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CHAPTER XXI.
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Land Entries From 1860 to 1920.
After
the Civil War was completed, the settlement of new and continued
in Union County until 1920 when the last tract of land belonging
to the government was bought by Mr. Daisy.
Rich
Precinct added
John
Davie, 26.46 acres
John J. Deming, 26.46 acres;
Jacob Bradshaw, 26.46 acres;
Wm. J. Stout, 382.71 acres;
Lorenzo D. Stout, 60.72 acres;
Henry C. Stout, 20.72 acres;
George W. Owen, 20.72 acres;
R. E. Henderson, 40 acres;
William J. Shepard, 40 acres;
William Terry, 200 acres;
Pleasant Henley, 40 acres;
Fannie Saddler, 40 acres;
James N. Sanders, 129.36 acres;
Jefferson Rendleman, 47 acres;
Wm. V. Sanders, 47.06 acres;
Jasper W. Damron, 40 acres;
Marcus L. Fly, 40 acres;
James E. Hiller, 40 acres;
Jasper N. Damron, 120 acres;
James Watson, 27.92 acres;
John D. Watson, 27.92 acres;
John W. Hiller, 129.68 acres;
John D. Watson, 27.92 acres;
Lewis P. Holland, 30 acres;
William Rhodes, 71.29 acres;
Wm. H. Dodge, 40.40 acres;
Daniel Matlock, 40.40 acres;
Orvil W. Bargs, 40.40 acres;
Lucy L. Fuller, 40 acres; |
David
Bargs, 40 acres;
John Watson, 40 acres;
Solomon Sitter, 80 acres;
Robert Elmore, 40 acres;
Frank M. Agnew, 80 acres;
Jessie Watson, 40 acres;
Enoch Hack, 40 acres;
Irvin C. Batsen, 40 acres;
Franklin Roach, 40 acres;
Henry Culp, 40 acres;
Abel Baker, 40 acres;
Daniel S. Davie, 40 acres;
Robert S. Hopkins, 40 acres;
T. J. McBride, 80 acres;
Jessie G. Lindsay, 40 acres;
Jacob G. Hunsaker, 40 acres;
William Hudson, 120 acres;
Jasper W. Damron, 40 acres;
Pleasant Henley, 80 acres;
David Fries, 40 acres;
Elisha and Zach Hughes, 40 acres;
Charles P. Coleman, 40 acres;
William W. Inscore, 80 acres;
Benjamin F. Green, 80 acres;
John L. Coleman, 40 acres;
Richard Gist, 40 acres;
John Carter, 40 acres;
John Gist, 40 acres; |
Marion C. Coleman, 80 acres;
Absolom W. Coleman, 40 acres;
Lawrence D. Coleman, 40 acres;
George Johnson, 40 acres;
Elizabeth Smith, 40.40 acres
Susan Vancil, 41.20 acres;
William Sladden, 42.21 acres;
Lavina W. Henderson, 80 acres;
James O. Hale, 40 acres;
Christ Landis, 40 acres;
John Randall, 120 acres;
John Freeze, 40 acres;
Wm. A. Harris, 40 acres;
E. D. Turner, 40 acres;
Pleasant P. Peeler, 80 acres;
William Rendleman, 174.39 acres;
Joshua Thompson, 31.36 acres;
Mary Robinson, 40 acres;
Charles D. Bush, 40 acres;
Daniel Sifford, 40 acres;
Richard W. Lisk, 40 acres;
David Gow, 240 acres;
Henry E. Clarke, 40 acres;
William H. Kerr, 40 acres;
Peter A. Stout, 40 acres; and
Larkin F. Brooks, 40 acres. |
Additional lands entered in Lick Creek Precinct were:
Gail
Henson, 40 acres;
Marion C. Coleman, 40 acres;
Joseph Lingle, 40 acres;
William Hudson, 40 acres;
John S. Jones, 120 acres;
George H. Jones, 40 acres; |
Elizabeth Trees, 40 acres;
William A. Johnson,
Matthew Brooks, 40 acres;
Lewis Jones, 40 acres;
Marshall Jones, 40 acres;
Pleasant Henley, 40 acres; |
L. D.
Coleman, 40 acres;
Edwin Wiggs, 40 acres;
Wm. T. Hood, 40 acres;
James H. Kirby, 40 acres;
Andrew J. Gourley, 40 acres;
Hiram N. Hood, 80 acres; |
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Thomas A. Hogg, 40 acres;
George T. McGinnis, 40 acres;
Thomas Gourley, 40 acres;
William Roberts, 77.38 acres;
John H. Boswell, 77.91 acres;
James H. Gallegly, 38.69 acres;
Andrew L. Grugett, 39.23 acres;
Wm. H. Corbitt, 39.24 acres;
Francis F. Keller, 39.24 acres;
Isaac W. Davis, 40 acres;
Austin A. O'Neill, 120 acres; |
Powell Toler, 40 acres;
Hezekiah O'Neal, 40 acres;
James Corbitt, 40 acres;
James A. Brown, 41.72 acres;
Solomon H. Sitter, 41.73 acres;
John S. Grugett, 83.56 acres;
F. E. Scarsdale, 120 acres;
Thomas J. Jolly, 40 acres;
Henry Plater, 40 acres;
