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Anindel, David 280 acres Brown, David 304.66 acres Butcher, Jacob 160 acres Cauble, Adam 124.52 acres Cotner, David 160 acres Crowell, John 31.62 acres Cruse, Henry 80 acres Culph, Henry 80 acres Ellis, James 160 acres Field, Alexander P. 80 acres Grammer, John 240 acres Grammer, William 160 acres Green, Thomas 160 acres Hargrave, John 160 acres Hargrave, Robert 160 acres Heacock, Russell E. 160 acres Hughes, Wm. 80 acres Hunsaker, Geo. 160 acres Hunsaker, Jacob 240 acres; Hunsaker, William 40 acres

Husky, Jonathan  80 acres Kimmel, David 480 acres Linbaugh, Michael 160 acres Morgan, Anthony 80 acres Palmer, Joseph 80 acres Penrod, Emmanuel 160 acres Rendleman, Jacob 400 acres Smiley, George 40 acres Taylor, J. & Legal Heirs of J. Hughes 160 acres Taylor, Joseph 80 acres Thompson, Israel 130.68 acres Tinsley, Isaac 80 acres Trees, Jacob 80.63 acres Vancil, Edward 160 acres Vancil, John 69.50 acres Weigh, Jacob 80 acres Weigle, John 80 acres Whitaker, John 160 acres Wolf, George 720 acres Wolf, Jacob 320 acres

This means that these people obtained this land from the government by right of settlement upon it and the payment of a small fee of fifty cents or less than two dollars per acre.  By 1835 John Grammer had donated part of his land to the city of Jonesboro and other land had also changed hands by right of purchase but the above describes the original settlement of the precinct.
     The settlement of what are now Anna Precincts was next in size to Jonesboro.  Here the following men had entered land as follows:

Casper, Peter 344.58 acres Wooten, John 160 acres Sitter, Conrad 160 acres Lingle, Anthony 200 acres Barringer, Henry 80 acres Crise, David 160 acres Hunsaker, Jacob 160 acres Morrison, William 340 acres Crafton, Robert 91.22 acres; McIlhaney, Joseph 182.46 acres Winces, John 160 acres Davie, Winsted 80 acres Field, Abner, Jr. 160 acres Thornton, John 80 acres Sams, Thomas 80 acres Sams, Rice 80 acres Grammer, John 160 acres

Husaker, Jacob, Jr. 184.53 acres McIntosh, John 80 acres Spence, Daniel 80 acres Brown, David 160 acres Weigle, John 160 acres; Craigle, William 320 acres Miller, David 160 acres Knupp, Leonard 80 acres Cripe, George 80 acres Cornell, Isaac 160 acres Miller, Peter 160 acres Brown, John 160 acres Wilson, Nicholas 162.46 acres Bechtle, Henry 200 acres Plott, George 80 acres Lipe, Lennard 40 acres

     Cobden Precincts were settled by:

Anderson, Cornelius 180.34 acres Farrill, Thomas 80 acres Harris, John 158.55 acres Hartline, George 93 acres Hartland, Samuel 40 acres Lence, Duvall 240 acres Lingle, John 160 acres; Lence, John 160 acres Lence, John, Jr. 160 acres Lence, Pete 80 acres Lingle, John 184.11 acres McFarland, John R. 162.88 acres

Mull, Benedict 66.01 acres Penrod, Samuel 80 acres Smith, C. B. R. 40 acres Summers, Johnson 93.57 acres Trees, Aaron 40 acres Vancil, John 40 acres Vancil, John, Sr. 80 acres Miller, Joseph 80 acres Vancil, Edmund 240 acres Vancil, Isaac 320 acre Zimmerman, Mathias 41.84 acres

     Dangola Precincts which comprise a large portion of the southeastern corner of Union County, were settled by:

