Taylor County, Iowa Original Land Entries
in order by date of purchase
[transcribed by Pat O'Dell: genpat@netins.net]
Date of Purchase Part of Section section township range acres hds name of purchaser
               
1855 [torn] E 1/2 of SW 36 68 34 80   Nash, William
1855 [torn] S 1/2 of SE 36 68 34 80   Wallace, Cadwallader
1855 [torn] NE 1/4 14 68 34 160   Hooton, J. Smith
1855 [torn] SW 1/4 13 68 34 160   Pearson, John J.
1855 [torn] N 1/2 of SE 36 68 34 80   Wallace, Cadwallader
1855 02 ?? NW of SW 06 69 35 37 67 Willingham, William W.
1855 02 06 NE of NW 26 68 34 40   Fowler, Isaac H.
1855 02 06 NE of NE 24 68 34 40   Hahnenkratt, Henry
1855 02 06 NW of NW 21 67 34 40   Miller, Jacob
1855 02 06 NE of NW 03 67 34 40   Johnson, Benjamin L.
1855 02 06 SE of NE 09 69 34 40   Manning, James
1855 02 06 SW of SE 04 67 34 40   Willingham, William W.
1855 02 06 E 1/2 of NE 02 67 34 79 34 Knight, Volentine
1855 02 06 E 1/2 of SE 12 68 34 80   Smith, James M.
1855 02 06 NE of SW 01 67 34 40   Larison, Enoch B.
1855 02 06 SE of SE 29 68 34 40   Lowe, John Shelton
1855 02 06 W 1/2 of NW 35 70 34 80   Conner, Richard F.
1855 02 06 NW of SE 01 67 34 40   Larison, Enoch B.
1855 02 06 E 1/2 of SW 14 70 34 80   Manning, James
1855 02 06 NW of SE 35 68 34 40   Golden, John A.
1855 02 06 SW of NE 36 68 34 40   Greer, James H.
1855 02 06 NW of NW & SE of NW 26 68 34 80   James, William C.
1855 02 06 SW of SE 02 67 34 40   Baker, Henry W.
1855 02 06 SW of NE 02 67 34 40   Knight, Volentine
1855 02 07 NW of NE 24 67 35 40   Brown, Joshua
1855 02 07 NW of SE 26 70 34 40   Scott, Cornelius N.
1855 02 07 NW of SW 30 70 35 36 90 Pigg, Noah S.
1855 02 07 NE of SE 30 68 35 40   Willingham, William W.
1855 02 07 SW of NE 18 68 35 40   Scarlett, William W.
1855 02 07 SW of NE 28 69 35 40   East, Alvis H.
1855 02 07 NW of SW 29 68 35 40   Willingham, William W.
1855 02 07 SW of NW 11 69 35 40   Robbins, William
1855 02 07 SW of SW 07 69 35 38 04 Willingham, William W.
1855 02 07 NW of NW 18 69 35 38 24 Willingham, William W.
1855 02 07 NE of NE 03 70 35 43 29 Smith, William L.
1855 02 07 NW of NE 28 69 35 40   Manning, James
1855 02 07 NW of SE 18 68 35 40   Scarlett,William W.
1855 02 07 NW of SW 11 69 35 40   Robbins, William
1855 02 07 NW of SW 35 70 34 40   Scott, Cornelius N.
1855 02 07 NW of SW 31 70 35 80   East, Alvis H.
1855 02 07 SE of SW 13 67 35 40   Baker, Washington
1855 02 20 N 1/2 of NW 32 68 34 80   Vinnedge, Adam
1855 02 21 E 1/2 of SW 31 68 35 80   Dyche, Margaret
1855 02 21 S 1/2 of SE 06 67 35 80   Furgeson, William H.
1855 02 21 SW of NW 05 67 35 40   Furgeson, William H.
1855 02 21 NE of SE 09 67 34 40   Burk, Moses W.
1855 02 22 S 1/2 of SW 29 68 34 80   Willingham, William W.
1855 02 22 SW of SE 29 68 34 40   Willingham, William W.
1855 02 22 SE of SW 04 70 35 40   Quimby, Marian E.
1855 02 22 SE of NE 08 70 35 40   Quimby, Marian E.
1855 02 22 NW of NW 09 70 35 40   Willingham, William W.
1855 02 23 N 1/2 of SE 22 68 35 80   Purple, Hatsill C.
1855 02 26 NW of NW 29 70 35 40   Willingham, William W.
1855 02 26 NW of NE 07 69 35 40   Willingham, William W.
1855 02 26 NE of SW 07 69 35 40   Willingham,William W.
