Finding your ancestor's land grants

Finding your ancestor's land grant info

I've been able to find land grant info for several of my ancestors.  Some from my Porter and other families.  I think it's interesting to see where they might have lived and not just which county or township.   I found some good websites that helped out.  The first site is Bureau of Land Management(BLM), General Land Office (GLO) Records Automation web site.  Then click the "Search Documents" button.  I used this site to find the township, range, section and partial granted.  Here, I selected Missouri, Jackson County and I entered "porter" for the last name.  

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Then the following screen shows all of the Porter's with land grants in Jackson County, Mo.  Using a census for the county and township that's close to the year of the patent date listed, is one way to verify which person is your possible ancestor.   In my case, I'm interested in the "Hugh Porter" with the 1835 date,  make a note of the values in the Twp-Rng,  Aliquots (partial) and Sec# columns, they will be used to actually locate the land on a map.  You can also click the link to see more detail and to print a copy of the original land patent for this person.

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The site mapper below can be used to locate the township, range and the section on the map.  It is not the   friendliest site, but after you've worked with it for a while it can help find the area that your ancestor might have lived.  Along the toolbar there is a button labeled "township", click it to see the screen below.

  

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This screen is used to zoom in on the land area described.  Select the State, enter township (66), direction  (North), range (23) and direction (West) and click the search button.   Click the Zoom button at the bottom, this will cause the above map to zoom in on the location.   Again, not the friendliest, just close this screen to see the previous screen.

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This screen shows the yellow outline for the selected land area.  I have zoomed in more and checked the PLSS box at the bottom of the screen, the section grid shows when you zoom again.  There are 36 one mile square sections (640 acres) in a township / range.   The sections are divided by quarters (160 acres), so a partial described as SW 1/4 NW 1/4 is the Southwest 40 acres (quarter of 160 acres) of the Northwest quarter of the 640 acre section.  When zoomed in with the aerial view, section quarters are more obvious.

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I hope this is some help, just add a comment or send an email if you have questions or something else to add.

Descendants of James Thomas Gibson,I and Sarah Roark/Sumner

James Thomas Gibson, I born ABT 1750, Halifax Co., Va., married ABT 1770, in Stokes or Surry Co., NC., Sarah Roark or Sumner, born ABT 1750, Stokes Co., NC., died AFT 1820, Knox Co., Ky. James died 1835, Whitley Co., Ky.

Children

William Gibson born 1773.

Sarah Gibson born 1773.

Polly Gibson born 1775.

Barnabus Gibson born 1777, SC., married NOV-17-1800, in Grainger Co., Tn., Joyce Artis. Barnabus died AFT 1850, Green Co., Tn.

James Thomas Gibson born 1779, Ky., Va. or Richland Co., SC., married 1797, Mary Finley, born 1775, Montgomery Co., Va., (daughter of James Finley and Keziah Martin) died JUN-07-1862, Scott Co., Tn. James died FEB-07-1862, Scott Co., Tn.

Mary Gibson born 1780, married (1) Benjamin Crowley, married (2) DEC-15-1801, in Grainger Co., Tn., George Southerlin.

Garret Franklin Gibson born 1782, Stokes Co., NC., married BEF 1807, in Putnam Co., In. or Claiborne Co., Tn., Rachael Reynolds. Garret died 1850, Buchanan Co., Mo.

Valentine Gibson born 1783, Surry Co., NC., married NOV-17-1800, in Grainger Co., Tn., Mary Wyatt. Valentine died BEF MAR-05-1837, Knox Co., Ky.

John Gibson born 1785, Surry Co., NC.

Aaron Gibson born 1787.

Archelous Gibson born 1789.

Lewis Gibson born MAY-19-1791, Stokes Co., NC., married (1) Elizabeth Butcher, married (2) FEB-10-1814, Priscilla Wilson. Lewis died MAY-24-1847, Washington Twp. Mercer Co., Mo., buried: Salem cemetery.

George Gibson born 1793.

Elias Gibson born 1795, Stokes Co., NC., married JUN-14-1821, in Monroe Co., In., Elizabeth Garrett. Elias died BEF NOV-15-1826, Putnam Co., In.