Barbee, Joseph 160 acres Barber, Joseph 80 acres Bechtle, Henry 80 acres Beggs, Alex, Jr. 80 acers Beggs, Alex, Jr. 240 acres Beggs, Alexander 125.98 acres Beggs, Isaac 160 acres Borin, Hosea 320 acres Borin, John 160 acres Bradshaw, James John 80 acres Braggs, Isaac 364.87 acres Brim, Alex 160 acres Brown, George W. 80 acres Carriker, Daniel 40 acres Clapp, Adam 320 acres Coleman, Daniel F. 160 acres Cope, John 80 acres Cope, Lost 160 acres Crise, William 80 acres Crite, Joseph 40 acres Cruse, Peter 287 acres Davidson, Wiley I. 40 acres Davis, George 160 acres Davis, John 95 acres Devolt, George 80 acres Dillow, John 200 acres Dillow, Michael 80 acres Edelman, Adam 100.29 acres Edelman, John 340.18 acres Goodwin, Wilkinson 160 acres

Grammer, J. & McLean, J. Bradshaw 80 acres Hileman, Daniel 80 acres Hileman, George 40 acres Hinkle, Philip 80 acres Hughes, Thomas S. 80 acres Hunsaker, John 160 acres Hunsaker, John 160 acres Hunsaker, Samuel 40 acres Krite, George 40 acres Lanes, Thomas 80 acres McIntosh, Thomas 160 acres Meisenheimer, A. 40 acres Meisenheimer, Moses 80 acres Meisenheimer, Tobias 120 acres Menees, Benjamin 40 acres Miller, John, Sr. 160 acres Osman, Michael 40 acres Patterson, Levi 160 acres Peeler, Jacob 40 acres Penrod, David 80 acres Penrod, Lewis 160 acres Post, August 40 acres; Sams, Thomas 66.98 acres Saunders, John 80 acres Shaffer, Andrew 40 acres Shelby, Moses 49.24 acres Strickler, Henry 40 acres Uri, John 160 acres Vineyard, John 160 acres Yost, John 206.89 acres

     Stokes Precinct north of Dongola and east of Anna was settled by:

Bizzel, Isaac 160 acres Boswell, Jonathan 40 acres Cove, William 94.62 acres Cox, Abner 160 acres Davidson, W. & Throgmorton, T. 160 acres Davis, John 95 acres Evans, George 160 acres Godwin, George 80 acres Gwinn, William 40 acres Hileman, Daniel 80 acres Hileman, George 40 acres

McGinnis, Richard 160 acres Menees, Benjamin 80 acres Mowery, John 80 acres Musgrave, Caleb 120 acres Patterson, Isaiah 95.36 acres Rains, Ambrose B. - Shelby, Moses 49.24 acres Smith, William 80 acres Stokes, John 80 acres Toler, Silas 40 acres

     The early settlers of Saratoga Precinct were:

Green, Thomas 60 acres

Owen, William 120 acres

     Lick Creek early settlers were:

Patterson, Thomas D. 160 acres Anderson, Wyatt 40 acres Anderson, Zebedee 80 acres Craig, Hugh 160 acres Cox, John - Heirs of 320.25 acres Musgrave, Nathan 80 acres

Bradshaw, John 160 acres Menees, Benjamin 160 acres Evans, George 160 acres 1818   Evans, Owen 160 acres Musgrave, Nathan 80 acres

     There were no settlers in Rich Princinct before 1835.
     Many people settled near the river, the only means of long distance transportation at that time.
     Reynolds Precinct, the southwester corner of the county, was settled by:

 

Brooks, 'Benjamin 240 acres Brown, David 80 acres Brown, James, Sr. 160 acres Casper, Caleb 160 acres Donohoe, Stephen 160 acres Dorris, McDaniel 160 acres Ellis, Daniel 80 acres Harris, Benjamin 308.90 acres Hileman, Jacob 124 acres

James, Willis 40 acres Littleton, Jacob 319.91 acres Longworth, Nicholas 160 acres McIntosh, J. 80 acres Miller, David 127.94 acres Same, Hithaper A. 80 acres Smith, Joseph 724,38 acres Smith, L. W. & J. 480 acres Trees, Jacob 206.48 acres

     Meisenheimer Precinct was settled by:

Brown, Abraham 120 acres Cruse, A. - Legal Representatives of 160 acres Eddleman, Adam 160 acres Ellis, Quinton 80 acres Hazelwood, Cliff 160 acres Hunsaker, Samuel 160 acres