1855 02 26 SW of NE 07 69 35 40   Willingham, William W.
1855 02 26 SE of SW 10 70 35 40   Willingham,William W.
1855 02 26 NW of SW 20 70 35 40   Willingham, William W.
1855 02?09? S 1/2 of SW 14 69 35 80   Turner, Job C.
1855 03 14 NWof NE 30 70 35 40   Dodson, John
1855 04 03 NE of SW 32 68 34 40   Vinnedge, Adam
1855 04 03 NE of SE 12 67 35 39 35 Cole, Nathan
1855 04 03 SW of NE 07 67 34 40   Cobb, Asa
1855 04 03 SE of SW 18 67 34 40   Bullock, James
1855 04 03 NE of SW 18 67 34 40   Cole, William C.
1855 04 03 W 1/2 of SW 07 67 34 67 02 Cole, Nathan
1855 04 03 NE of SW 06 67 34 40   Stout, James M.
1855 04 03 SE of NW 19 67 34 40   Baker, Washington
1855 04 03 NE of SW 19 67 34 40   Baker, Washington
1855 04 03 NW of NW 09 67 34 40   Cobb, Benjamin
1855 04 03 E 1/2 of NE 08 67 34 80   Cobb, Benjamin
1855 04 03 SE of NW 07 67 34 40   Cobb, Asa
1855 04 03 S 1/2 of NW 15 67 34 80   Burk, John J.
1855 04 03 NE of SW 18 69 34 40 40 Edwards, Obediah
1855 04 03 NE of SE 19 69 34 40   Edwards, Obediah
1855 04 04 W 1/2 of NE 31 68 34 80   Farmer, Benjamin
1855 04 04 SW of SE 18 69 35 40   Judge, James
1855 04 04 NE 1/4 19 69 35 160   Smith, Patrick
1855 04 04 SW of SE 30 68 34 40   Farmer, Benjamin
1855 04 04 SE of SW 30 68 34 40   Farmer, Benjamin
1855 04 04 S 1/2 of NE 29 68 35 80   Winnigar, Samuel
1855 04 05 NE of SE 18 70 35 40   Baker, George
1855 04 06 NE of SE 32 68 35 40   Cochran, Addison
1855 04 06 SW of NE 17 67 35 40   Lawson, Mary M.
1855 04 06 SW of NW 18 67 35 40   Ward, Daniel G.
1855 04 06 NW of SE 18 67 35 40   Ward, Jonathan B.
1855 04 06 NW of SE 32 68 35 40   Cochran, Addison
1855 04 06 NW of NE 18 67 35 40   Ward, Jonathan B.
1855 04 07 NW of SE 07 67 35 40   Baldwin, John T.
1855 04 13 SW of SW 31 70 35 36 78 Goudie, John
1855 04 13 NW of NW 30 70 35 36 44 Copeland, William
1855 04 13 SE of SW 34 70 35 40   Parish, John
1855 04 19 SW of SW 20 69 34 40   Hobbs, Lott
1855 04 19 NE of NW 25 69 35 40   Hicks, Randall B.
1855 04 19 W 1/2 & SE of SE 24 69 35 120   Hicks, Randall B.
1855 04 19 NE of NW 23 70 34 40   Manning, James
1855 04 19 SW of SW 03 69 35 40   Manning, James
1855 04 19 SE of SW 18 69 34 40 40 Hicks, Randall B.
1855 04 19 E 1/2 of SW 15 69 35 80   Manning, James
1855 04 19 SW of NW 05 69 34 40   Manning, James
1855 04 20 N 1/2 of NE 03 67 34 78 54 Pfester, John W.,
1855 04 23 NW of NE 07 67 34 40   Cobb, Thomas
1855 04 23 W 1/2 of SW 06 67 34 80   Cobb, Thomas
1855 04 23 E 1/2 of SE 18 67 34 80   Cole, William C.
1855 04 23 NW of NW 18 67 34 33 29 Cole, William C.
1855 04 23 NE of SW 01 67 35 39 01 Nevens, Michael R.
1855 04 23 W 1/2 & NE of SW 25 67 35 120   Baker, Henry W.
1855 04 24 NE 1/4 of SE & SW of SE 34 68 34 80   Pfeaster, John U.
1855 04 24 SE of NE 20 67 34 40   Baldwin, John T.
1855 04 24 NW of NW 10 67 34 40   Pfaster, John U.
1855 04 24 NW of NW 09 67 34 40   Pfaster, John U.
1855 04 25 E 1/2 of NW 05 69 34 80 01 Manning, James
1855 05 ? S 1/2 of SE 06 69 35 80   Madden, George A.