I will have more Gibson, Tye and Hays family info later

Descendants of: James Thomas Gibson and Mary Finley

James Thomas Gibson born 1779, Ky., Va. or Richland Co., SC., married 1797, Mary Finley, born 1775, Montgomery Co., Va., (daughter of James Finley and Keziah Martin) died JUN-07-1862, Scott Co., Tn. James died FEB-07-1862, Scott Co., Tn.

Children

Keziah Gibson born JAN-15-1799, Ky., married MAR-26-1818, in Knox Co., Ky., John Lampkin Smith.

Elizabeth Gibson born 1801, Ky., married Joseph R. Hatfield, born ABT 1800, Ky.

Nancy Gibson born SEP-17-1803, Ky., married William Terrell Mays.

Finley Gibson born MAY-17-1807, Knox Co., Ky., married Jane Gatliff, born ABT 1813.

James Thomas Gibson born NOV-11-1810, Knox Co., Ky., married (1) 1830, in Whitley Co., Ky., Mary Ann Tye, born NOV-24-1810, Scott Co., Tn., (daughter of George Tye and Mary Nancy Mays) died JAN-23-1854, Scott Co., Tn., married (2) Catherine Douglas. James died MAR-27-1862, Jacksboro, Campbell Co., Tn., buried: Gibson cemetery, Elk Valley, Tn.

George Gibson born APR-22-1813, Knox Co., Ky., married JUN-08-1837, Mahala Adkins, born ABT 1816. George died MAR-29-1887, De Kalb Co., Al.

Francis Travis Gibson born DEC-12-1818, Barbourville, Knox Co., Ky., married ABT 1838, Malinda Adkins, born ABT 1819. Francis died AUG-03-1858, Elk Valley, Tn., buried: Gibson cemetery.

Mary Gibson born SEP-09-1819, married Elenuel Potteet.

Henry Gibson born 1820, Ky., married Elizabeth Patterson. Henry died OCT-08-1863, Wayne Co., Ky.

I will have more Gibson, Tye and Hays family info later

Descendants of Robert Haines Moore

Robert Moore and Malinda Wasson are Margie's Great Great Great Grandparents on her Grandmothers side of her family.

Robert Haines Moore born MAY-10-1824, Howard Co., Mo., married (1) JUN-12-1842, in Grundy Co., Mo., Malinda Wasson, born JAN-   -1821, Iredell Co., NC, (daughter of William Wasson and Sarah Delph) died MAY-09-1852, Grundy Co.? Mo., buried: Fugate cemetery, married (2) JAN-13-1854, Hester Ann Jewett, born NOV-02-1833, Fayette Co., Oh., (daughter of David Jewett and Elizabeth Toothaker) died DEC-11-1909, Mercer Co., Mo., buried: Moore cemetery, Mercer Co., Mo.  Robert died MAY-24-1912, Mercer, Mercer Co., Mo., buried: Moore Cem, Mercer Co., Mo.

Children:(of Robert and Malinda Wasson)

1.  Eliza Jane Moore born FEB-16-1843, Mercer Co., Mo., married (1) MAR-  1863, Joseph R. Duncan, born 1841, Ky., (son of Joseph L. Duncan and Jane S. Ferguson) died OCT-09-1867, Duncan cemetery, buried: Grand River Twp., Wayne Co., Ia., married (2) ABT 1874, in seven years a widow, Charles O. Ellis, born ABT 1847, (son of John Ellis and Betsy Crawford) died ABT 1924, South Dakota.  Eliza died JUL-27-1909, Morgan Center, buried: Elm cemetery, Decatur Co., Ia.

2.  Samara Ann Moore born DEC-11-1844, Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, married (1) JUL-05-1863, Thomas Dixon Duncan, born NOV-04-1836, Whitley Co., Ky., died MAR-22-1897, buried: Evergreen cemetery, Lineville, IA., married (2) MAR-02-1900, Robert G. Browning, born JAN-17-1832, Russell Co., Va., died FEB-04-1922, buried: Moore Cemetery.  Samara died JAN-13-1930, Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, buried: Evergreen, Lineville, Wayne, Iowa.

3.  Jackson Moore born SEP-05-1846, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, died SEP-02-1872, Mercer, Missouri, buried: Moore Cem., Mercer, Missouri.

