Clark County, Wisconsin - Chapter 6: Original Entries, 1918

Clark County, like all the land in the Northwest, is divided by the government into bodies of land six miles square, called Congressional Townships, containing as near as possible 23,040 acres. The townships are subdivided into thirty-six tracts called sections, of a mile square, each containing as near as may be, 640 acres. Any number or series of contiguous townships, situate north and south, constitutes a range.

It is provided by act of congress that the lines of public survey shall be governed by the true meridian, and also that the townships shall be six miles square, which is a mathematical impossibility, for, by conforming to the true meridian, it necessarily throws the township out of square, by reason of the convergency of meridians; so by reason of this, an act of congress passed May 18, 1796, it was provided that the sections should contain the quantity of 640 acres, as near as may be; and by the act of congress of May 10, 1800, it was further provided, that in all cases where the exterior lines of the township to be subdivided into sections shall exceed, or shall not extend, six miles, the excess or the deficiency, as the case may be, shall be added to or deducted from the western or northern ranges of sections in such township, according as the error may be in running the lines from east to west, or from north to south. The section lines are surveyed from south to north and from east to west in order to throw the excesses or deficiencies on the north and west sides of the township.

The townships in Wisconsin are numbered from the southern boundary line of the state separating it from Illinois, Township No, 1 being the township immediately north of the south boundary line of the state,

The United States government established a principal meridian, that runs from the south line of the state, north through Wisconsin, known as the Fourth Principal Meridian. On the east side of it is Range 1 east, and on the west side Range 1 west. These ranges with their appropriate number continue through the state, to the east and west of the Fourth Principal Meridian. This meridian passes through Clark County.

A great proportion of Clark County (though it then had not that name) was surveyed in 1846 and 1847, when Wisconsin was a territory. The first line ran in the county was in 1846, when James E. Freeman surveyed on the meridian line a distance of eighteen miles, from the southwest corner of Town 23, Range 1 east, the line that separates the present towns of Fremont, Lynn and Sherwood from York, Grant and Washburn. The remainder of this range line north to the north line of the county was surveyed by Henry A. Wiltse in 1847. The range line on the west side of the county was surveyed in 1847 and 1848 from the southwest corner of the county, Town 24, Range 4 west, north for six miles, by James E. Freeman, and for eighteen miles by George O. Harrick, and the next twelve

The exterior lines of the county were all run in 1846, 1847 and 1848, except the range line east of the Fourth Principal Meridian, which was run by John D. Evans, in 1851, who also the same year ran the other exterior lines of all the townships in the county that are comprised in Range 1 East. The townships in the county were subdivided into sections in various years,

The present towns of York and Loyal (Townships 25 and 26, Range 1 West) and the present towns of Weston, Eaton and Warner (Townships 25, 26 and 27, Range 2 West) were all subdivided in the year 1847 by James E. Freeman. The towns of Pine Valley (Township 24, Range 2 West), Dewhurst (Township 23, Range 3 West), Seif (Township 25, Range 3 West) and Hewett (Township 24, Range 3 West), as now composed, were subdivided by Joseph Latshaw, in the year 1848. That same year L. P. Drake subdivided Towns 26, 27 and 28, Range 3 West (Hendren, Mead, Reeseburg) ; also Town 27, Range 1 West (Beaver), and Town 28, Range 2 West (Longwood). The town of Thorp, as now constituted (Township 29, Range 4 West), was subdivided by Henry B. Welsh in the year 1849, and this seems to be the only town in which he did such work. Townships 23 and 24, Range 1 East (Sherwood and Lynn) were subdivided into sections in 1851, by L. B. Davis, and Town 25, Range 1 East (Fremont), by Oscar J. Wright, in the year 1853. Col. John G. Clark made the subdivisions of Townships 26, 27 and 28, Range 4 West (Mentor, Butler and Worden) in 1853. Townships 28 and 29, Range 1 West (Green Grove and Hoard), and Townships 29, Range 2 West (Hixon) and 29, Range 3 West (Withee), were surveyed in 1853, by Charles G. and H. K. Rodolf, and during the same year Townships 23 and 24, Range 1 West (Washburn and Grant), Township 23, Range 2 West (Levis), and Townships 24 and 25, Range 4 West (Mentor) were surveyed by Edgar Sears. The four townships that were last divided were Townships 26, 27, 28 and 29, Range L East (Sherman, Unity, Colby, Mayville). They were surveyed in the year 1855, by James McBride.

All of these men were known as deputy U.S. surveyors, with the exception of Henry A. Wiltse, who at one time, and for one or more terms, was a surveyor general at Dubuque. These deputy government surveyors usually had half a dozen men under them in their party, consisting of chainmen, ax men with an ox team and teamster, and much of the work was done on contract.

