Lois I checked the online Land Records but don't find the particular pieces you mention. You can check yourself at the Illinois Archives: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/genealogy/landsrch.html I can find some purchases by Asa Haynes, but not your Atterberry. Sandy [email protected] wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I have been researching my family for years, but my mind has drawn a blank > when it comes to finding the land records for Wayne County. Can anyone help > me find the records that would show how my G.G. Grandparents Charles W. and > Susan (Hunsinger) Atteberry obtained the land mentioned below? Charles and > Susan were married 24 August 1848 in White Co. IL. > HELP PLEASE. > Thanks, > Lois Branch > Silas Wilson who married Nancy Jane Atterberry, dau. of Reuben Atterberry, > bought from Charles W & Susan (Hunsinger) Atteberry the NWNW Section 8 3s 8e > dated Oct 13, 1848 and filed Feb 3, 1849 Book 54 Page 252. The Illinois > land database shows Asa Haynes homesteaded this forty acres Oct 18,1836. He > also homesteaded the SWNW Section 8 May 23, 1836. This is in spite of theName > of Purchaser Type > record that a James Wilson homesteaded the entire 140 acres in 1819. How did > the land move from Asa in 1836 to Chas and Susan, and then sold to Silas > Wilson on 13 Oct 1848 (40 acres of land there in Wayne > County, in fact at the Barnhill Road-Highway 45 intersection) > --some of these people must have been related and sold within the family. > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/