4.  Amanda Paralee Moore born AUG-12-1848, Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, married MAR-01-1872, in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa, James Ellis, born SEP-25-1843, Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe, Virginia, (son of John Ellis and Betsy Crawford) died OCT-23-1915, Liberty, Blaine, Oklahoma, buried: OCT-24-1915, Brownlow Cemetery, Burgess,Butler,Kansas.  Amanda died OCT-13-1938, El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, buried: OCT-14-1938, Brownlow Cemetery, Burgess,Butler,Kansas.

5. Milton (Melt) Moore born MAR-11-1850, Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, married (1) Jan 1873, Jermima Scott, born 1853, Mercer, Missouri, married (2) NOV-11-1880, Mary Jane Humphreus, born JUN-27-1861, Mercer, Missouri, (daughter of Wesley Humphreus and Mary Jane Donelson) died AUG-17-1916, Lineville, Mercer, Missouri, buried: Moore Cemetery.  Milton died MAY-06-1919, Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, buried: May 1919, Moore Cemetery, Mercer, Mercer, Mo.

6.  Sarah Ellen Moore born OCT-25-1851, Mercer, Mercer Co., Mo., married (1) Anthony Bloom, born JAN-01-1853, (son of John Anthonio Bloom and Petronella "Ellen" Aolbers) died MAR-27-1896, aged 43y, 2m, 26d, buried: Moore Cemetery, married (2) Thomas Wells, married (3) Charles Neil, married (4) Joseph Watkins.  Sarah died APR-02-1928, Mercer, Mercer Co., Mo.

Children:(of Robert and Hester Ann Jewett)

1.  William Marion Moore born OCT-21-1854, Lineville, Mercer, Missouri, died MAY-16-1868, buried: Moore Cemetery.

2.  Senoma E. Moore born APR-27-1856, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, died NOV-16-1857, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, buried: Moore Cemetery., Mercer, Mo.

3.  James Buchanan Moore born SEP-06-1857, Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, married APR-23-1876, in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, Mary Elizabeth Owens, born OCT-01-1861, Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, died JAN-11-1918, Blanchard, Page, Iowa, buried: Moore Cemetery, Lineville,Mercer,Mo.  James died JAN-21-1940, Bethany, Harrison, Misssouri, buried: JAN-24-1940, Moore Lineville,Mercer,Missouri.

4.  Thomas Benton Moore born AUG-04-1859, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, married OCT-13-1887, in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, Alice M. English.  Thomas died AUG-11-1923, buried: Moore Cemetery, Mercer, Missouri.

5.  Cordelia Moore born AUG-22-1861, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, married DEC-26-1882, William Gaul.  Cordelia died JAN-07-1942.

6. Robert Segal Moore born MAY-04-1863, Mercer Co., MO, married MAY-01-1881, in Mercer Co., MO, Rosa Belle Anderson, born JUN-07-1865, Decatur Co., IA, (daughter of Marion Anderson and Sarah Stuteville) died MAR-18-1943, Mercer Co., MO.  Robert died APR-06-1928, Mercer Co., MO.

7. Otto Moore born SEP-10-1868, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, married (1) MAY-30-1892, in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, Laura Ellen Hubbs, born AUG-02-1875, (daughter of Richard Willis Hubbs and Sarrah Luviry Ragan) died JAN-02-1902, buried: Moore Cemetery, married (2) Anna Ross, married (3) NOV-10-1904, in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, Flossie Nell Bates, born MAR-20-1887, Lewisberg, Wayne, Iowa, died MAR-04-1958, Manhattan Beach, California, buried: MAR-09-1958, Lineville, Wayne, Iowa.  Otto died SEP-02-1947, Lineville, Wayne, Iowa, buried: SEP-04-1947, Moore Cemetery, Mercer, Mercer, Mo.

8.  Greenwood Douglas Moore born APR-16-1870, Mercer Co., Mo., married (1) OCT-16-1893, in Princeton, Mo., Mary Rachel Hubbs, born OCT-   -1878, Mercer, Mo., (daughter of Richard Willis Hubbs and Sarrah Luviry Ragan) died JUL-07-1903, Mercer, Mo., married (2) AUG-13-1903, in Princeton, Mo., Zona Q. Hubbs, born APR-22-1881, (daughter of Richard Willis Hubbs and Sarrah Luviry Ragan) died AUG-30-1973.  Greenwood died AUG-13-1934, buried: Moore cemetery, Mercer Co., Mo.