1855 05 01 NW of NW 19 69 35 40 23 Philpot, Jose
1855 05 08 W 1/2 of NW 08 69 35 80   Cook, Elizabeth, P. Scholey
1855 05 08 SE of SE 31 70 35 40   Rawlings, Luke
1855 05 08 E 1/2 of NE 07 69 35 80   Cook, Charles, B. Scholey
1855 05 09 N 1/2 of SW 15 67 34 80   Burke, Philip
1855 05 09 SE of SW 08 68 35 40   Pace, Edward
1855 05 10 NE of NE 08 69 35 40   Goff, Moses
1855 05 10 NW of NW 09 69 35 40   Goff, Moses
1855 05 10 NE of NW 19 70 35 40   Baker, George
1855 05 10 NW of NE 19 70 35 40   Baker, George
1855 05 10 W 1/2 & NE of SW 29 70 35 120   Farrens, David M.
1855 05 10 SW of SW 04 69 35 40   Goff, Moses
1855 05 11 S 1/2 of SW 06 69 35 78 08 Madden, George A.
1855 05 12 SE of NE 19 70 35 40   Shanklin, James A.
1855 05 12 SE of NW 05 70 35 40   Swain, Lorenzo D.
1855 05 17 SW of SE 27 67 35 40   Petty, John C.
1855 05 18 N 1/2 of NE & SE of NE Sw of NW & N 1/2 of SE [ this land description has a bracket like it all goes together but it's on two lines and has two different dates and the above line has no name in the right column] 25 68 34 240   Anthony, Edwin C.
1855 05 18 SE of SE 25 68 34 40   Wallace, Cadwallader
1855 05 19 NW of SE & NE of SW 29 68 34 80   Easley, James S.
1855 05 21 NE of SW 24 68 34 40   Easley, James S.
1855 05 21 NE of SE 29 68 34 40   Easley, James S.
1855 05 21 W 1/2 of SE 09 67 34 80   Wallace, Cadwallader
1855 05 21 NE of NE 13 68 34 40   Eye, Matilda C.
1855 05 21 W 1/2 of SE 17 67 34 80   Wallace, Cadwallader
1855 05 21 S 1/2 of SE 15 68 34 80   Eye, Matilda C.
1855 05 21 SW 1/4 34 68 34 160   Wallace, Cadwallader
1855 05 23 NW of NE 07 67 35 40   Wallace, Cadwallader
1855 05 23 NW of SW 07 67 35 36 44 Daken,Thomas
1855 05 23 NW of NE 10 67 35 40   Campbell, James B.
1855 05 23 SW of NE 08 67 35 40   Chappeleau, William W.
1855 05 23 NW of SW 35 68 34 40   Easley, James S.
1855 05 30 N 1/2 of SW 31 69 35 84 57 Krout, John
1855 05 30 SE of NW 10 70 35 40   Wallace,Cadwallader
1855 05 30 NW of NE 23 70 34 40   Manning, James
1855 05 30 SE of NE & NE of SE 10 69 35 80   Robbins, William
1855 05 30 NW of NE 19 67 35 40   Harris, Jesse
1855 05 30 S 1/2 of SW 18 69 35 79 65 Shinn, Moses F.
1855 05 30 NE of NW 19 69 35 40   Shinn, Moses F.
1855 05 30 E 1/2 of NW 18 69 35 80   Wallace, Cadwallader
1855 05 30 E 1/2 of SW 04 68 35 63 36 Hays, Lewis
1855 05 31 S 1/2 of SE 14 68 34 80   Eye, Matilda C.
1855 06 02 SW of NE 31 69 35 40   Bruce, William
1855 06 02 E 1/2 of SE 33 69 35 80   Baldwin, Harvey B.
1855 06 02 SE 1/4 31 69 35 160   Bruce,William
1855 06 04 NE of NE 01 70 34 41 01 Case, Isaiah
1855 06 04 SW of SW 08 67 35 40   Reager, Leonard
1855 06 04 NW of SW 12 70 34 40   Jones, Isaiah
1855 06 04 NE of NW 27 67 35 440   Reager, Leonard
1855 06 05 NW of SE 13 67 35 40   Baker, Washington
1855 06 05 SW of SE 23 68 34 40   Speidle, Jacob
1855 06 05 NW of NW 01 67 35 36 80 Cobb, Asa
1855 06 05 NW of NW 13 67 35 40   Cobb, Asa
1855 06 05 SW of NE 26 67 35 40   Vincent, Julia
1855 06 05 W 1/2 of NW 31 68 34 58 27 McCloud, John S.