Lexander W. Nimmo, 40 acres; |
W. J.
Rudick, 40 acres;
Eva McLane, 40 acres;
William Brasel, 40 acres;
Winstead Davie, 120 acres;
Harrison Elkins, 40 acres;
Sylvester Hileman, 40 acres;
David W. McGinnis, 40 acres;
John H. Boswell, 280 acres;
James F. Dick, 80 acres and
James Miller, 40 acres. |
Saratoga
Precinct added
William B. Todd, 40 acres;
John Hunter, 40 acres;
R. M. Dawson, 40 acres;
James D. Brooks, 87.49 acres;
Susan Mannenger, 43.74 acres;
Marion J. Sitter, 44.96 acres;
John Highland, 44.96 acres;
Franklin W. Carothers, 40 acres;
Jessie R. Brown, 80 acres;
Henry C. George, 240 acres;
James B. Hall, 40 acres;
Esan Griffith, 40 acres;
Wm. N. Corlis, 40 acres;
Elizabeth M. Todd, 40 acres;
John W. WIlliams, 40 acres;
James B. Wall, 40 acres;
Ben Vancil, 40 acres;
Peter Williams, 40 acres;
John N. Penninger, 160 acres;
Williams Murphy, 200 acres and |
Lafayette Murphy, 40 acres;
George Clutts, 40 acres;
Peter Norrix, 80 acres;
Frederick Baker, 40 acres;
D. M. Sisk, 40 acres;
William J. Harkley, 40 acres;
William J. Stout, 40 acres;
John Randall, 40 acres;
Joseph Lingle, 40 acres;
Eliljah Beckwith and John C. Fuller,
40 acres;
Florence K. Baker, 40 acres;
Andrew Duckshied, 40 acres;
John Stephens, 40 acres;
J. W. Hambleton, 40 acres;
Rhoda A. Reward, 40 acres;
J. B. Coulter, 40 acres;
Garrett H. Baker and Wm. Chase, 45.54 acres;
Henry Ede, 45.54 acres;
Garrett H. Baker, 45.54 acres;
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I. N.
Phillips, 45.85 acres;
Eliza B. Finley, 45.85 acres;
Lewis N. Ashley, Ben L. Wiley and
David L. Philips, 40 acres;
Matthias Clemens, 40 acres;
Christian Nordling, 40 acres;
Joseph Metz, 40 acres;
Alexander Johnston, 40 acres;
John M. Rich, 40 acres;
Samuel C. Walker, 40 acres;
Thomas H. Bean, 40 acres;
Wm. J. Jones, 40 acres;
Susannah Barringer, 40 acres;
Daisy and Gertrude Buck,
40 acres;
Joseph Bigler, 35.84 acres;
Adam Buck, 35.84 acres;
Charles Howenstein, 35.83 acres;
Ephriam M. Powell, 40 acres;
George W. Williams, 40 acres;
Joseph Williams, 40 acres and
Richard H. Davis, 40 acres. |
Stokes Precinct was increased by
John
Emerson, 40 acres;
Iva Green, 40 acres;
Henry M. Halterman, 40 acres;
John Earnhadrt. 40 acres;
Henry G. W. S. Cline, 40 acres;
J. F. Halterman, 40 acres; |
James
P. Wiggs, 40 acres;
Richard T. Wiggs, 40 acres;
Miles M. Arnhart, 40 acres;
William D. Toler, 80 acres;
John B. Stokes, 40 acres; |
George A. Stout, 40 acres;
Samuel O. Stout, 40 acres;
Samuel O. Slocet, 120 acres;
William Homes, 40 acres;
Henry Mangold, 40 acres; |
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Dongola added
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Anna
precinct added
Cobden was increased by
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Additions to Alto Precinct were
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LAND ENTRIES FROM 1860 TO
1920
Jonesboro is increased by
Mill
Creek added
Misenheimer Princinct added
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Paul
Dillow, 40 acres;
Peter Dillow, 80 acres;
Joseph Dillow, 40 acres;
Henry Rimer, 40 acres;
Charles Dillow, 40 acres;
M. W. Clutts, 80 acres;
Elijah Miller, 40 acres; |
Wiley
Dillow, 80 acres;
William R. Hileman, 40 acres;
George Mowery, 40 acres;
Elijah Mowery, 40 acres;
Jeff Lingle, 40 acres;
Samuel Hargrave, 40 acres;
Joseph Simpson, 40 acres; |
Jacob
H. Poole, 160 acres;
Herman Schmidtke, 40 acres;
Eliza Bell, 80 acres;
Joshua C. Vick, 40 acres; and
Rudolph Kesserman, 603 acres.
