This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Copeland, Turbiville Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1608 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the pioneers in Fremont county. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1.--1853: Land Entries by Hugh Copeland: (1).--Northeast quarter of section 7 township 68 range 42, dated 7/12/1853. (2).--Southwest fractional quarter of section 7 township 68 range 42, dated 7/12/1853. (3).--East half of the southeast quarter of section 13 township 69 range 41 - AND - the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 11 township 69 range 41. 2.--1854: Fremont county Census for "Franklin township". Hugh Copeland...3m...4f...2 voters...1 militia...no aliens 3.--1856: Iowa State Census for Fremont county: "Franklin township". Hugh W. Copeland....25....b. Ind.....5 years in the State. Sarah C....................20.......Ind.....8 years in the State. James H....................0........Iowa Margaret Turbiville......23.......Ind.