Township 25, Range 2 West (Weston). The first land taken in Clark County, was secured in this town by Isaac 8. Mason, on Sept. 1, 1848, in Section 35; on Dec. 8, 1851, Nathan Pendexter took land in Section 27; Enos Frost, on Dec. 8, secured land in Section 27; Casher Dill and Conrad Dill took land in Section 33, Oct. 21; on Dec. 8, Archibald Thompson took land in Sections 34 and 35; Israel Burbank, on Dec. 8, in Section 35; June 17, 1852, Benjamin Healy acquired land in Section 22; others securing land this year were: Daniel Anderson, Aug. 12, in Section 28; Isaac 8, Mason, July 29, Section 35; Samuel F. Weston, Aug. 20, in Sections 2 and 11. Those selecting land in 1853 were: Cyrus Woodman, Dec. 13, in Sections

Township 24, Range 2 West (Pine Valley). The first land taken in this township on Sept. 28, 1850. Samuel F. Weston filed on Lot 3, Section 10, on Aug. 4, 1851, Samuel Ferguson filed on the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 15. James O'Neill filed on the west half of the northwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 14, Casper and Conrad Dell filed on Lot 5, Section 2. William T. Price, Timothy Wood and Charles Whipple filed on Lot 2, Section 23, Aug. 7, 1851, Timothy Wood and Hiram Piets filed on Lot 3, Section 26, Dec. 27, 1852, Wayne Clark filed on the northeast quarter of southeast quarter of Section 36. Land was taken in 1853 as follows: John Morse and Joseph Goodhue filed on land in Section 13 on September 1; on November 8, in Sections 1, 11, 12 and 14. Samuel F. Weston took land April 2 in Section 25; April 9, in Sections 11 and 12; April 10, Section 4; June 1, in Section 2; J uly 7, Section 3; October 25, Section 2 and Section 10; November 22, Sections 1, 13 and 14; December 1, Sections 35 and 36. William Paully, July 19, in Section 2. Joel Allen Barber, December 8, in Sections 3 and 10. C. C. Washburn, November 1, in Section 4. John Morse and Joseph Goodhue, May 8, in Section 5. Cyrus Woodman, November 26, in Sections 7 and 9. Charles Chase, December 26, in Sections 9 and 25. Theodore B. Edwards, October 17, in Section 11. Moses Clark, August 20, Sections 11, 25 and 26. James O'Neill, August 4, in Section 14. James Sturdevant, March 22, in Section 23. George Frantz, March 22, in Section 23. Theodore Rodolf, October 20,

Township 23, Range 3 West (Dewhurst). The first land filed on in this town was in 1851, July 7, by Benjamin H. Merrill, in Section 36. William K. Levis, July 31, in Section 25. John Monson, August 4, in Section 36. Howard Cramer took up land in Section 34, in 1852, In 1854, Theodore B. Edwards entered land, October 9, in Section 14. Charles G. Hanscome, June 14, Section 24, October 10, Sections 15, 22 and 23. Henry E. Seymour, December 9, Section 28. Howard Cramer, October 9, Section 23. Even Olson, December 4, Section 24. Benjamin H. Merrill, July 4, Sections 24, 26 and 27. William W. Crosby, December 30, Section 25. George Mc- Namara, November 1, Sections 26 and 35, Ruth Bruce, September 13, Section 33, October 25, Section 34. Hugh Wedge, May 11, Section 36. Samuel F. Weston, May 2, Section 36, May 9, Section 36, June 7, Section 36. Leander G. Merrill, November 23, Section 3. Lorenzo D. Eastman, October 28, Section 36. Charles H. Hibbard, December 12, Section 36. In 1855, November 27, Henry E. Seymour entered land in Section 6. Theodore B. Edwards, March 28, in Section 15. Joseph W. Smith, February 1, Section 22. William W. Crosby, January 18, Section 24. Robert Douglass, July 18, Section 27. Lorenzo Cadwell, July 13, Section 27. Thomas O, Hearn, July 3, Section 27. Some land was taken in 1856. Scattering entries were made in the succeeding decades. Even in the late nineties many homesteads were taken, In the sixties the Western Wisconsin Railway Co. secured a number of tracts here.

Township 26, Range 1 West (Loyal). On Oct. 1, 1852, Samuel F. Weston secured the first land in this town. On Aug. 29, 1854, Cyrus Woodman took land in Sections 29, 30, 31 and 32. Those taking land in 1855 were as follows: Andrew Shepperd and John Valentine, November 13, in Sections 4, 5,7 and 18. September 25, Stephen Emery, in Sections 19 and 30. Reuben Judd, December 22, in Section 24. John A. Buttrick and Alden B. Buttrick, September 25, in Section 31. James Hathaway, October 22, in Section 31. In 1856, holdings were taken by Allen D. Chesebro, William K. Seeley, Hiram Bailey, Hamilton B. Winston, Ephraim Brown, Franklin Shores, William Booth and Alden Starr. The influx took place in 1865 and 1866. This township was surveyed in 1847.

Township 27, Range 2 West (Warner). The first land taken in this town was by Thomas Richardson, who filed on land in Section 36, on June 29, 1852. Samuel F. Weston took land in Section 22, September 23. Those selecting land in 1853 were, Cyrus Woodman, who entered posts of Sections: 1, 2, 3). 4, 7%. 8, O; 10, 12; FZ, 14, 16; L¥, 18;.23; 22) 23; .28, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35 and 36, on December 27. Samuel F. Weston secured land in Sections 1 and 2, December 27. On November 9, Dennis W. Mann filed in Section 15. Isaac B. Mason took land in Section 22, November 19. Shepperd and Valentine, November 25, in Section 35. Ephraim Brown secured a part of Section 35, December 27. Numerous other filings were made during the years 1854, 1855 and 1856. In 1873 the Wisconsin Central

Railway selected land in Sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 15 and 25. The West Wisconsin Railway Co. secured land in 1872, in Sections 19, 29 and 31. The survey was made in 1847.