Knupp, Daniel 80 acres Knupp, John 80 acres Meisenheimer, David 80 acres Meisenheimer, J. J. 80 acres Smith, Andrew 80 acres Smith, John 40 acres

     Mill Creek Precinct was settled by:

Albright, Peter 80 acres Albright, Peter 80 acres Barger, John 160 acres Barnhart, Christopher 40 acres Clutts, Henery 103.36 acres Clutts, Henry 202 acres Cruse, Moses 160 acres Cruse, Peter 204.87 acres Fink, John 80 acres Goodman, Adam 80 acres Harriston, John 80 acres Hartline, John 80 acres Herring, Joel D. 80 acres Hoffner, John 240 acres Holleman, Edmund 80 acres Holshouser, Michael 160 acres

Hunsaker, George 160 acres Hunsaker, Jacob 160 acres Kimmel, John 80 acres Lawrence, George 160 acres Lence, Peter 206.89 acres Lingle, Anthony 160 acres Medlin, George 40 acres Miller, Christian 202 acres Miller, John 160 acres Panless, Peter 80 acres Panless, Philip 80 acres Shaver, Philip 160 acres Weaver, James 160 acres Whitaker, John 160 acres Worthington, William 160 acres

     Union Precinct west of Jonesboro along the Mississippi River was the most thickly settled district along the river but the majority of the entries were made between 1825 and 1835 after Willard's Landing had become established.  Thos who entered the land here were:

Abernathy James M. 152.81 acres Barker, John 40 acres Bennett, Franklin M. 42.50 acres Conaway, Charles 80 acres Cox, Thomas S. 40 acres Dougherty, John 42.52 acres Eaton, John 40 acres Ellis, Harrison 40 acres Ellis, Jonathan 80 acres Grammer, John H. 40 acres Grammer, John, Sr. 40 acres Grammer, William 80 acres Green, David 160 acres Green, Thomas 160 acres Green, William 40 acres Hall, Benjamin 240 acres Harris, Benjamin J. 969.21 acres Harris, Thomas H. 40 acres Hunsaker, Abraham 40 acres James, George 39.70 acres James, William 40 acres Joy, Joseph, Sr. 120 acres

Kimmel, George 40 acres Lewis, "L. & Hunsaker, J. 160 acres Littleton, Micajah 80 acres Littleton, William 80 acres McBride, John 80 acres McBride, Richard 160 acres Mounts, William M. 40 acres Price, Calvin 180 acres Price, John 40 acres Rentleman, Jacob 320 acres Rixleben, Augustus 180 acres Robertson, Vincent 80 acres Robinson, Sarah 40 acres Smith, George 166.04 acres Smith, S. M. & J. 160 acres Sublett, Lineas B. 240 acres Summers, Abraham 80 acres Summers, John 80 acres Trees, Caleb & Trees, D. 80 acres Whitaker, Mirian E. 165 acres Willard, Elijah 1049.90 acres Willard, William 80 acres

     Farther up the river Preston Precinct was settled by::

Baltzell, John 71.71 acres Bittle, William 40 acres Carp, J. & Craft, T. 88.86 acres Crafts, Jacob 307.90 acres Freeman, Cyrus S. 16.28 acres Freeman, John 80 acres Harris, Thomas H. 1111.95 acres Henson, George. W. G. 160 acres Laughlin, Garland 20 acres

Lyerle, Henry 80 acres Rorax, John 120 acres Shepard, Wm. 40 acres Smith, George 40 acres Smith, Joseph 143.07 acres Walker, Benjamin 207.77 acres Whitaker, Ninian E. 127.86 acres Wright, Thomas 40 acres

     Alto Pass Precinct was settled by:

Croft, Robert W. 280 acres Dillow, Peter 160 acres Dougherty, Charles 36.89 acres Gregory, John 160 acres Hartline, Caleb 40 acres Lingle, Jacob 160 acres

Penrod, Solomon 80 acres Price, John 80 acres Rendleman, Henry 40 acres Vancil, Edward 160 acres Vancil, John, Sr. 120 acres

     207 of these entries were made before 1820.  Many of these settlers entered more land after 1835 and by 1835 some of the above mentioned farms had changed ownership.