Land grants
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Jacob Piatt Dunn collection
Collection
Identifier: L047
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of Jacob Piatt Dunn’s papers relating to his research on Native Americans in the state of Indiana, ranging from 1773 to 1865. Of particular importance is his English-Miami Indian dictionary on index cards (since photocopied), and stories and texts collected from Miami Indians (1906–1916). In addition to his research on the Miami people, the collection also contains letters from Chippewa Indian ministers in northern Minnesota to Rev. J. A. Gilfillan with...
Dates:
1773-1865
James and John Gilliland papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OB067
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a November 19, 1823 letter sent by Moses Kirkpatrick of Franklin County, Pennsylvania to James Gilliland of Fayette County, Indiana regarding financial matters and news of local families back in Pennsylvania; four land grants issued on February 15, 1823 to John Gilliland and four grants issued to James in April 1824 for property in Fayette County; a $200.00 bond and an indenture for a quit claim deed between John Gilliland and William McKinney, James McKinney, William...
Dates:
1823-1827
James M. Reeder collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1102
Scope and Contents
This collection contains information relating to the Wabash and Erie Canal. There are three receipts from 1850 giving various amounts for work on the Canal. A letter from J. L. Williams, dated December 23, 1856, sums up the repair expenses for the year. Two hand-written sheets list property belonging to the trust on District No. 5, Wabash and Erie Canal, dated January 1, 1859. Some of the items listed are shovels, nails, crow bar, picks, wooden buckets, and wheel barrows. There are notations...
Dates:
1849-1859
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James M. Reeder collection
James M. Staughton land grants
Collection — Folder OB229
Identifier: OB229
Scope and Contents
This collection contains four land grants from May and June 1856 for land in Clariton, Iowa given to James M. Staughton.
Dates:
1856
James M. VanHook collection
Collection
Identifier: L308
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents compiled by James M. VanHook during his activities with the Freemasons, the Samuel Simonson Post No. 226 of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), and the Clark County Historical Society (1783-1917). The collection includes land grants, indentures, and other legal documents from Charlestown and Clark County, Indiana; biographical and historical sketches; historical information about Blazing Star Masonic Lodge and the Charlestown Methodist...
Dates:
1796-1907, undated
Jefferson County, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S2811
Identifier: S2811
Scope and Contents
This collection includes original documents, photostats, and photocopies of correspondence, land grants, deeds, and wills from Jefferson County, Indiana ranging from 1810 to 1966 regarding the county's land as well as its community history.
Dates:
1810-1966
John Dickson family collection
Collection — Folder S2791
Identifier: S2791
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two indentures for John Dickson (1816/9/31 and 1816/10/30); typewritten copies of a United States grant to Canadian Volunteers for two quarter-sections of land assigned to Lambert and Dickson families (1817/10/26); and an account of the Dickson family tradition about the miracle that saved Fort Harrison during the siege of 1812 by Sarah Elizabeth Chandler Dickson (undated), which was published in the Terre Haute Gazette on March 30,...
Dates:
1816-1818
John Furnas papers
Collection — Folder S495
Identifier: S0495
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an indenture (land deed) from Robert and Hannah Furnas in Ohio on 1831/04/25 to John Furnas of Indiana.
Dates:
1831
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Furnas papers
John Hanson land grant
Collection — Folder OB005
Identifier: OB005
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a land grant for land in Brookville, Indiana issued to John Hanson on November 13, 1822.
Dates:
1822/11/13
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Hanson land grant
John Hynds land grant
Collection — Folder OB063
Identifier: OB063
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a land grant issued to John Hynds for land near Crawfordsville, Indiana on September 10, 1838.
Dates:
1838/09/10
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Hynds land grant