Township 23, Range 1 East (Sherwood). The first land in this township was taken in 1853. On December 1 and 2, Samuel F. Weston filed on land in Sections 13, 14, 23 and 24. On February 10 and 23, 1854, Mr. Weston took additional land in Sections 23 and 24. September 14, 1854, Cyrus Woodman took land in Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12,14 and 17. June 1 and 2, 1856, Mr. Weston took land in Sections 11 and 14. May 24, 1856, Charles B. Kean and Alfred Taylor took land in Section 9, and on June 2, Mr. Weston took land in Section 14. In 1858 land was taken as follows: Lucinda Pond, April 5, Sections 1 and 12; David Judd, April 5, Section 2; Oliver Abel, Jr., May 13 and April 5, Sections 2 and 11; Hamilton B, Winston, April 16, Section 6; Byron Pond, April 5 and 8, Sections 12 and 14. No considerable land was taken in this township until the late sixties. The influx came in the seventies.

Township 24, Range 3 West (Hewett). Land in this township was gradually entered up till 1899. The first filings were made in 1853, as follows: Cyrus Woodman took land in Sections 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10, on November 22. George Gale filed on land August 29, in Section 3. William E. Cramer filed September 19, on land in Section 10, on November 17 in Section 3. Theodore B. Edwards, on land in Section 10, on December 7. Isaac B. Munson took land, December 8, in Sections 10 and 11. Samuel F. Weston, December 5, in Sections 11, 14 and 23. In 1854, November 1, Lorenzo D. Eastman filed on land in Sections 22, 23, 26 and 27; on November 24, in Section 2. Horatio Curtis took land May 25, in Section 3. Moses Warren Clark, on land in Section 5, October 21. John Hathaway, on October 18, entered land in Sections 5, 6 and 17. George McNamara took land on October 1, in Section 18, and on November 1, in Sections 6 and 7. Elias K. Whitcomb took land October 19, in Sections 7 and 8. Isaac S. Mason, on July 15, in Sections 15 and 23, and March 31, Section 10. Charles H. Larkin, October 3, filed on land in Section 10. Lewis Hamilton took land July 24, in Section 15, and July 31, in Section 14. Darwin Ingalls, May 12, in Section 26, September 12, in Sections 14, 23 and 24, on September 29, in Section 25. Frederick Brooker, on July 31, took land in Section 23, and May 8, in Section 26. Julius Edwards, on July 27, in Section 23. Arletta Dickie took land on August 4, in Section 27. The West Wisconsin Railway Co. secured lands on May 29, 1869, in Sections 1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 15, 19, 25, 27, 29, 33 and 35.

Township 26, Range 3 West (Hendren). Cyrus Woodman took the first land in this township, on Nov. 2, 1853, in Sections 12, 13 and 24. In 1854, June 27, Samuel F. Weston took land in Section 3; August 4, in Section 7; September 27, in Sections 1 and 6. J. W. Dodge selected land June 27, in Section 11. Cyrus Woodman, October 16, secured land in Sections 25 and 36. In 1855, August 6, Mareus L. Parsons claimed land in Sections 5 and 6. Samuel F. Weston, November 16, added to his holdings in Section 5. In 1856, a large amount of land was taken in this town by the following: Lincoln Clark, Wells 8. Dickinson, Stanton D. Lawrence, William H. Dedrick, Francis W. Newland, James McKinley, James R. Barne and Thomas O. Wells, Charles H. Coughlan, William M. Lloyd, S. Hatch Gould, John C. Remick, Isaac Oakes, John C. Smith, Thomas Dean, Justus White, Nathan Corwith, David Robinson, Eben B. Pike, Joseph Kinney, Lucius M. Sheldon, William T. Foster, Charles G. Hanscome, George Burden, Henry S. Hall, Mary A. Rodolf, Charles S. Graves, Joshua Dickinson, Nancy M. Bentley, John C. Smith, Townsend and Horton, Albert C. Ingham, Horton and Cameron, and Edmund N., Bartlett. The West Wisconsin Railway Company took lands in Sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 31 and 33, on July 138, 1872.

Township 27, Range 1 West (Beaver). Land in this town was first taken on Dec. 28, 1853, when Cyrus Woodman made a selection in Sections 7 and 30. Samuel F. Weston, May 2, 1854, in Sections 29, 30, 31 and 32. The next entries were in 1855, by Levi D. Brown, in Section 4. On April 5 Hiram §S. Rountree took land in November 2, in Sections 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 17. September 11, Jacob M. Hackett, in Section 6. December 21, Charles W. Marshall located in Sections 7, 17, 19 and 20. June 28, Nathan H. Ambler secured land in Section 15, April 5, Burt Brett, in Section 15. On June 25, Elias K. Whitcomb secured land in Sections 19, 27, 28 and 30, John French, September 24, located land in Sections 19, 20 and 27; October

30, in Section 34. Andrew Shepperd and John Valentine located in Sections 21, 28, 32 and 33, September 24. September 13, James Hathaway made a selection in Section 29; October 31, in Sections 30, 32 and 33. June 8, William H. Lockwood, in Section 30. Charles Chase, June 5, in Section 30. June 5, Lucius G. Fisher located in Section 33. J. A. Butrick and Allen B, Butrick took land in Sections 34 and 35, on September 5. In 1873 the Wisconsin Central Railway selected land in Sections 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 25, 27 and 35. Survey was made in 1848.

