My 3rd great-grandfather, William A. Harmon bought land in Indiana when a young man. I saw the paperwork at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., in December of last year.
Land certificate #18968
Jan 14, 1834
Received from William Harmon of Boone County, Indiana, the sum fifty dollars and -- cents; being in full for the North West quarter of the North East quarter of Section Nine in Township Number Seventeen North, of Range Number Two East, containing forty acres, and -- hundredths at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Abner MCorty, Receiver.
William's brother-in-law, Elisha Bishop Townsend also bought land in the same township the same year:
Land certificate #20456
Aug 14 1834
Elisha Bishop Townsend of Johnson Co., Indiana purchased NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 11, township 17 North Range 2 East; 40 acres, $1.25 per acres; $50.
The next year, William Harmon purchased another 40 acres.
Land certificate #22788
March 7, 1835
Received from William Harmon of Boone County, Indiana, the sum fifty dollars and -- cents; being in full for the North West quarter of the South East quarter of Section Three in Township Number Seventeen North, of Range Number Two East, containing forty acres, and -- hundredths at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Abner MCorty, Receiver.
By 1856, William and his wife Hannah moved their family to Spring Creek, Blackhawk, Iowa, where they remained for the rest of their lives.
By 1856, William and his wife Hannah moved their family to Spring Creek, Blackhawk, Iowa, where they remained for the rest of their lives.
Absolutely incredible documents! William was born in 1814 in Indiana Territory, married Hanna Thompson in 1833 in Boone Cty Indiana and here they seem to buy their first land. Incredible to see this! Buried in Sawyer Cemetery near LaPorte City Iowa, Hannah's headstone is broken again - got to get a plan going to fix it.
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