Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, General Land Office Free scanned images of many original Indiana land patents are available from http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Land patentees in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana PATENTEE NAME SIGNATURE DATE DOCUMENT NR. ACCESSION NR. ALLEN, ABRAHAM 11/02/1837 15345 IN3470__.025 ALLEN, ABRAHAM 11/02/1837 15346 IN3470__.026 ALLEN, JOHN 11/02/1837 15339 IN3470__.019 ANGEL, SPENCER 11/10/1840 22709 IN3620__.127 ARNOLD, JACOB 11/02/1837 15335 IN3470__.015 BAKER, ABRAM 11/10/1840 22708 IN3620__.126 BECHTEL, MARTIN 09/20/1839 21874 IN3600__.279 BEER, GEORGE S 11/02/1837 14520 IN3470__.009 BEER, TERTULUS 08/05/1837 14521 IN3450__.215 BENNETT, DAVID 10/08/1835 3719 IN1490__.224 BLUE, URIAH 11/10/1840 22324 IN3610__.242 BLUE, URIAH 11/10/1840 24005 IN3640__.418 BOTKEN, BENIAH 08/05/1837 14190 IN3440__.416 BOTKEN, JOSEPH 08/05/1837 14188 IN3440__.414 BOWEN, ALEXANDER 08/20/1838 19600 IN3550__.476 BOWENS, DANIEL 11/10/1840 23486 IN3630__.399 BOYD, CYRUS 11/02/1837 14965 IN3460__.143 BROTHERS, ANDREW 11/10/1840 22718 IN3620__.136 BROWN, ANDREW 03/15/1837 7035 IN1550__.431 BRUEN, ELIJAH 09/20/1839 21230 IN3590__.137 BUCKLES, WILLIAM 11/10/1840 22712 IN3620__.130 BUCKLES, WILLIAM 11/10/1840 22713 IN3620__.131 BUCKLES, WILLIAM 11/10/1840 22714 IN3620__.132 BUCKLES, WILLIAM 11/10/1840 22716 IN3620__.134 BURLING, THOMAS 11/10/1840 22470 IN3610__.388 CALDWELL, ROBERT 09/20/1839 21522 IN3590__.428 CASSADY, MICHAEL 11/10/1840 22901 IN3620__.316 CLARK, DAVID 08/20/1838 19249 IN3550__.128 CLARK, FRANCIS E 11/10/1840 22235 IN3610__.154 COLE, JOSHUA 05/10/1848 25899 IN3680__.339 COOPER, CORNELIUS 09/20/1839 21407 IN3590__.314 COURTER, JOHN 11/10/1840 22710 IN3620__.128 COVERT, ELLISON 11/10/1840 23638 IN3640__.050 CRIST, LEONARD 11/10/1840 22362 IN3610__.280 CROW, LAWRENCE 08/20/1838 16282 IN3490__.183 CROY, JACOB 03/15/1837 7090 IN1550__.484 CROY, JACOB 08/01/1837 13701 IN3430__.459 DAVIS, EPHRAIM 05/30/1837 10479 IN3370__.409 DAVIS, JAMES H 09/20/1839 21521 IN3590__.427 DECKER, JOHN 11/02/1837 15599 IN3470__.264 DECKER, JOHN 11/02/1837 15600 IN3470__.265 DECKER, JOHN 11/02/1837 15625 IN3470__.289 DECKER, SAMUEL 11/02/1837 15606 IN3470__.270 DECKER, SAMUEL 11/02/1837 15608 IN3470__.272 DONAR, DAVID 08/20/1838 15946 IN3480__.351 DRUM, PETER 11/10/1840 22360 IN3610__.278 EMLEY, FLETCHER 11/02/1837 15354 IN3470__.034 EMLEY, FLETCHER 11/02/1837 15355 IN3470__.035 FIRESTONE, JOHN 08/20/1838 