34	80		Vinnedge, Adam
1854 06 08	S 1/2 of SW	33	68	34	80		Cobb, James M.
1854 11 01	NE of NE	34	68	34	80		Parcell, Cyrus
1854 11 08	Se of NE	34	68	34	40		Evans, Jesse
1854 10 02	NW 1/4	34	68	34	160		Baker, David, Jr
1854 07 10	SE of SE	34	68	34	40		Smith, David
1854 11 01	NE of NE	35	68	34	40		Easley, James S.
1854 10 12	NW of NE	35	68	34	40		Guess, Madison
1854 10 13	NE of NW	35	68	34	40		Derrickson, Albert
1854 10 12	S 1/2 of NE	35	68	34	80		Derrickson, Albert
1854 11 01	W 1/2 of NW	35	68	34	80		Parcel, Cyrus
1854 11 01	SE of NW	35	68	34	40		Derrickson, Albert
1854 11 01	E 1/2 & NW of NE	36	68	34	120		Ivins, Daniel
1854 11 11	NW of NW	36	68	34	40		Greer, James H.
1854 07 10	SE of NW	36	68	34	40		Golding, John A.
1854 07 10	SW of NW	36	68	34	40		Smith, David
1854 07 10	W 1/2 of SW	36	68	34	80		Smith, David
1854 07 17	W 1/2 of SW	03	68	35	62	65	Wills, William E.
1854 07 07	SE 1/4	04	68	35	126	63	Walters, William T.
1854 06 01	E 1/2 of SW	07	68	35	80		Scarlet, Samuel
1854 10 03	NE of NE	09	68	35	40		Pace, Lewis C.
1854 10 11	NW of NW	10	68	35	40		Sturgis, Benjamin
1854 07 27	E 1/2 of SE	10	68	35	80		Walters, William T.
1854 07 07	NW of SW	11	68	35	40		Walters, William T.
1854 07 07	SE of SW	11	68	35	40		Wills, William E.
1854 10 03	SW of SW	11	68	35	40		Wills, William E.
1854 07 27	SW of SW	14	68	35	40		Walters, William T.