1855 06 05 SW of SE 08 67 34 40   Cobb, Asa
1855 06 05 NW of NE 19 67 34 40   Bullock, Allen
1855 06 05 S 1/2 of NW 06 67 34 80   Cobb, Thomas
1855 06 05 SW of SE 13 67 35 40   Baker, David
1855 06 05 SE of SW 15 67 35 40   Ball, Benjamin L.W.
1855 06 05 NE of SE 08 67 34 40   Cobb, Benjamin
1855 06 05 NE of SE 23 68 34 40   Vinege, Adam
1855 06 05 NE of NW 24 67 35 40   Baker, Washington
1855 06 06 E 1/2 of SE 33 68 34 80   Grosvenor, Alvin S.
1855 06 07 SE of NW 29 67 35 40   McFarland, Moses
1855 06 07 SE of NE 21 67 35 40   Kishler, George
1855 06 07 NE of NE 30 67 35 40   McFarland, Moses
1855 06 07 SW of NW 22 67 35 40   Fishler, George
1855 06 07 NW of SW 22 67 35 40   Fishler, George
1855 06 07 SE of SE 19 67 35 40   McFarland, Moses
1855 06 07 NE of SE 21 67 35 40   Kishler, George
1855 06 08 W 1/2 of SW 27 69 34 80   Moore, Jabez G.
1855 06 08 NE of SW 03 69 34 40   McCumber, George
1855 06 08 SE of SE 24 70 34 40   Isaac, George S.
1855 06 10 W 1/2 of NE & E 1/2 of NW 03 70 35 165 59 Smith, John H.
1855 06 12 NE of SW 32 69 35 40   BAldwin, John T.
1855 06 12 W 1/2 of SE 33 69 35 80   Baldwin, Harvey B.
1855 06 12 SE of NW 18 68 35 40   Scarlett, William W.
1855 06 12 SW of SW 30 70 35 37 13 Everett, Horace
1855 06 12 NE of NE 26 68 34 40   Baldwin, John T.
1855 06 12 S 1/2 of SW 18 68 35 76 63 Bruce, Zadariah M.
1855 06 12 SE of SE 28 68 34 40   Allen, Samuel A.
1855 06 16 NE 1/4 20 69 35 160   Willingham,William W.
1855 06 16 NW of SE 10 69 35 40   Judge, James
1855 06 16 W 1/2 of SW 18 67 34 66 76 Bullock, Allen
1855 06 18 NE of SE 19 67 35 40   Wells, Samuel
1855 06 18 Lots No 1, 2 & 3 31 67 35 93 37 Wells, Samuel
1855 06 18 SW of SW 30 67 35 33 16 Crabill, John
1855 06 18 N 1/2 of SW 20 67 35 80   Wells,Samuel
1855 06 18 E 1/2 of NE 19 67 35 80   Wells,Samuel
1855 06 18 NE of NE 07 67 35 40   Everett,Horace
1855 06 18 S 1/2 of NE & SE of NW 30 67 35 120   Wells, Samuel
1855 06 18 SE 1/4 & E 1/2 of SW 30 67 35 240   Wells, Samuel
1855 06 20 N 1/2 of NW 08 68 35 80   Scarlett, Harlen
1855 06 20 SW of SW 15 68 35 40   Scarlet, Harlen
1855 06 25 E 1/2 of NE & SW of NE 33 68 34 120   Willingham,William W.
1855 06 27 NE of SW 36 69 35 40   Higgins, John A.
1855 06 27 NE of SW & W 1/2 of SW 35 69 35 120   Osbourne,Ira B.
1855 06 27 E1/2 of NW & SW of NW 35 69 35 120   Osbourne, Ira B.
1855 06 27 NW of SW 07 69 35 38 11 Grosvenor, Alvin S.
1855 06 27 NW of NW 36 69 35 40   Higgins, John A.
1855 06 27 N 1/2 of SE 20 69 35 80   Cassidy, Wear
1855 06 27 SE of NE 34 69 35 40   Osbourne, Ira B.
1855 06 29 SW of SW 13 67 35 40   Baker, David
1855 06 29 SW of SE & S 1/2 of SW 12 67 35 120   Woolverton, Cyrus
1855 06 29 NW of NW 30 67 34 31 96 Bulin, Benjamin R.
1855 06 29 NE of NE 25 67 35 40   Besler, Benjamin
1855 06 29 W 1/2 of NE 13 67 35 80   Wolverton, Edwin
1855 06 29 SW of SW 19 67 34 32 44 Bulin, Benjamin S.
1855 06 30 NE of SW 20 67 34 40   Morris, John T.