Township 28, Range 2 West (Longwood). On Jan. 3, 1853, the first land was taken in this town by Cyrus Woodman, in Sections 1 and 21; December 30, in Sections 4, 5 and 89. In 1854, September 1, Jesse C. Mills took land in Sections 18 and 27; September 4, in Section 3. Samuel F. Weston, February 13, secured land in Sections 3, 4, 18 and 33. September 13, Andrew Shepperd and John Valentine located in Sections 13, 24, 25 and 35. April 18, Mary A. Curtis, in Section 13. Theodore B. Edwards, June 2, claimed in Section 18; August 30, in Section 30. Charles G. Hanscome, September 20, filed in Sections 24, 25, 30 and 36. William E. Cramer, August 30, located in Sections 30 and 34. In this year Cyrus Woodman secured large tracts in the town. July 9, 1873, the Wisconsin Central Railway Co. secured lands in Sections 7, 19, 25, 27, 29 and 31. Those securing land here in 1856, were: John N. Lytle, Howard Cramer, William Highbie, Winthrop C. Russell, Milton Barlow, Mark Bump, Theodore B. Edwards, Precilla 8. Holt, James D. Watson, Milton Barlow, James Mc- Kinley, E. K. Whitcomb, Thomas 8. Morgan, Isaac Dyer, Henry Corwith, Jacob M. Hackett, Robert Ross and Nymphas B. Holway.

Township 28, Range 1 West (Washburn). The first land in this township was taken in 1854. On September 18 and October 2, Cyrus Woodman filed on land in Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 18 and 27. October 21, 1854, Samuel F. Weston took land in Section 1. On September 12, 1854, Lyman Palmerton filed on land in Section 3. In September and October, 1854, Charles G. Hanscome took land in Sections 3, 6, 11, 13 and 18. On Sept. 14, 1854, William Belonga, Zebulon Johnson and John B. Slaughter located in Section 4. August 7, Nelson Bronson took land in Section 5. September 16, James Conlan located land in Section 5. October 2, Benjamin F, Rugg and Hiram BP. Soule filed on land in Section 5. July 14, Benjamin Hamilton took land in Section 5. September 18, Amos C. Babcock and William N. Phillips filed on land in Section 6, July 14. Curtis Cowles located on land in Section 6. On September 12, George Hanchett came to Section 6. On October 23, Amos Elliott filed on land in Sections 9 and 10. December 22, 1855, Lorenzo D. Eastman took land in Section 7. In 1856, April 26, Ervin Hopkins filed in Section 1. On April 9, 1858, Theodore B. Edwards filed in Section 8, on the same day Charles O. Stevens filed in Section 2. During the year of 1869, the West Wisconsin Railway Co. selected land in Sections 1, 7, 9, 11, 18, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33 and 35. Land in this town was mostly taken up during the sixties and seventies.

Weston, September 20, in Sections 1, 2, 5, 31 and 34. Welcome A. Johnson, October 6, in Section 3. George Gale, October 23 and 31, in Sections 4 and 8. Benjamin F. French, September 13, in Sections 4 and 5. James Coulan, November 3, in Sections 4 and 5. Theodore B. Edwards, October 20 and 23, in Sections 5 and 8. Lorenzo D, Eastman, October 23, Section 5; October 31, Section 19; November 2, Sections 20 and 21; October 23, 1856, Section 5. Hugh Wedge, September 20, Section 7. Edward Tomkins, September 13, Sections 17 and 18. Joseph K. French, October 4, Section 10. James Hathaway, October 2, Sections 12, 25, 31 and 32, Leander G. Merrill, September 20, Section 17. Amos C. Babcock, September 20, Section 18. William Paully, March 18, Section 22, Alson Keeler, January 20, Sections 25 and 31. Charles G. Hanscome, October 2, Sections 25 and 27. Charles H. Hibbard, October 2, Section 32. James French, September 14, Section 34. In 1855, November 3, Peter Simon, Sections 2 and 8. James Healey, September 12, Section 3. Daniel Williams, June 16, Section 3. Hugh Wedge, June 9, Section 7. Robt. B. French, April 24, Section 8. William Hood, June 9, Section 10, Daniel Sacket, August 29, Sections 26, 27, 34 and 35. Benjamin H. Merrill, October 25, Section 29. In 1856, May 26, filed on land in Section 3. Martial Hicks, May 15, in Section 3. James R. Barne and Theodore O. Wells, February 14 and 20, in Sections 4,21 and 29. Ervin Hopkins, May 26, Sections 4, 18 and 19. Anson Green, October 10, Sections 7 and 8. William F. Cramer, January 3, Sections 8 and 9. Robt. B. French, February 14, Sections 8 and 9. William H. Bailey, May 13, Section 8. John F. Peterson, February 14, Section 9. Frank Milligan, May 2, Section 18. Byron A. Viets, February 20, Sections 21 and 28, Eli Mead, March 8, Section 29. In 1869, the West Wisconsin Railway Co. selected land in Sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 18, 15, 17, 19, 21, 238, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33 and 35. Other entries in this town were gradually made during the years from 1857 to 1896.

