Sharon, I tend to agree, cheap land was probably behind all this somehow but I still see a lot of folks as having moved into IN between 1790-1816 - LOTS from my Shelby Co., KY area in the 1811-1816 period. An interesting problem. Thanks George ----- Original Message ----- From: "mills" <mills@reliable-net.net> To: <KYSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [KYSHELBY] Moves to Indiana > Have to add my two-cents worth. The BLM site is a great site. There are > some records that will not show up on that site at the present time. These > are mostly early credit purchases before 1820 and military land warrant > purchases. > > Volunteers at the Indiana State Archives are working on a first-of-a-kind > project which is a cooperative database between the BLM and the ISA. We > are adding Indiana information to the BLM data. When completed, the > information will be shared between the two agencies. A prospective viewer > will be able to see differences in data. > > The Indiana data will show date entered in Indiana, register of receipts > number, military land warrant number, and residence of the purchaser. > Often that is where the individual came from, a most helpful bit of data > for geneologists. > > I work on this a couple of days a month and notice numerous significant > differences..as simple as a different spelling(i.e., Taylor for Saylor). I > have also added entries that were not found in the BLM records for no > apparent reason, as they were not credit or military warrant purchases. > > I agree with the previous purchaser who noted inexpensive sale of public > lands in Indiana abt 1820. Except for some parcels that had been bought > previously, these were actual auctions. Quite a bit of land was not bought > even then, because original land owners may be found in the registers into > the early 1850's. > > I'm not sure how this enters in, but there were lots of land squabbles in > KY over boundaries and ownership of parcels. Because IN was mostly > measured off as a "metes and bounds" state, title difficulties would be > minimal. > > Sharon Mills > > Sharon Mills > > At 04:00 PM 12/14/1999 -0500, you wrote: > > > >> George > >> > >> Not really sure why they moved from Ky to In however----- > >> > >> Clayton mythology says that one brother of three when he got to Indiana > found > >> plains of flowing grain/hay/grass up to his armpits and this was why the > >> Claytons moved to Indiana. Why they went first unknown except free land. I > >> found a book in the Ft Wayne Library that covered movement into Indiana and > >> had the Claytons in it. I am looking for the pages I copied because there > >> were other names in the article. When I find it and if there are any other > >> reasons I will let you know. > >> > >> Brock > >> > >> ______________________________ > >> > > > >I can't speak to your ancestors' motives for moving to Indiana in the > >early 1800s - but it probably has a great deal to do with the federal > >government selling off land in the territory very cheaply beginning in > >1820. That's why my ancestors made the move to Indiana, anyway. > > > >If you want to find out whether your ancestors participated in the big > >land selloff, check the BLM site at > > > >http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ > > > >Sarah > > > > > >