9. Randolph Moore born FEB-29-1872, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, married JAN-22-1894, Ida Mae Wilkerson, born JUN-22-1878, Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, died AUG-04-1907, Mercer Co, Missouri, buried: AUG-05-1907, Moore Cemetery, Mercer, Co., Missouri.  Randolph died FEB-14-1944, Mercer, Missouri, buried: FEB-18-1944, Moore Cemetery, Mercer, Co., Missouri.

10.  Charlotte Belle Moore born DEC-25-1873, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, married DEC-25-1890, in Mercer, Missouri, Warren Browning, born JAN-17-1868, Wayne, Iowa, (son of Robert G. Browning and Elizabeth Elsey) died JUN-21-1930, St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, buried: JUN-23-1930, St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri.  Charlotte died APR-14-1956, Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, buried: APR-16-1956, Trenton, Grundy, Missouri.

My Williams family ancestry

My Great Grandma Porter was the oldest person I ever knew during my childhood.  This photo was taken about 1951, it shows my Great Grandma Porter age 78, her son, my Grandfather Carl Porter age 56 and the little boy is me at about age 3.

My Great Grandmother was Florence Bell Williams she married James H. Porter and they had four children.  My Great Grandpa Porter died 6/29/1921, she lived alone for many years.  She died in a nursing home in Trenton, Mo. 12/31/1959, they are both buried in the South Lineville cemetery.

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Descendants of George Washington Davis and Rachel Mahan

George Washington Davis born Va., married DEC-15-1829, Rachel Mahan, died 1844.  George died SEP-1845.

  Children: 

Margaret Jane Davis born SEP-25-1831, Whitley Co., Ky., married MAY-02-1846, in Lineville, Ia., John DeKalb Duncan, born APR-22-1822, Whitley Co., Ky., (son of Harvey Boyd Duncan and Elizabeth Laughlin) died DEC-25-1898, Banner Co., Harrisburg Ne.  Margaret died JUL-20-1929, Allerton, Wayne Co., Ia.

Abner Morgan Davis born NOV-14-1835, Ky., married (1) abt 1859, Elizabeth "Betsey" Ann Shaffer, born abt 1832, Oh., (daughter of Seth Shaffer and Margaret E. Faulkner) died aft NOV 1872, married (2) abt 1880, Mary Hannah Collyer, born 1850, Ia.  Abner died OCT-18-1906, Decatur Co. Ia., buried: Logan cemetery. 

Elizabeth Davis born MAR-01-1835, Ky., married Francis C. Colman. 

David Davis born AUG-13-1842, Whitley Co., Ky., married FEB-28-1864, in Mercer Co., Mo., Eliza Jane Davis, born JUL-04-1845, Mercer Co., Mo., (daughter of Jonathan Meigs Davis and Elizabeth Constable) died JUL-29-1909, buried: Freedom Cemetery, Mercer Co., MO.  David died FEB-28-1904, buried: Freedom Cemetery, Mercer Co., MO. 

Green L. Davis born NOV-08-1844, Mercer Co., Mo., married Mary Adams.

 I will have more info for Davis and Johnston families later.

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Descendants of Charles O. Ellis and Eliza Moore

Charles O. Ellis born abt 1847, married abt 1874 Eliza Jane Moore, born FEB-16-1843, Mercer Co., Mo., (daughter of Robert Haines Moore and Malinda Wasson) died JUL-27-1909, Morgan Center, buried: Elm cemetery, Decatur Co., Ia.  Charles died abt 1924, South Dakota.

Children:

Birt Ellis born JUL-22-1876, married Eliza Jane Vinzant, born JUL-22-1879, (daughter of Henry Louis Vinzant and Mary Naomi Argo) died APR-11-1957.  Birt died JUN-28-1949, Decatur Co. Ia.

Harry Ellis born abt 1882, married APR-30-1904, in Decatur Co., Ia., Hattie May Owens, born AUG-23-1888, Lineville, Ia., (daughter of William Owens and Amanda Spencer) died FEB-17-1959, Upton, Wy.  Harry died Upton, Wy.

Oscar Ellis born MAY-19-1884, married 1900, Alice Rockhold, born NOV-15-1882, (daughter of Richard Livingston Rockhold and Frances Smith) died MAY-24-1958, buried: Elm Cemetery.  Oscar died APR-12-1950, Wood, SD.

I will have more info later, with related families Vinzant, Argo, Wright and Moore.