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This township offered November 3, 1826.
Became subject to private entry, November 17, 1826.
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Jacob Brinley, East 1/2 Northeast 1/4, Section 18, 80 acres @ 1.25 per acre,
$100, Certificate 315, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 26, 1831.
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James Guinn Melson, West 1/2 Northeast quarter, Section 18, 80 acres @ $1.25
per acre, $100, Certificate 16, Washington, Arkansas, November 6, 1832.
Jacob Brinley, Southeast 1/4 Southeast 1/4, Section 18, 40 acres @ $1.25 per
acre, $50, Certificate 177, Washington, Arkansas, January 29 1834.
James Williams, Preemption Act 1832, Northeast 1/4 Southeast 1/4, Section
11, 40 acres @ $1.25 per acre, $50, Certificate 962, Washington, Arkansas,
March 16, 1835.
Samuel Robinson, Preemption Act 1832, South 1/2 Northeast 1/4, Section 17,
80 acres @ $1.25 per acre, $100, Certificate 1504, Washington, Arkansas,
December 21, 1835.
James G. Melson, Preemption Act 1832, Northwest 1/4 Southeast 1/4, Section
18, 40 acres @ $1.25 per acre, 40 acres, $50, Certificate 1625, Washington,
Arkansas, January 13, 1836.
Jacob Brinley, East 1/2 Southeast 1/4, Section 7, 80 acres @ $1.25 per acre,
$100, Certificate _____, Washington, Arkansas, January 13, 1836. Patent
issued April 15, 1837, Volume 3, page 441.
Jacob Brinley, Northeast 1/4 Southeast 1/4, Section 18, 40 acres @ $1.25 per
acre, $50, Certificate 1629, Washington, Arkansas, January 13, 1836.
Thomas Milson, Preemption Act 1832, Southeast 1/4 Southeast 1/4, Section 5,
40 acres @ $1.25 per acre, $50, Certificate 1699, Washington, Arkansas,
January 23, 1836.
James Ward, East 1/2 Northwest 1/4, Section 12, 80 acres @ $1.25 per acre,
$100, Certificate 1713, Washington, Arkansas, January 30, 1836.
Matthias Brinley, Northwest 1/4 Southwest 1/4, Section 17, 40 acres @ $1.25
per acre, $50, Certificate 1804, Washington, Arkansas, February 16, 1836.
Thomas Draper, West 1/2 Southeast 1/4, Section 7, 80 acres @ $1.25 per acre,
$100, Certificate 1897, Washington, Arkansas, February 22, 1836. Cancelled
and money ordered to be refunded. See letter to Registrar & Receiver, 15
Dec. 1837.
Francis Bittick, Preemption Act 1834, West 1/2 Southeast 1/4, Section 7, 80
acres @ $1.25 per acre, $100, Certificate 1947, Washington, Arkansas, March
3, 1836. Sold to Solomon Melson.
James Guinn Melson, East 1/2 Northeast 1/4, Section 18, 77.50 acres @ $1.25
per acre, $96.88, Certificate 2248, Washington, Arkansas, May 23, 1836.
Jacob Brinley, West 1/2 Southwest 1/4, Section 8; West 1/2 Northwest 1/4,
Section 17, 160 acres @ $1.25 per acre, $200, Certificate 2358, Washington,
Arkansas, June 8, 1836.
Chesley Rogers, Southwest 1/4 Southwest 1/4, Section 4, 40 acres @ $1.25 per
acre, $50, Certificate 2554, Washington, Arkansas, June 25, 1836.
Pleasant Stallcup, Preemption Act 1832, Southwest 1/4 Northwest 1/4, Section
18, 40.68 acres @ $1.25 per acre, $50.85, Certificate 2823, Washington,
Arkansas, November 4, 1836.
Solomon Melson, Southeast 1/4 Southwest 1/4, Section 7, 40 acres @ $1.25 per
acre, $50, Certificate 2826, Washington, Arkansas, November 4, 1836.
Francis Bittick, Southwest 1/4 Southwest 1/4, Section 7, 40 acres @ $1.25
per acre, $50, Certificate 2832, Washington, Arkansas, November 7, 1836.
Samuel J. Dawson, South 1/2 of, Section 6, 323.60 acres @ $1.25 per acre,
$404.50, Certificate _____, Washington, Arkansas, May 26, 1837. Patent
issued November 1, 1839, Volume 7, page 296.
Samuel J. Dawson, North 1/2 of, Section 7, 327.67 acres @ $1.25 per acre,
$408.84, Certificate _____, Washington, Arkansas, May 26, 1837. Patent
issued November 1, 1839, Volume 7, page 297.
Joseph B. Riley, North 1/2 Southeast 1/4, Section 12, 80 acres @ $1.25 per
acres, $100, Certificate 4813, Washington, Arkansas, November 13, 1843.
William A. Riley, Northeast 1/4 Southwest 1/4, Section 12, 40 acres @ $1.25
per acre, $50, Certificate 4832, Washington, Arkansas, December 14, 1843.
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Arkansas Tract Books, Washington, Arkansas, Bureau of Land Management,
Eastern States Office, Alexandria, Virginia.
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