Township 24, Range 1 East (Lynn). The records show that Samuel F. Weston was the first to enter land in this town. On October 5, 1854, he filed on land in Sections 17, 18, 19, 20 and 30. Cyrus Woodman took up land in Sections 32 and 33, September 14. In 1855, October 19, Ebenezer Sawyer and Stephen Brown entered land in Sections 34 and 35, On May 5, 1856, Frederick Janke took land in Sections 7 and 8; May 12, in Section 1. In the same year, November 11, George Klinschmidt filed on land in Section 1. Henry Jackson, May 3, in Section 1. John M. Vincent, May 5, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Solomon W. Newman, May 3, Section 2. Seneca B. Buck, May 5, Sections 2 and 38. Thomas A. Tomlinson, April 22, Section 4. Spencer Lamske, May 5, Section 4. Peter Mc- Innes, May 3, Section 5. James Lee, May 3, Section 5. John Brenton, May 3, Section 5. Archibald Yorkton, May 3, Section 5. John Russell, May 5, Section 5. William Johnson, May 5, Section 5 and 6. Stephen Emery, April 5, Section 6. Timothy Sheedy, May 3, Section 6. Edward McKay, May 3, Section 6. Eunice M. Crocker, April 29, Section 6. Charles Sternitzsky, May 5, Sections 7 and 8. Terence Devitt, May 3, Section 7. James Rolfe, April 29, Sections 7 and 18. Stephen Yard, May 5, Sections 8,9 and 10. Luther F. Thompson, April 29, Section 18. Daniel Wyman,

May 28, Section 20. William Andrews, May 6, Sections 21, 22, 23 and 28. Quite a few entries were made in 1858, and in the sixties and some as late as 1885,

Town 24, Range 1 West (Grant). Land in this town was first taken up in 1854, by the following men: On September 19, Charles G. Hanscome filed on land in Sections 4, 9, 19, 29 and 32; October 2, on Section 3; July 13, on Section 28, William Franklin, September 15, Section 4. David Delay, July 27, Section 4. James Hathaway, October 2, Sections 4, 7, 19 and 34, William Ferguson, September 15, Section 4. Henry H. Lowe, September 19, Section 5. Joseph W. Smith, August 5, Section 5. Thomas Douglass, September 19, Section 5. Isaac Simonds, September 14, Section 5, Cyrus Woodman, September 19, Sections 6, 8, 10, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 35 and 36. October 2, Section 32. Don Juan D. Leach, September 14, Section 6. Samuel F. Weston, October 5, Section 6; October 2, Section 19; September 19, Sections 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33 and 36. James O'Neill September 19, Section 8. Charles Jones, August 30, Section 8. Amos C. Babcock and William N. Phillips, September 19, Sections 8 and 11, Horatio Nelson, September 19, Sections 9, 22, 23, 26 and 33. Howard Cramer, August 30, Section 17. Samuel Poppel, September 21, Section 18; July 11, Section 31. Harvey Hickere, September 14, Section 24; David H. Robinson, August 30, Section 25. John Currier, September 15, Section 26. Amos C. Babcock, September 19, Sections 26, 30, 33 and 34. Lyman M. Turner, September 14, Section 26. Loyal A. Baxter, September 15, Section 27. Sewell Turner, September 14, Section 27. Hale S, Hutchinson, August 30, Section 29. Isaac S. Mason, assignee of Baptiste La Prairie, September 13, Sections 29 and 30. John Murray, August 30, Section 30. Rozilla W. King, April 8, Section 30. John Carr, August 31, Section 30. Jacob H. Bona, September 16, Section 31. Charles M. Chase, August 19, Section 31. George W. Blunden, September 16, Section 31. John Rathbun, September 9, Section 32. Robert Scott, September 13, Section 32. Francis Bunker, August 30, Section 33. John Meek, September 9, Section 33. Isaac Vickere, September 15, Section 34. Milfred G. Moore, September 14, Sections 34 and 35. William W. Walters, September 12, Section 34, Jacob M. Hackett, August 30, Sections 35 and 36. Thomas Burns, September 14, Section 35. Levi Withee, September 15, Section 35. The years 1855, 1856 and 1857 also were years of considerable activity in land entries,

Township 24, Range 4 West (Mentor). The first land in this town to be taken was in 1854, when on November 1, George McNamara secured some holdings in Sections 13 and 24. On November 29, 1855, John H. Shuman took land in Section 7. John Thompson, August 1, secured land in Sections 9 and 10. November 22, Elisha Horel secured an allotment in Section 18. William Simpson, November 7, in Section 18. November 7. George Hitts, in Section 18. Thomas Taggart, on December 12, took land in Section 19. On October 17 Adolphus Dart secured land in Section 19. Elizabeth J. Roberts, October 13, in Section 19. December 12, Edmund L. Reinals in Section 30. July 27, Sidney Houghton took land in Section 32. Edwin Houghton on July 27, took land in Section 33. May 27, 1856, Alpheus F. Snow acquired land in Sections 5, 8, 17, 23, 26, 27 and 34, May

