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From: "Marty Crull" <>
Subject: Re: [ILJERSEY-L] land records
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:45:55 -0000


The first Ill constitution stated section 16 would be set aside for school
property. Have it here some where will look for it.
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From: kirby heard <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 2:31 PM
Subject: [ILJERSEY-L] land records

>I'm thinking outloud a little here, hoping some of you on the list will
>chime in and help me *understand* a little better... here goes
>
>my ancestor, William KIRBY, purchased some school land in 1849, which I've
>had the recorded info on for quite some time (date, record ID, t7N r11W
>etc.)
>
>I suppose I have a few questions around this. one is, William and his
>mother and siblings arrived 10 years prior to that purchase...where did
>they live for those 10 years? and the boys each had farms, but I haven't
>found any evidence of that other than the county historical journals and
>family lore (yet). I visited the webpage that breaks out the land
>purchases. why is every section 16 of the townships seem to be school land?
>while there's a separate list for the school land purchases, it doesn't
>seem to have any references to further documents as the other sections do
>(unless I misinterpreted that and am *really* confused!:)
>
>perhaps I need more education about the school land purchases.
>
>when Jersey co was just being formed, about the time my ancestors arrived,
>is it possible that there were no 'formalties' and folks relied on
>squatter's rights or first come, first grab? yes, I'm a bit naive about
>this, but I feel 'safe' among my fellow Jersey co researchers...
>
>thanks for any thoughts...
>
>
>kirby heard
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