Gloria, Thanks much - it's great to have those tax records available. Please know it's appreciated - thank you and everyone else who made it happen. Carl On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:23 PM, G Frazier wrote: > I don't know about plat books but we just put up the 1845 tax > assessor book > (not proofread): > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/1845tax/index.html > includes land descriptions. > > and I am in the process of adding land description pages to the 1840: > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/1840tax/index.html > Too busy wayyyy back when to add them. Thot the names at the time > were the > most important. > > Otherwise, the deed indexes at the courthouse would be the surefire > way of > getting land descriptions. > > Gloria > > At 02:06 PM 8/12/2009, you wrote: >> Are there land ownership plat books for Macoupin County for the 1830s >> or 1840s? >> Carl Stedman >> >> On Aug 12, 2009, at 12:31 PM, sjlbuethner-sheminee@att.net wrote: >> >>> The 1875 Macoupin County Atlas shows T. Silberzahn owning 40 >>> acres in >>> Section 9 and 40 Acres in Section 10 [next to each other] with the >>> house in >>> Section 10. This is about 5 miles East of Chesterfield, 1 mile >>> South, or >>> about 2 miles North of Macoupin Station and a little over a mile >>> West. >>> There appear to be no cemeteries close to this land. >>> >>> P. Geiger owns the land in 1895 [Plat Book]. >>> >>> The 1900 Federal Census shows a Phillip Geiger, 72, widowed, >>> living in >>> Carlinville, with son, Jacob; d. in law, Elizabeth; and 3 >>> Grandsons. Does >>> not appear to be related. >>> >>> Naturalization Index - Macoupin County GenWeb >>> Index I - Vol. 13, Page 27 SILBERZAHN, Thomas; >>> xxxxxxxx >>> >>> 1880 United States Federal Census >>> about Thomas Silverzahn >>> Name: Thomas Silverzahn >>> Home in 1880: Polk, Macoupin, Illinois >>> Age: 49 >>> Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831 >>> Birthplace: Baden >>> Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) >>> Spouse's Name: Mary >>> Father's birthplace: Baden >>> Mother's birthplace: Baden >>> Neighbors: View others on page >>> Occupation: Farmer >>> Marital Status: Married >>> Race: White >>> Gender: Male >>> Household Members: Name Age >>> Thomas Silverzahn 49 >>> Mary Silverzahn 50 >>> Mary Silverzahn 20 >>> xxxxxx >>> >>> 1870 United States Federal Census >>> about Thos Silverson >>> Name: Thos Silverson >>> Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831 >>> Age in 1870: 39 >>> Birthplace: Baden >>> Home in 1870: Township 9 Range 8, Macoupin, Illinois >>> Race: White >>> Gender: Male >>> Value of real estate: View image >>> Post Office: Plainview >>> Household Members: Name Age >>> Thos Silverson 39 >>> Mary Silverson 40 >>> Mary Silverson 10 >>> xxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> Hope some of this helps, >>> >>> Sharon >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12 Aug 2009 at 4:32, Thomas Johnson wrote: >>> >>> Thank you, very much, Linda! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you >>> >>> rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and >>> >>> humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." >>> >>> Matthew 11:28-29 NIV >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at >>> http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in >>> the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http:// >>> www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at >> http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http:// > www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message