23, Patrick Cassidy took land in Sections 6 and 7. Robert T. Davis, May 29, the whole of Section 10. Oliver 8. Frick, on May 29, secured land in Section 12. May 27, Francis Hartman, in Sections 13 and 14. Seth Lukens took land in Sections 14 and 15, May 27. William BE. Rose, May 27, acquired land in Sections 17 and 20. Jackson Roberts, May 23, in Sections 17 and 18. George Farnam, on May 8, secured holdings in Section 18. Elisha Horel took land in Section 18, November 22. On June 2, Jonathan French secured land in Sections 18, 20, 25, 29 and 36. George Gillaland, May 21, in Sections 19 and 20. May 22, Sarah Sutherland, Section 19. Orin Wilson, May 20, in Sections 19, 20 and 30. Thomas Taggart, February 21, in Section 19. Seth Lukens took land May 29, in Sections 22, 23 and 24. George W. Whitcher, May 27, in Sections 22 and 23. Cyrus Woodman, April 24, Section 24. David B. Travis secured land May 23, in Sections 25, 26, 28, 31, 34, 35 and 36. May 27, James Renfrew took land in Section 28. Hiram Wright secured land, May 10, in Sections 28, 29 and 32. May 7, Peris Brown, Jr., Section 30. Daniel H. Moody, January 10, in Section 30. James Cassidy, May 23, in Section 30. Julius E. Edwards, June 22, Section 32. David Nettleton, March 6, took land in Section 32. John M. Levy, March 12, in Section 35.

Township 25, Range 4 West (Mentor). The first land in this township was taken by Samuel F. Weston, Oct. 14, 1854, in Section 14. William Carson and Henry Eaton took land, October 21, in Section 18. Horatio Curtis, December 8, secured land in Sections 15 and 22. The land taken in 1855 was as follows: December 15, Frederic Nutting, in Sections 1, 2, 3, 5,7, 8, 11 and 12. Samuel B. Caldwell and Alexander H. Barber, March 23, in Sections 3, 4, 9, 15, 21 and 22. Benjamin Goodridge, April 4, in Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,10, 17 32 and 33. John Thompson August 1, in Sections 9, 20, 21,27 and 28. W. H. Gleason, December 18, in Section 16. Almon Osborn, December 5, Section 19. George C. Hurd, December 5, Section 19. Joseph Osborn, December 5, Sections 30 and 31. Adolphus Dart, October 17, in Sections 30 and 31. In 1871 large holdings were acquired by Hewitt Holman & Kingsley; Hewitt, Jr., & Co.; Hewitt, Jr., & Holman, and the Kau Claire Lumber Co. In 1872 the West Wisconsin Railway Co. selected land in Sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31,33 and 35. Surveyed in 1855.

Township 26, Range 4 West (Mentor). The first land selected in this town was in 1854. On September 22, Jesse J. Gage took Jand in Sections 1,2 and 12, James Regan, September 138, secured land in Sections 1 and 2, James Starks, September 13, in Section 1. On September 22, William Carson, Henry Eaton, Burage B. Downs and Eldredge D. Rand took land in Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 20 and 22. Samuel F. Weston, September 22, filed on land in Sections 5, 7,8, 9 and 15. Amos C. Babcock, September 22, Sections 10 and 11. William Hope, September 22, took land in Sections 11, 13, 14 and 15. Malcom Reid, September 13, secured land in Section 12. Benjamin F. Rugg and Hiram B. Soule, September 22, claimed land in Sections 21 and 28. In 1855, land was taken as follows: Mary N. Woodward, September 15, in Sections 2, 9, 11, 12 and 28. August 23, Sections 12, 13 and 36. Lorenzo ND. Eastman, December 22, in Sections 8,

9 and 23. George Gale, September 15, in Sections 9, 20 and 21; November 1, in Sections 25 and 27. Aden Randall, November 7, Section 9; December 22, Section 14. Rebecca Chadsey, August 20, Section 12. Jesse J. Gage, August 23, Section 12. Samuel B. Caldwell and Alexander N. Barber, March 23, in Sections 15 and 34. James Hathaway, August 3, in Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36. Frederick Nutting, December 6, Sections 26, 32 and 35. John K, Quail, July 30, Section 27. Benjamin Goodridge, April 10, Section 33. Jabez Robinson, January 14, in Section 34. In August, 1872, West Wisconsin Railway Co. secured lands in Sections 9, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33 and 35. Much of this land was taken over by the Eau Claire Lumber Company, in 1878. Surveyed in 1853.

Township 27, Range 4 West (Butler). The following are those who took the first land in this township in 1854. On September 22, Cyrus K. Lord claimed land in Section 3. September 22, Thomas E. Randall secured land in Section 3. William S. Young took land in Sections 3 and 4, September 15. On October 2, B. B. Downs and Eldridge D. Rand selected land in Section 9; September 22, Section 32. October 22, Carson, Eaton, Downs and Rand in Sections 10, 25, 26 and 28; October 12, Section 35; September 22, Sections 32 and 34. Andrew Copp, September 13, filed in Section 18. Simon Randall took land in Section 20, June 27. September 22, Samuel F. Weston secured land in Sections 20, 21, 26 and 30. William Hope took land September 22, in Section 36, and on October 2 in Section 25. June 28, Nelson Chapman and J. G. Thorp selected land in Section 21. September 11, Francis McNelis took land in Section 33. Jesse J. Gage, on September 22, secured land in Sections 34 and 35. Uriel Stooksburg selected land in Section 34, September 24. On September 11, John Gunison claimed land in Section 36. In August, 1872, the West Wisconsin Railway Co. were allotted land in Sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 and 35. Those taking land in 1856 were, Thatcher Blake, Charles H. Goodrich, William Morse, Joseph B. Davis, James McKinley, John Miles, William Miles, John Whitney, John Crosby, Simon Randall, Francis B. Webster, Elezer S. Hammond, John L. Meradith, John M. Levy, Henry Baldwin, Nathaniel Johnson, William Morse and Jacob M. Hackett.

