I recently found the location of the land that Jabel Putnam got in Oregon CO. It is W1/2NW-12-N-6W NO 5th PM; SWSW-17-22-N-6W NO 5th PM; SESE-18-22-N-6W NO 5th PM. I can find this by satelite, but I want to know where it actually is in the county. Satelite maps still confuse me. Little maps with squares on them are easier for me. I'll truely appreciate this as it is the first hint of where my family lived when they first migrated into Oregon County. The Homestead date is May 20, 1862. But, they aren't on a census there until 1880. If there is anyone available to do land research, I'd like that too. The Society has been helpful with other research, but I don't know if they do land history. I'd like to know when the land passed to the next owner and its history until at least the 1930s. Pat Miller Dallas,TX

Hi Pat, I think I can help you with the land location. First, the information you provided represents legal descriptions of three separate tracts of land that were homesteaded as one farm. There is a number missing in the description of the first of the three tracts, so I went back to the land records to get the missing number. I also noted that the section number was incorrect in your description of the first tract of land, so I'm going to list the correct description for each of the three tracts: 1) The West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20 in Township 22 North of Range 6 West 2) The Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 17 in Township 22 North of Range 6 West 3) The Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 18 in Township 22 North of range 6 West I don't know a real good way to draw a picture in an email to describe the farm, but I'll give it a try. The farm was 160 acres in size. Think of the 160 acres as being made up of four square 40-acre plots of ground, each 1/4 mile by 1/4 mile in size. We'll represent each of these square 40-acre plots by an "x". The farm, then, was shaped like this: x x x x The northeast corner of the farm was located 2 1/4 miles south, and 1/4 mile west, of the center of Koshkonong. The southeast corner of the farm was located roughly 1/4 mile north and 1/4 mile west of Grand Gulf. Congrats on finding Jabel's farm! Mike Landwehr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Phillips Miller" <texaspearl@gmail.com> To: <mo-oregon-history@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 4:54 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Oregon CO land plot info >I recently found the location of the land that Jabel Putnam got in Oregon > CO. It is W1/2NW-12-N-6W NO 5th PM; SWSW-17-22-N-6W NO 5th PM; > SESE-18-22-N-6W NO 5th PM. I can find this by satelite, but I want to > know > where it actually is in the county. Satelite maps still confuse me. > Little > maps with squares on them are easier for me. I'll truely appreciate this > as > it is the first hint of where my family lived when they first migrated > into > Oregon County. The Homestead date is May 20, 1862. But, they aren't on a > census there until 1880. > > If there is anyone available to do land research, I'd like that too. The > Society has been helpful with other research, but I don't know if they do > land history. I'd like to know when the land passed to the next owner > and its history until at least the 1930s. > Pat Miller > Dallas,TX > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MO-OREGON-HISTORY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 160 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len