James F. D. Lanier's Land Patent Early Patents & Land Owners
Lake Maxinkuckee is located in the
fractional sections of 15, 16, 21, 22, 28, 27 and 34 of Township 32 North Range One
East.
This page will be the listing of the original Land Patents from the United States
Government or the first original land owners of the property Around Lake Maxinkuckee.
The 1830- 1840 plat map as present on its own page. And also here that I have
sectioned down to North - East - South and West; 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.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS
The following names appear in "Marshall Co. Tract Book, Original Land Sales", 1833-1867, which
is located in the Marshall County Historical Museum. The land was purchased from the U.S. Government or
the State of Indiana as Swamp Lands or Canal Lands.
Bozarth, Jacob
Edward, Francis
Green, John
Houghton, John
Houghton, John W.
McDonald, Thomas
Mow, Jonathan
Mow, William
Norris, Ransom H.
Thompson, William
ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS
MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA 1854
PUBLIC SALE of SWAMP LANDS in MARSHALL COUNTY
The following public notice appeared in The Banner, a newspaper printed in Plymouth, dated 4 August 1853:
OFFICE OF AUDITOR of Marshall County
Plymouth, May 6th, 1853
In pursuance of the provisions of an act entitled "an act to regulate the sale of the Swamp Lands donated by the United
States to the State of Indiana, and to provide for the Draining and reclaiming thereof, in accordance with the condition
of said grant," approved May 29, 1852, and the several acts supplemental thereto, approved June 14, 1852, and March 4,
1853, there will be offered at public sale, at the court house, in the town of Plymouth, all the
SWAMP LANDS
Laying and being in said county of Marshall, situated as follows, to wit:
In Townships number 32, 33, 34, and 35, north, range 1 east.
In Townships number 32, 33, 34 and 35, north, range 2 east.
In Townships number 32, 33, 34 and 35, north, range 3 east.
In Townships number 32, 33, 34 and 35, north, range 4 east.
The sale will commence on the 8th day of August 1853 at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and be continued from day to day until all
the lands are offered. The conditions of sale are Cash, and the following funds will be received in payment, to wit:
Gold and silver, the notes of the State Bank of Indiana, the notes of the Free Banks of Indiana, the Bank of Missouri, and all
solvent Banks of Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia.
T. McDONALD,
Auditor, Marshall County
Date of 1854
| Purchase |
Name |
Description |
Sec. |
Twp. |
Range |
Acres |
| 1-14 |
Richard Corbaly |
E/2 |
34 |
32 |
1 |
65.56 |
ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS
The following is abstracted from a list returned to Marshall County by the Office of the State Auditor, Indianapolis, Indiana,
certifying the "foregoing lands, lying in the County of Marshall, were entered at the Land Office at Winamac, at the times and
by the person therein mentioned".
Date of 1849
| Purchase |
Name |
Description |
Sec. |
Twp. |
Range |
Acres |
| June 23 |
Phillip Sutton |
NE/4 |
15 |
32 |
3 |
160 |
I am going to do this here - the one 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.
The sections of land in Union township that include the lake and property around it are: 15, 16, 22, 24, 27 and 34.
Absracts can be found here.
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
No land patents were found for Section 16
5 Oct. 1839 - Bayless Dickson - West Half of Section 16 TP 32 B, R 1 E 150.78 scres recorded in Tract Book No. 1 at pg. 4
From what I have read and seen one documents early land owners for this area would be considered also
as:
Thomas Houghton
James Duddleson
Isaac N. Morris
Section 15: Lot 1 - 41.75A
Section 15 Lot 2 - 32.25A
Section 15 Lot 3 - 57.88A.
Section 15 Lot 4 - 47.30A
Land Patents:
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.
From what I have read and seen one documents early land owners for this area would be considered also
as:
- Isaac N. Morris.
- Aaron T. Benedict
- Jonthan Mow - as he is refered to in connection with the William Thompson property.
East and Southeast:
Section 15/22 Lot 1 - 37.70A
See above
Section: 22 Lot 2 - 45.45A
Section 22 Lot 3 - 45.45A
Section 22 Lot 4 - 55.70A
No land patents for Section 22 was found; by early Plat Map this was Indian Reservation.
From what I have read and seen one documents early land owners for this area would be considered also
as:
Section 27 Lot 1 - 49.70A
Section 27 Lot 2 - 34.31A
Section 27 Lot 4 - __.__A
Land Patent:
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.
From what I have read and seen one documents early land owners for this area would be considered also
as:
South, Southeast, & Southwest:
Section: 34 Lot _ - 32.__A
Section 34 Lot 2 - 48.90A
Section 34 Lot 7 - 37.30A
Land Patent:
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.
From what I have read and seen one documents early land owners for this area would be considered also
as:
West, Southwest:
Section 21 Lot 1 - 52.41A
Section 21 Lot 2 - 41.92A
Section 21 Lot 3 - __.__A [41.49]
Land Patent:
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.
From what I have read and seen one documents early land owners for this area would be considered also
as:
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
Land Patent:
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.
From what I have read and seen one documents early land owners for this area would be considered also
as:
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