Township 28, Range 1 West (Green Grove). Land in this township was first taken in 1854, on September 19, by Cyrus Woodman, Samuel F. Weston, Amos Babcock, Charles G. Hanscome and Charles H. Hibbard.

Other entries were made in 1855. October 1, James H. Woodruff entered land in Sections 5, 7 and 18. November 22, John French took land in Sections 17 and 19. September 13, John A. Ford secured parcels in Sections 17, 19, 31 and 32. November 23, Thomas 8S, Morgan took land in Sections 20 and 31. James Hathaway, November 22, secured land in Sections 30, 21 and 32. Howard Cramer, on August 20, in Section 31. September 11, Jacob M. Hackett obtained land in Sections 31 and 32. Those securing land in 1856 were as follows: Samuel C. Burton, Franklin and Gardner Durre, John Morse, Allyn Boardman, Stephen Emery and William Higbie. On July 1, 1873, the Wisconsin Central Railway selected land in Sections 1], 25, 31 and 35.

Township 28, Range 3 West (Reseburg). The first land claimed in this township was by Cyrus Woodman, Jan. 5, 1854, in Section 1. Samuel F. Weston selected land August 14, in Section 26; September 5, in Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12; September 27, Sections 33 and 34. September 27, Charles G. Hanscome secured land in Section 25. In 1855, November 16, John Creswell, Jr., took land in Sections 2, T1, 14 and 30. November 16, William M. Lloyd secured land in Sections 2, 14, 23 and 24. Reuben H. Gray, November 16, in Sections 11, 14, 27, 34 and 35. November 8, Thomas 8, Morgan filed in Sections 26 and 27. James J. Dell, November 16, took land in Sections 26 and 27. Levi Withee, on June 27, selected land in Section 23. Samuel F. Weston took land, November 16, in Section 33. Marcus L. Parsons, August 6, secured land in Section 35. Those securing land in this township in 1856, were: George Burden, John C. Smith, John Creswell, Jr., Stephen Emery, James Richards, Charles J. Richards and Howard Cramer. A large part of the filings in this town were made in the sixties and seventies. The Eau Claire Lumber Company secured large tracts, Aug. 24, 1872. The West Wisconsin Railway Co. selected Section 31. Township survey was made in 1848.

Township 28, Range 4 West (Worden). The first land taken in this township was in 1854. On September 23, Samuel F. Weston secured parcels in Sections 23, 30, 31 and 35. On the same date Cyrus K. Lord claimed land in Section 34. In 1855, November 16, Reuben H. Gray selected land in Section 17. John Cresswell, Jr., November 16, took land in Section 25. Those taking land in 1856, with date and section, are as follows: Lincoln Clark, May 27, Sections 9, 17 and 20. May 26, Francis Granger, Section 10. May 8, Henry Bossi, in Section 13. May 28, Samuel Granger, in Sections 15 and 22. June 3, George Burden, in Sections 15, 21, 22 and 27. May 8, Daniel H. Torode, Section 23. May 8, Elisha Whittlesey, in Section 23. May 8, Frederick Hubner, Section 23. May 8, Peter Forode, in Section 24. Philander Forode, in Section 24. May 24, Francis B. Webster, in Sections 26, 34, 35 and 36. April 23, William Morse, Section 26. May 19, James Maxwell, Sections 27, 32 and 33. James M. Kimball, Sections 30 and 31. April 21, Samuel F. Weston, Section 35; September 23, Sections 30 and 31. May 20, John D. Herron, Sections 31 and 32. September 23, Northwestern Lumber Co., Section 34. The Eau Claire Lumber Co. secured extensive holdings in the town during the seventies. The

Township 29, Range 2 West (Hixon). In 1854, land was first taken in this town. On October 2, James Hathaway entered land in Sections 6, 8, 19 and 30. Cyrus Woodman, September 21, selected land in Sections 7, 17, 18, 19 and 20, Others entering land this year, with dates and sections, were as follows: Horatio Nelson, September 20, Sections 17, 18 and 20. Charles G. Hanscome, Sections 18 and 28. Abner Coburn, Section 18. September 21, Thomas Douglass, Section 19; B. F. Rugg and H. B. Soule, Sections 29, 31 and 34. Charles M. Nichols, September 21, Section 19. Samuel F. Weston, September 21, Section 20; October 2, Sections 27, 28, 29, 30 and 33. September 20, Amos C. Babcock, Sections 20 and 31, October 2, H. B. Soule, Section 28. October 2, Cyrus Woodman, Sections 33 and 34. November 1, Moses W. Clark, Section 28. September 21, Theodore Rodolf, Sections 29 and 30, September 20, James Perry, Sections 29, 32 and 33. September 21, William McClellan, Section 30. September 21, Charles Chase, Section 30. Jacob Spaulding, Sections 30 and 31. September 20, Knud Olson, Section 31. Many entries were made in 1855-56, and during the sixties. July 9, 1873, the Wisconsin Central Railway was allotted land in Sections 1, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21 and 31. Surveyed in 1853.