19058 IN3540__.442 FITCH, NATHANIEL 05/30/1837 10247 IN3370__.177 FONCANNON, WILLIAM 11/02/1837 14866 IN3460__.048 GASTON, JONATHAN 08/20/1838 20081 IN3560__.451 GAUNT, JOHN 08/20/1838 18580 IN3530__.455 GILCHRIST, ANDREW 08/20/1838 18900 IN3540__.290 GILCHRIST, CHARLES 08/20/1838 18906 IN3540__.296 GREEN, PHILANDER 11/10/1840 22129 IN3610__.048 HAINES, DAVID 08/20/1838 21089 IN3580__.495 HALE, BOWEN 04/05/1836 4215 IN1500__.161 HAND, JOSEPH W 05/30/1837 10198 IN3370__.128 HARPSTER, DAVID 11/02/1837 15601 IN3470__.266 HARRIS, ZURIAL W 08/20/1838 19339 IN3550__.218 HARRISON, ALFRED 08/01/1837 10881 IN3380__.300 HARRISON, ANDREW R 06/05/1837 11417 IN3390__.338 HARVEY, JAMES 08/02/1831 644 IN1430__.104 HARVEY, JAMES 08/02/1831 645 IN1430__.105 HARVEY, JAMES 08/02/1831 725 IN1430__.185 HARVEY, JAMES 08/20/1838 16207 IN3490__.108 HARVEY, JAMES 09/02/1831 949 IN1430__.409 HARVEY, JAMES 09/02/1831 950 IN1430__.410 HARVEY, JOHN 1892 IN1450__.356 HARVEY, JOHN 1893 IN1450__.357 HARVEY, JOHN 02/10/1835 2706 IN1470__.171 HARVEY, JOHN 09/02/1831 947 IN1430__.407 HARVEY, JOHN 09/02/1831 948 IN1430__.408 HARVEY, JOHN 09/02/1831 966 IN1430__.426 HARVEY, JOHN 09/02/1831 967 IN1430__.427 HARVEY, ROBERT 06/08/1833 1238 IN1440__.200 HARVEY, ROBERT 08/01/1837 9426 IN3350__.358 HARVEY, ROBERT 09/02/1831 951 IN1430__.411 HATFIELD, ADAM 11/02/1837 14999 IN3460__.174 HAWES, PRINCE 09/11/1837 13553 IN3480__.011 HECKATHORNE, JACOB 11/10/1840 24744 IN3660__.154 HIGGINS, JESSE A 02/15/1836 3933 IN1480__.487 HIGH, BENNONI 05/10/1848 25391 IN3670__.333 HIGH, EZEKIEL L 08/01/1844 25274 IN3670__.208 HIGH, JOSEPH 08/01/1844 25219 IN3670__.149 HIGH, JOSEPH 08/20/1838 20107 IN3560__.477 HIGH, JOSEPH 11/10/1840 23417 IN3630__.330 HOLMES, WALKER 11/02/1837 15094 IN3460__.266 JOHNSON, PHILIP S 03/15/1837 5409 IN1520__.342 JOHNSON, PHILIP S 03/15/1837 5410 IN1520__.343 JOHNSTON, FRANCIS 09/20/1839 21485 IN3590__.391 JONES, JARRET E 11/10/1841 24928 IN3660__.356 JUDD, ALVIN E 11/02/1837 15121 IN3460__.293 KANDLE, HENRY 08/20/1838 17884 IN3520__.274 KENEGY, SAMUEL 06/05/1837 11301 IN3390__.223 KENNEDY, WILLIAM 11/10/1840 24001 IN3640__.414 KING, SAMUEL 11/10/1840 22361 IN3610__.279 KNAUSS, SAMUEL 11/10/1840 23213 IN3630__.126 KNOX, JOSEPH 08/02/1831 679 IN1430__.139 KNOX, JOSEPH 08/02/1831 680 IN1430__.140 LANSDALE, WILLIAM M 11/02/1837 14931 IN3460__.109 LEEK, JOHN 08/01/1837 9086 IN3350__.019 LIST, HENRY 11/10/1840 23212 IN3630__.125 LITTLE, ELIJAH 11/10/1840 22468 IN3610__.386 LITTLE, ELIJAH 