This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wIB.2ACI/344 Message Board Post: I am researching the fact that a Stilman Meeker was given a land patent in 1870 in Kandiyohi county. Odd thing is that in the 1870 census, he is ennumerated ( as of june 1) in Castle Rock, DakotaCo, QUITE a distance away. Stillman was married and his wifes parents were ennumated in Willmar in that same census ( joel and rebecca Turner). Does anyone understand these land descriptions well enough to understand if one was granted a patent, who his surrounding neighbors were. I amj hoping if I can understand who the neighbors were it might lead to a family clue. Thanks, Sue