Township 29, Range 3 West (Withee). As early as 1854, the following men took land in this township. September 20, Amos C. Babcock, Sections 12, 13 and 26. September 20, Charles G. Hanscome, Sections 13, 14, 19, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36. October 2, James Hathaway, Sections 13, 25 and 36. September 20, Cyrus Woodman, Sections 14, 23, 24, 26 and 34. October 2, Samuel F. Weston, Sections 14, 23, 34 and 35. September 21, Thomas Douglass, Section 23, Abner Coburn, Sections 23, 25, 35 and 36. October 2, Benjamin F. Rugg and H. B. Soule, Section 24. September 20, Milton Barlow, Section 35. On May 21, 1856, William Hood secured land in Section 19. There were no more entries until the middle sixties. The Eau Claire Lumber Co. secured large holdings in the sixties, and many individuals entered land here in the seventies and eighties. Surveyed in 1853.

Township 29, Range 1 West (Hoard). As early as 1856, land was taken in this township. On May 10, Franklin and G. P. Drary took land in Sections 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 32 and 33. May 26, William Higbie located land in Sections 21, 28 and 29. In 1858, those making their declaration, were: April 6, Davias J. Richards, in Section 8. Safford E. Hale, in Sections 8 and 9. Thomas Chadwick, Sections 17 and 18. Byron Pond, Section 17.

Seth Miles, May 26, Section 17. George S. Nicholson and O. J, Durand, in Section 19. May 26, James E. Lindsey, in Section 20. Lucinda Pond, in Section 20. August 8, William H. Stephenson took land in Sections 29, 30, 31 and 35. Much of the land in this township was taken by private parties. Most of the filings taking place during the sixties and seventies, were the Wisconsin Central Railway Co., selecting Sections 1, 3, 11, 18, 25 and 27, and parts of Sections 5, 9, 15, 19, 21, 23 and 31. Surveyed in 1853.

Township 29, Range 4 West (Thorp). As early as May 7, 1856, Ealeaser S. Hammond secured land in Sections 18 and 19. There were no more entries until the middle sixties. A large part of the land was taken in 1866 by the Eau Claire Lumber Co. Other large holders were: Henry Corwith, 1867; Henry C. Putnam, in 1871; C. D. Gilmore, in 1873; John McGraw and J. W. Dwight, 1867; N. C. Chapman and J. C. Thorp, in 1866, G. E, Porter and D. P. Moon, in 1869, and Ezra Cornell, in 1867. A few small scattering tracts were taken at various times by private individuals. The township was surveyed in 1849.

Township 26, Range 1 East (Sherman). No land was taken up in this township until 1859. In that year, on May 5, Orin Phelps and Abijah Smith filed in Sections 24, 25, 26, 27, 35 and 36. Wm. C. Chapman, in Section 25. May 16, James E. Lindsey secured land in Section 25. Thomas CHadwick, May 3, in Section 27. Horatio Woodman, on May 5, took land in Section 35. The next land taken in this town was in 1865, by the following: November 23, C. C. Washburn secured holdings in Sections 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 17 and 18. December 21, George B. Burch and Ramson E. Patterson selected land in Sections 11, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 32, 33, 34 and 36. October 16, Alexander McDonald located in Sections 12, 13, 24 and 25. Samuel F. Weston March 14, in Section 16. In 1866, Ezra Cornell secured large tracts in this township. Others filing in this year were Fifield C. Hartford, John Salesbury, D. Marvin Hanson, Lorenzo D. Bowen, George B. Burch and Ransom E. Patterson and John M. James. July 9, 1873, the Wisconsin Central Railway Co. secured allottments in Sections 1, 3, 5, 11, 27, 29 and 33, The township was surveyed in 1855.

Township 27, Range 1 East (Unity). Lawrence Walls was the first to take land in this town. On June 1, 1866, he secured an allottment in Section 19. Henry Walls took land in Section 20, June 1. On June 4, Ezra Cornell secured land in Sections 8, 9 and 30; on June 15, in Sections 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 24, 25, 29, 32 and 36. D. J. Spaulding took land in Section 6, on September 29. On October 6, Robert Ross claimed land in Section 7, and in Section 18, on November 15. Others taking land

Township 29, Range 1 East (Mayville). The first land was entered in this township in 1868. On May 29, G. H. Hixon and N. H. Withee entered land in Section 29. On September 19, 1871, Bernard Dunn filed on land in Section 16. April 7, 1873, V. L. Benjamin selected land in Sections 12 and 34. Julius Freind, May 16, entered land in Section 16. Others taking land this year were: T. W. Spence, April 8, in Sections 20 and 34. George B. Baldwin, May 6, in Section 20. David H. Cummings, October 1, in Section 28. Rogers and Smith, August 28, in Section 28. George C. Hickock, June 1, in Section 28. The land in this township was largely taken by individuals. Those locating in 1875 were, Edward Benson, Silas T. Stevens, John J. Lansworth, Daniel Miltimore, Miles Schoolcraft, Silas May, Thomas Gribbin, Philander Costley, John J. Stoll, James H. Rogers, Thomas Dillon. A few came in 1874, and from that time forward filings were made till 1882. In July, 1873, the Wisconsin Central Railway Co. were allotted Sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 18, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 and 35 and a part of Sections 21 and 33. The township survey was made in 1854.