11/10/1840 22469 IN3610__.387 LITTLE, HORACE 11/10/1840 22467 IN3610__.385 LONG, ALEXANDER D 08/05/1837 14519 IN3450__.214 MACK, ALEXANDER 08/20/1838 19320 IN3550__.199 MADDUX, JOHN 11/02/1837 15338 IN3470__.018 MADDUX, JOHN 11/02/1837 15342 IN3470__.022 MARKLE, JOHN 08/20/1838 14194 IN3480__.174 MARQUIS, JAMES 11/10/1840 24748 IN3660__.327 MARQUISS, ISAAC 03/30/1837 8973 IN1590__.406 MARSHALL, ROBERT 08/20/1838 19250 IN3550__.129 MARSHALL, ROBERT 08/20/1838 19251 IN3550__.130 MARTIN, BENJAMIN 11/10/1840 22128 IN3610__.047 MARTIN, JOSEPH S 11/10/1840 22131 IN3610__.050 MCCRORY, JOHN 08/05/1837 14308 IN3450__.017 MCCRORY, ROBERT 08/05/1837 14303 IN3450__.012 MCCRORY, ROBERT 08/05/1837 14310 IN3450__.019 MCCRORY, WILLIAM 08/05/1837 14309 IN3450__.018 MCDOWEL, ABRAHAM 01/03/1832 1008 IN1430__.468 METTS, JAMES 08/20/1838 21195 IN3590__.102 MILLER, HENRY 08/01/1837 9087 IN3350__.020 MILLER, JOSEPH 08/20/1838 17868 IN3520__.258 MILLER, JOSEPH 08/20/1838 17869 IN3520__.259 MILLER, SARAH D 11/10/1840 23112 IN3630__.025 MITTS, JAMES 11/07/1835 3182 IN1480__.142 MONTGOMERY, JOHN C 11/10/1840 24606 IN3660__.016 MORGAN, JOSHUA 08/20/1838 20594 IN3570__.501 MORRINGER, HENRY 08/20/1838 15949 IN3480__.354 MORRINGER, HIRAM 08/20/1838 15947 IN3480__.352 MORRIS, THOMAS 09/20/1839 21844 IN3600__.250 NORCROSS, ALLEN 01/04/1831 291 IN1420__.291 OAKS, JACOB 11/10/1840 22246 IN3610__.165 OAKS, MARTENA 11/10/1840 24667 IN3660__.078 OGLE, ROBERT 08/20/1838 21084 IN3580__.490 ORN, ANDREW 08/20/1838 19288 IN3550__.167 ORN, ANDREW 11/10/1841 24721 IN3660__.132 PARMELEE, WILLIAM H 08/20/1838 15920 IN3480__.326 PARMELEE, WILLIAM H 08/20/1838 17002 IN3500__.402 PARMELEE, WILLIAM H 10/08/1835 3717 IN1490__.222 PARMELEE, WILLIAM H 10/08/1835 3718 IN1490__.223 PASSMORE, ENOCH 06/05/1837 11277 IN3390__.199 PAYNTER, LEMUEL 08/01/1844 25355 IN3670__.289 PUTERBAUGH, JACOB 08/01/1837 13700 IN3430__.458 REED, JOHN 08/10/1837 13535 IN3430__.311 RIGGENS, WILLIAM F 02/15/1836 3932 IN1480__.486 RIGGINS, MITCHEL 11/07/1835 3083 IN1480__.043 ROBISON, HUGH 08/01/1837 10999 IN3380__.418 SAXON, ALEXANDER G 08/05/1837 14307 IN3450__.016 SCHNEIDER, JACOB 11/10/1840 23216 IN3630__.129 SCHOCH, DANIEL 08/01/1844 25247 IN3670__.177 SELDER, WILLIAM 08/20/1838 15912 IN3480__.318 SHEFFER, JACOB 11/02/1837 15098 IN3460__.270 SHEFFER, MARTIN 11/02/1837 15097 IN3460__.269 SMITH, GEORGE 08/20/1838 19057 IN3540__.441 SMITH, JOSEPH 03/20/1837 8480 IN1580__.321 SMITH, JOSEPH 07/20/1837 11727 IN3400__.132 SMITH, OLIVER H 09/20/1839 