According to the BLM GLO Records, in 1835 Nicholas WELLS purchased 2 40-acre plots of land in Lucas County, OH. They are Document Nos. 3818 and 868. In 1837 he purchased a 40-acre plot in Monroe County, MI, Document No. 5207. The 3 plots were located in the Michigan-Toledo Strip and were issued through the Monroe Co., MI Land Office. Around that time a border issue between Ohio and Michigan was taking place. In my attempts to pin down exactly where these plots were located I have been unable to find a plat map of the Strip (which I understand became Lucas Co., OH). The location of these land purchases is of particular interest because they are so close to where my gr grandfather, Charles W. WELLS, married Lizzie SCHAIBLE in Washtenaw Co., MI in 1869, and then settled in Jackson Co., MI. Does anyone have WELLS who might have settled in the Monroe Co., MI and Lucas Co., OH areas? I have been searching 1840-50 censuses and have come across some WELLS, but no Nicholas WELLS in these counties. Peggy Riggs Kopp