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Reynolds Precinct added
Henry
Rymer heirs, 80 acres;
William W. Cummins, 40 acres;
E. Abernathie and A. T. Sams, 200
acres;
Joseph Baker, 14.13 acres;
Coswell Brimm, 4k0 acres;
Levi A. Dillard, 120 acres;
William Humphrey, 40 acres;
Walter Jones, 80 acres;
Alfred Misenheimer, 40 acres;
J. L. Misenheimer, 80 acres;
Wm. R. Reynolds, 80 acres;
William J. Harrison, 40 acres;
John T. G. Linn, 79.70 acres; |
Cornelius Perry, 40 acres;
Reid Green, 120 acres;
John C. Kelley, 80 acres;
Samuel H. Frost, 40 acres;
Henry A. Fite, 40 acres;
Jessie E. Lentz, 40 acres;
Nathaniel G. Miller, 40 acres;
Giles M. Misenheimer, 41.20 acres;
Michael Canes, 41.20 acres;
Jacob T. Misenheimer, 200 acres;
Joseph A. Fulenwider, 80 acres;
Jacob M. Hileman, 80 acres;
Jacob E. Brady, 40 acres;
Henery Rendleman, 40 acres; |
Charles Dillow, 120 acres;
Winstead Davie, 40 acres;
Kenneth Hargrave, 162.04 acres.
Jessie Ware, 120 acres;
Lydia E. Sanders, 40 acres;
Jessie Lentz, 120 acres; and
Alfred Lence, William H. Walker, George W. Day,
Philetas E. Hileman, Tilman M. McNeeley, George J.
Andrews, John D. Wilson, Charles Walker, David
Kimmel and Jacob Brady, 40 acres. |
Union
Precinct was increased by
A. J.
Prmley, 40 acres;
Andrew J. Lyerle, 40 acres;
John L. Shirley, 120 acres;
Charles C. Smith, 80 acres;
Frank Petsch, 40 acres;
Harvey A. DuBois, 80 acres; |
David
W. Karraker, 80 acres.
Daniel W. Brown, 80 acres;
Andrew J. Daisy, 480 acres (in 1920);
Wm. H. Green, 80 acres;
Wm. C. Rich, 80 acres; |
Francis Lingle, 32.50 acres;
Andrew J. Lemmons, 32.50 acres;
Adam Lyerle, 32.50 acres; and
Benjamin Ogle Taylor, 34.75 acres. |
Preston added
James McCann, 38.38 acres;
George W. Smith, 43.95 acres |
Charles E. Anderson, 120 acres and |
William Wright, 40 acres. |
George W. Fithian entered 8346.97 acres in 1904 in the
hill-lands of the county.
Between
the row of hills running north and south in the western part of
the county and the river was a number of small lakes and much
swamp land. In 1857 part of this land was sold for from 5c
to $1.00 per acre, for $278.00. In 1867 the remaining
swampland in the county was sold for $11,770.71, making a total
of $12,048.71 for about 30,000 acres of land. Most of this
land was around Clear Creek and what was once known as the lake
sections in Reynolds, Union and Preston Precincts. About
1000 acres of swampland was located in Stokes and Dongola
Precincts. This part
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was purchased by H. Williams of Cairo, Morgan Stokes,
Isaac Davis and James Miles.
The rest
of the land along the river was sold to
H.
Williams, Cairo, Ill.;
Jacob McClure, Jonesboro;
Caleb Trees, Union County;
John Daugherty, Jonesboro;
James Luse, St. Louis, Mo.;
James Chadwick, St. Louis, Mo.
George Kimmel, Union County;
G. W. Morgan, Union County;
C. Hileman, Union County;
W. C. Pender, Jonesboro;
I. W. McClure, Alelxander County;
John Baltzell, Union County; |
Sarah
J. Hampton, Union County;
J. E. Naill Jonesboro;
A. L. Spring and brother, Preston, Ill.;
John Stearns, Jonesboro;
W. H. Norris, Union County;
Robert Sublett, Union County;
B. DeWtt, Union County;
T. C. James, Union County;
Davie and Sublett, Union County;
William Green, Union County;
Isaac Miller, Union County;
P. D. Kelley, Illinois; |
M.
Hunsaker, Jonesboro;
G. W. Lemly, Union County;
R. B. Merriman, Jonesboro;
W. C. Pender, Union County;
James Evans, Union County;
Sarah E. McKinney, Union County;
Jessie Ware, Union County; and
Hugh Andres, Silas Hessl, Charles Barringer, John
Samson, W. C. Rich, M. M. Goodman and Caleb
M. Lyerly, all of Union County. |
These
lakes and swamp lands were used for hunting, trapping and
fishing grounds for many years. A later chapter will show
how the lakes and swamps were drained to make the land available
for agriculture.
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