Cottonwood County MN Land Records--Storden Twp. Patents


Land Patents Listed in Storden Twp.
Cottonwood County, Minnesota



The county records show the following to have entered land either as homesteaders or pre-emption claimants:

Jorgen Jensen homesteaded land in the lots known as Nos. 1 and 2, of section 21, the same being entered at the land office at New Ulm and patented by President Hayes, February 10, 1881.

Soren Sorenson claimed a homestead in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 30; it was patented to him by President Hayes, February 10, 1881.

Christian A. Kaihor homesteaded in the north half of the northeast quarter of section 30, the same being entered at the land office at New Ulm; it was patented to him by President Hayes, February 10, 1881.

Halver E. Lohre homesteaded land in the east half of the southeast quarter of section 6; it was patented to him by President James A. Garfield, June 20, 1881.

C. Swenson claimed a homestead in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 4. It was patented by President Hayes, February 10, 1881; it was entered at the land office at New Ulm.

Eston Erikson, claimed his homestead rights under the act of 1862, in the west half of the northeast quarter of section 6. It was entered at the land office at New Ulm and was patented by President Hayes, January 20, 1881

Nels Gunderson homesteaded tlie southeast quarter of section 3, at the land office located at Tracy, and had the same patented to him by President Chester A. Arthur, March 10, 1883.

Samuel S. Wheeler claimed as a homestead the southwest quarter of section 24. at the land office at Tracy and had the same patented by President Chester A. Arthur, February 10, 1883.

John Nelson homesteaded the southwest quarter of section 20, at the land office at Tracy and the same was finally patented to him by President Cheater A. Arthur, May 31, 1884.

Ole Christopherson homesteaded the north half of the northeast quarter at the land office at Tracy, and the patent was issued to him by President James A. Garfield, June 21, 1881.

Hans.Anderson homesteaded the north half of the southeast quarter of section 18, at the land office located at Tracy, and had his patent granted him by President James A. Garfield, June 20, 1881.

Leopold Hansen homesteaded land in the west half of the southwest quarter of section 2, and had the entry made in the land office at New Ulm, while his patent was granted by President Hayes, December 30, 1879.

Julia A. Khurd homesteaded the northeast quarter of section 28, at the land office located at Tracy and her patent was issued and signed by President Chester A. Arthur, January 15, 1885.

Albert N. Jeffers, at the Tracy land office, entered a homestead in the smith half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 12, and had the same patented to him by President Chester A, Arthur, May 5, 1884.

Christian O. Mikkelson claimed as his homestead the northwest quarter of section 18, at the land office at New Ulm; President Hayes signed his patent on February 10, 1881.

Charles H. Reipke homesteaded the northeast quarter of section 26, the entry being made at the land office at Tracy and the patent was signed by President Grover Cleveland, May 20, 1885.

George Downs homesteaded the southwest quarter of section 10, the entry being effected at the land office at Tracy and his patent was issued by President Chester A. Arthur and by him signed on January 15, 1885.

Peter M. Paulson homesteaded the northwest quarter of section 34; the patent was issued by President James A. Garfield, June 20, 1881.

PRE-EMPTION CLAIMS.

Charles Dietz, at the New Ulm land office entered the west half of the northwest quarter of section 24, the papers being signed by President Hayes, January 20, 1881.

Rasmus Anderson, at the land office at New Ulm, entered the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 8, this township; his final papers were signed by President U. S. Grant, April 10, 1875.

Andrew P. Fortstrom, at the land office at Marshall, entered the land described as lot No. 9 in section 20, and had the same patented to him by President Benjamin Harrison, August 24, 1891.

August Pufahl, at the land office at Tracy entered the southwest quarter of section 12; the final papers were signed by President Grover Cleveland, January 20, 1886.