Cottonwood County MN Land Records--Mountain Lake Twp. Patents


Land Patents Listed in Mountain Lake Twp.
Cottonwood County, Minnesota



The subjoined list of homesteads and pre-emption claims has been transcribed from the books in the register of deeds in the court house at Windom, and shows many entries, name of land office and by whom patented for Mountain Lake township.

. A homestead claim was filed on August 25, 1873, by William H. Drake in the northwest quarter of section 4, township 105, range 34, west, at the Jackson land office, and signed by President U. S. Grant.

Under the Soldiers Bounty Act of 1820, Abraham Mace, a private in Captain Wooster's company, Vermont militia, at the invasion of Plattsburg, during the War of 1812, was entitled to land, and his heirs laid claim to the southwest quarter of section 30, township 105, range 34, at the Jackson land office; the same contains one hundred and fifty-six acres.

President U. S. Grant signed the patent for a homestead on November 4, 1874, for Julia T. Knowlton, from the Worthington land office, the same being land in the southeast quarter of section 30, township 105, range 34.

Alfred A. Soule homesteaded, at the Jackson land office, the east half of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 2, in 1872, the same being signed by President U. S. Grant.

Ed. O. Zimmerman homesteaded at the Worthington land office the southwest quarter of section 20, the patent being signed by President Hayes, July 23, 1878.

James Cooney claimed, as a homestead, July 23, 1878, the east half of the northeast quarter of section 4, the patent was signed by President U. S. Grant; the papers came through the land office at Worthington.

James B. Jones claimed a homestead in the southeast quarter of section 14, and had it patented to him by President Hayes and signed on February 10, 1881; it was secured at the Worthington land office.

Eliza C. Huntingtoii homesteaded the east half of the northeast quarter of section 30; it was entered at the land office at Worthington and was patented by President Hayes and by him signed on December 13, 1880.

Simon Huntington homesteaded land in the west half, of the northeast quarter of section 30; it was entered at the land office at Worthington and and patented by President Hayes, who signed it on June 15, 1880.

Cornelius Quiring homesteaded land in the west half of the southwest quarter of section 28; it was entered at the land office at Worthington and patented by President Chester A. Arthur and signed by him on April 5, 1883.

Ole Christensen homesteaded the east half of the southeast quarter of section 13, at the land office at Worthington and had same patented to him by President U. S. Grant, who signed it on November 3, 1876.

Peder Christensen claimed, as his homestead, the east half of the northeast quarter of section 12, and the same was patented to him by President U. S. Grant, and signed on December 1, 1876; the entry was made at Worthington land office.

John Oglesby at the land office located at Worthington, claimed as his homestead the west half of the southeast quarter of section 34 and his patent was issued by President Hayes, June 15, 1880.

George Baumann, at the Worthington land office homesteaded the west half of the southeast quarter of section 18, and had same patented to him by President Hayes, who signed the papers on December 30, 1879.

Joseph Meixell claimed as a homestead at the land office at Worthington, the northwest quarter of section 28, and same was patented by President Hayes, November 5, 1878.

William Weibe homesteaded the north half of the northeast quarter of section 22, the entry being made at the land office at Worthington and patented by President Chester A. Arthur, April 5, 1883.

Christian Reinert homesteaded the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22; also the northeast of the southwest of same section, the entry being made at the land office at Worthington and the final patent issued to him by President Chester A. Arthur, March 10, 1883.

Charles F. Bames homesteaded the west half of the northwest quarter of section 34, the entry being made at the land office at Worthington; the patent was issued by President Chester A. Arthur, March 15, 1884.

Samuel E, Ford homesteaded the northwest quarter of section 18, and it was patented to him by President Chester A. Arthur, April 5, 1883; the land was entered at the land office at Worthington.

Heinrich Regehr, at the Worthington land office filed on the east half of the southwest quarter of section 34, and the same was patented to him by President Chester A. Arthur, June 5, 1884.

Henry H. Winter homesteaded the southeast quarter of section 26. The entry was effected at the land office at Worthington and was finally patented to him by President U. S. Grant, November 5, 1874.

Thomas S. Potter homesteaded the north half of the northwest quarter of section 18, and the same was patented to him by President Grover Cleveland, April 20, 1885.

Martin Pepper homesteaded the northwest quarter of section 14 and his patent was signed by President Hayes, November 5, 1878; the entry was made at the land office at Worthington.

Andreas Heiler, at the land office, Worthington, filed on a homestead in northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 10, this township; it was patented to him by President Chester A. Arthur, January 10, 1885.

Jacob Dickson homesteaded the east half of the southeast quarter of section 28 and had the same patented to him by President Chester A. Arthur, April 5, 1883. It was filed oa at the land office in Worthington.

Wilhelm Holzrichter had patented to him a homestead by President Chester A. Arthur, October 26, 1883, the same being the south half of the southwest quarter of section 18. It was filed on at the Worthington land office.

David Wade homesteaded the south half of the northeast quarter of section 22, the same being entered at the land office at Worthington and finally patented by President Chester A. Arthur, March 10, 1883.

Jacob Neufeld entered as a homestead at the land office at Worthington, the northeast quarter of section 20, and had the same patented to him by President Grover Cleveland, August 10, 1886.

PRE-EMPTION CLAIMS

Paul Seeger, at the Jackson land office, pre-empted the northeast quarter of section 4, President U. S. Grant signing his final papers.

Martin Henderson pre-empted two quarters in this township at the land office at Jackson and the final papers were signed by President Chester A. Arthur, May 20, 1884.

. William H. Race, at the Worthington land office, pre-empted west half of the southwest quarter of section 12, the papers finally being verified by President Hayes, March 20, 1877.

D. D. Olfert pre-empted at the land office at Marshall, the southwest quarter oi the southeast quarter of section 20, the papers being issued by President Benjamin Harrison, November 15, 1893.

William Leder, at the land office at Marshall, pre-empted the south half oi the northwest quarter of section 6, the papers being signed by President William McKinley, September 9, 1897.

Frederick Maker pre-empted the east half of the southeast quarter of section 6, the papers being signed by President U. S. Grant, May 20, 1874.

Keziah M. Tingley, at the Jackson land office, entered the north half of the northeast quarter of section 34; President U. S. Grant signed his papers on April 1, 1875.

Peter K. Voth entered land at the land office at Marshall, the same being described as the north, half of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 20; the final papers were signed by President Benjamin Harrison, March 1, 1892.