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Early Abstracts of Lake Maxinkuckee, INDEX

Lake Maxinkuckee is located in the fractional sections of 15, 16, 21, 22, 28, 27 and 34 of Township 32 North Range One East; and the property was considered lakefront.

This page will be the listing of the original Abstracts of the property Around Lake Maxinkuckee. I have taken what I designed for the early landowers and taken some of it off except for the land patents; as this is where most abstract will start at.

The abstracts will be listed under the proper section below and by current address. It is hoped that anyone having an orginal abstract whether partial or complete will be willing to share it and its genealogical and historical content for the history of Lake Maxinkuckee - its cottages and its people.

Also the which is believed to be the original survey map for the area of 1834-5. The 1830-1840 plat map as presented on its own page. And also here as I have sectioned it down to North - East - South and West; this looks to me to be an original mapping done for the U. S. Government land patent office for means of issuing land patents for the area. A summary of the early landowners for the lake area from Marshall county records. And the Indian Villiages.

The largest land patent holder of Lake Maxinkuckee was James F. D. Lanier - all his patents are listed below. Here is his own autobiography and here is a compiled biography from history sources on Indiana.

I will scan originial abstracts and burn a copy to cd for anyone who is willing to contribute them to the site and history of Lake Maxinkuckee; (you specify cut off date/page) but will scan whole abstract and put on cd. Even tho many will probably duplicate data I will put each up in full for the genealogical and historical value contained within them as well. For now I will limit this project to the following sections of Culver or Union Township: fractional sections of 15, 16, 21, 22, 28, 27 and 34 of Township 32 North Range One East.

Below are enlarged areas of those sections surrounding the lake divided down to North, East, South and West.

North - Northwest & Northeast:

Section 16: 500.90A (North shore town and academy)

Lots 7 & 8, Library

Section 15: Lot 1 - 41.75A

Section 15 Lot 2 - 32.25A

Section 15 Lot 3 - 57.88A.

Section 15 Lot 4 - 47.30A

No land patents were found for Section 16

William Thompson obtained the land patent for the East half of fractional fifteen in township thirty-two, of Range one, East containing 344 96/100 acres on 10 August 1837.

James F. D. Lanier obtained the land patent of the North West quarter of Section fifteen which would of been 160 acres; also a part of this patent was the East half of the South quarter of Section 17 which would of been 80 acres for a total of 240 acres on 30 June 1837. With other land patents listed on this page James F. D. Lanier owned approximately 1129 10/100 acres of land around the lake.

Abstracts Section 16

Abstracts Section 15

South, Southeast, & Southwest:

Section: 34 Lot _ - 32.__A

Section 34 Lot 2 - 48.90A

Section 34 Lot 7 - 37.30A

James F D. Lanier obtained the land patent the North half of section thirty four which would of been approximately 118 79/100 acres; with this was the East half of the North East quarter of section thirty four which contained 80 acres for a total of 198 79/100 acres on 30 June 1837. With other land patents listed on this page James F. D. Lanier owned approximately 1129 10/100 acres of land around the lake.

Abstracts Section 34

East and Southeast:

Section 15/22 Lot 1 - 37.70A

Section: 22 Lot 2 - 45.45A

Section 22 Lot 3 - 45.45A

Section 22 Lot 4 - 55.70A

Section 27 Lot 1 - 49.70A

Section 27 Lot 2 - 34.31A

Section 27 Lot 4 - __.__A

No land patents for Section 22 & 27 was found; by early Plat Map these were Indian Reservation.

James F. D. Lanier obtained a land patent for the Fractional Section Twenty seven. Acreage is undeterminable by the certificate for this piece of land. This patent also contained land in sections Twenty, Twenty one and Twenty eight for a total of 793 32/100 acres total.

Abstracts Section 22

Abstracts Section 27

West, Southwest:

Section 21 Lot 1 - 52.41A

Section 21 Lot 2 - 41.92A

Section 21 Lot 3 - __.__A [41.49]

Section 28 Lot 1 - __.__A

Section 28 Lot 2 - 26.60A

Section 28 Lot 3 - 39.16A

Section 28 Lot 4 - 51._0A

Section 28 Lot 6 - 36.6_A

James F. D. Lanier obtained a land patent for the Fractional section Twenty one. Acreage is undeterminable by the certificate for this piece of land. This patent also contained land in sections Twenty, Twenty seven and Twenty eight for a total of 793 32/100 acres total.

An abstract states the patent date of 26 February 1836 for section 21 and the acreage for this section as 155.82A. This abstract of this area being Transcribed at Present.

James F. D. Lanier obtained a land patent for the Fractional section Twenty eight. Acreage is undeterminable by the certificate for this piece of land. This patent also contained land in sections Twenty, Twenty one and Twenty seven for a total of 793 32/100 acres total.

Abstracts Section 21

419 S. Main St.

Abstracts Section 28