I assume from your other posts that these are Washington TWP land ownership. How did you come by these records -- if these are 1840 land records, what do the other 18xx dates mean -- are there records for other townships/towns? I have seen the 1820-1832 tax records. I haven't found anything past 1832, but really need to research the 1830's and '40's. Thanks, ==mwh "Faith Keahey" <keahey@fiberpipe.net> writes: << Section 1 - had John Smith 1805 &1808, Samuel H. Smith 1811&1814, William N. Smith 1819, and William Smith 1831. 1840 John Carney, John Ripley, Daniel Swaim, John Spence & Augustus Speck. >>