This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Aills Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hV.2ADE/2288.1.1.1.1.3 Message Board Post: I didn't realize that the BLM files had yet again been pulled off line. Brief land descriptions are also on the Johnson County site at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/johnson/land/johnson.txt This has the entries I mentioned, but of course you either have to order the papers or wait for them to bring the system back on line. In any case, because they are Cash Entry, there is no great expectation of any additional info, other than perhaps a middle name, depending on the clerk who filled out the ledger. (Homestead applications are a different story, since they have justifications for the grant. Pity he didn't have any here. You might look in his previous residence county/state for this type of information as well.)