21646 IN3600__.053 STANDS, JOHN 06/05/1837 11096 IN3390__.018 STETLER, JOSEPH 09/20/1839 21385 IN3590__.292 STOHER, BOLZEAR 08/20/1838 20595 IN3580__.001 STOKER, BOBZEAR 11/10/1840 22244 IN3610__.163 STOKER, BOBZEAR 11/10/1840 22245 IN3610__.164 STUDABAKER, ABRAHAM 03/15/1837 5780 IN1530__.202 STUDABAKER, ABRAHAM 03/15/1837 5781 IN1530__.203 STUDABAKER, ABRAHAM 03/15/1837 6147 IN1540__.061 STUDABAKER, PETER 08/01/1837 9120 IN3350__.052 SULLON, ELIJAH 11/07/1835 3175 IN1480__.135 SUTTON, ELIJAH 03/15/1837 5149 IN1520__.084 SUTTON, ELIJAH 08/20/1838 21086 IN3580__.492 SUTTON, ELIJAH 08/20/1838 21087 IN3580__.493 SUTTON, ELIJAH 11/07/1835 3176 IN1480__.136 SUTTON, ELIJAH 11/07/1835 3177 IN1480__.137 SUTTON, ELIJAH 11/07/1835 3178 IN1480__.138 SUTTON, ELIJAH 11/07/1835 3179 IN1480__.139 SUTTON, ELIJAH 11/07/1835 3180 IN1480__.140 SUTTON, ELIJAH 11/07/1835 3181 IN1480__.141 TAYLOR, EDWARD 06/05/1837 11418 IN3390__.339 TOBEY, JEREMIAH 08/20/1838 20400 IN3570__.306 VANDERSOL, JACOB 06/05/1837 11302 IN3390__.224 VANMETER, JOEL 08/20/1838 20082 IN3560__.452 WADE, ABNER 11/02/1837 14865 IN3460__.047 WARD, ISAAC 06/05/1837 11419 IN3390__.340 WARD, ISAAC 08/01/1837 11027 IN3380__.446 WARNER, HENRY W 11/10/1840 22705 IN3620__.123 WARNER, JONATHAN 11/10/1840 22706 IN3620__.124 WASSON, GEORGE 08/20/1838 16284 IN3490__.185 WASSON, JAMES 08/20/1838 16283 IN3490__.184 WEBB, GARRET 11/10/1840 23220 IN3630__.133 WEBB, GARRET 11/10/1841 24760 IN3660__.169 WEITZEN, GEORGE 08/20/1838 15950 IN3480__.355 WELCH, JAMES 08/20/1838 16233 IN3490__.134 WELCH, JAMES 08/20/1838 16234 IN3490__.135 WELCH, JAMES 08/20/1838 16235 IN3490__.136 WETMORE, JESSE 05/30/1837 10383 IN3370__.313 WETMORE, JESSE 08/20/1838 16226 IN3490__.127 WETMORE, JESSE 08/20/1838 20621 IN3580__.027 WETMORE, JESSE 11/10/1840 24121 IN3650__.153 WHITMAN, ISAAC 08/05/1837 14593 IN3450__.279 WILKIN, MARGARET 11/10/1840 22149 IN3610__.068 WILKIN, THOMAS P 09/20/1839 21687 IN3600__.094 WILKIN, THOMAS P 11/10/1840 22236 IN3610__.155 WILKIN, THOMAS P 11/10/1840 24369 IN3650__.400 WILLIAMS, THOMAS W 08/20/1838 16635 IN3500__.035 WILLIAMS, THOMAS W 08/20/1838 16637 IN3500__.037 WILLIAMS, THOMAS W 08/20/1838 16639 IN3500__.039 WILSON, JAMES 08/20/1838 20242 IN3570__.148 WISNER, WILLIAM 11/10/1840 24555 IN3650__.466 WITMER, MICHAEL 08/20/1838 15602 IN3480__.243 WYCOFF, JOHN 06/05/1837 11272 IN3390__.194 YETTS, WILLIAM S 11/10/1840 22184 IN3610__.103 ZEEK, DANIEL 11/02/1837 15096 IN3460__.268 ZIMERMAN, JOHN 11/02/1837 15435 IN3470__.112