Wm. HEAP
from Sarah HEAP		Nov. 19, 1841$2001/4 of N of NW 1/4 Section 17 Twp. 8 Range 1 , 63 acres. and 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 Section 7 Twp. 8 Range 1 and 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 Section 8 Twp. 8 Range 1, 78.84 acres.Deed Bk. S p. 82
John HEAP
from Peter B. MILLSPAUGH		Feb. 17, 1842$400 W side NE 1/r Sec. 5 Twp. 8 Range 1 , 50 acresDeed Bk. S p. 570
Wm. HEAP
from Allen RAMSEY		Nov. 4, 1846$200Interest in N. end of NW 1/4 17-8-1 and Int. in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 7-8-1 and Interest in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 8-8-1 - Ye acres Heir of W. HEAP. , dec.Deed Bk. W p. 117
Henry HEAP
from John F. CAMBRIDGE		Oct. 25, 1843$600SE end of SE 1/4 Section 14 Twp. 12 Range 13 , 40 acres.Deed Bk. T p. 261
William HEAP
from Sarah HEAP		Nov. 19, 1841$200Undivided 1/4 of N end of NW 1/4 Sec. 17 Twp. 8 Range 1 and SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 7-8-1 78.84acres. Recorded Dec. 13, 1841Bk. S. p. 82
John HEAP
from Peter MILLSPAUGH		Feb. 17, 1842$400W side NE 1/4 Sec. 5 Twp. 8 Range 1 , 50 acres Bk. S p. 570
William HEAP
from Thomas RAMSEY		Feb. 5, 1847$2,000inpart . Interest in N end NW f1/r 17-8-1 and Int. in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 7-8-1and Int. in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec. 8 Twp. 8 Range 1, 63 acres.Bk. W p. 269 and 223
Frederick KLEMME
from Samuel SERING		Jan. 18, 1838 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec. 16 Twp. 8 Range 2 400 acresBook ( p. 282
Henry W. KLEMME
from John F. KLEMME		April 6, 1845 Section 16 Twp. 8 Range 2 E 1/2 NE 1/4 of NE 1/4Deed Book V p. 50
John F. KLEMME
from Enoch McCARTY		June 8, 1849$750NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec. 16 Twp. 8 Range 2, 39 acresDeed Bk. Z p. 76
John F. KLEMME
from Enoch McCARTY		March 1, 1844$32.0020 acres E 1/2 E 1/2 of NW 1/4 Sec. 16 Twp. 8 Range 22Deed Book T p. 456.
Charles KLEMME
from John Friedrick KLEMME
and wife MarySharlotte (her mark) KLEMME		Jan. 16, 1857$450W 1/2 N 1/2 of NW 1/4 Sec. 16 Twp. 8 Range 2 391/8 acres and NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec. 16 Twp. 8 Range 2W 39 1/2 acres.Bk. 7 p. 469
Christian F. KLEMME
assignee of Enoch McCARTY		Aug. 24, 1844 SE 1/4 NE Section16 twp. 8 Range 2. Recorded July 6, 1857.Bk. 8 p. 121
Conrad WENDEL of City of Cincinnati Ohio
from BradburyCOTTRELL.		Aug. 23, 1851$900SE Sec. 33 Twp. 8 Range 2 W Aug. 23, 1854Deed Bk. 2 p. 274
Conrad WENDEL
from Chris KAPPAUF		July 11, 1851$800E 1/2 SW Sec. 8 Twp. 8 Range 2 80 acresBk. 2 p. 219
Conrad WENDELL
from John E. SHILLING		Dec. 27, 1854$650Lots 15, 16 and 2 Woods - South Gate Jan. 1, 1855Bk. 6 p. 50
Conrad WENDAL
from John BECHT		Jan. 24, 1859$1300E Side SE Sec. 23 Twp. 8 Range 2 60 acres July 28, 1859 recorded.Bk. 9 p. 205
Wm. ARMSTRONG
and Sarah ARMSTRONG his wife
late Sarah LOCKWOOD
of county of Franklin, State of Indiana
quit claim to Elizabeth LOCKWOOD		October 26, 1859 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sec. 11 20 acres off North side SW 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 11.Book 6 p. 546
William WEBB
from Able MILLER		May 3, 1858$750pt. NE Sec. 33 Twp. 9 range 1 , 10 acres Aug. 12, 1858Book 9 p. 20
Wm. WEBB
from James HASSON		Mar. 14, 1859$690Lots 26, 27, Mt. Carmel Sec. 33 Twp. 9 Range 1Bk. 9 p. 289


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Indiana is a Public-Domain State. Following a 1795 treaty with the native residents, the first strip of land was surveyed in southeastern Indiana. In 1801 the Cincinnati Land Office was opened, the first such office to serve Indiana. Vincennes opened in 1807. Indiana Land Entries, 2 volumes, by Margaret R. Waters (1948; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977), includes registers for the Cincinnati (1801–40) and Vincennes (1807–77) land districts.

Five additional land offices opened as demand increased, principally following the conclusion of the War of 1812: Jeffersonville (1807), Brookville (1819; moved to Indianapolis in 1825), Terre Haute (1820; moved to Crawfordsville before 1828), Fort Wayne (1823), and LaPorte (1833; moved to Winamac in 1839).

Registers are available on microfilm at Indiana State Archives, Allen County Public Library, and through The Family History Library (FHL). Although not all registers are indexed, some have been published. Land was usually sold for under $2 per acre, frequently at public auction, and it could be purchased on an installment basis. Land patents were issued by the United States government when the total purchase price had been paid. Frequently, the documents recorded at the land offices included the purchaser’s “outside of Indiana” residence. Original land records (1805–76), plus microfilmed copies, are at the Indiana State Library, Archives Division. Private land claims, which are first-title deeds surveyed outside the regular federal system of townships and ranges, also existed in Indiana. The legal description of these lands are in lot numbers assigned by the governor. The parcels of land are frequently long and narrow, giving each owner access to an adjacent river or road. Patents, copies of tract books, and township plats are available through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern States Office (see page 6). Land-entry case files are at the National Archives. The BLM offers a searchable database of patents at www.glorecords.blm.gov. National Archives—Great Lakes Region has records of the General Land Office for Indiana (1808–76), which include the cash certificate books denoting completion of purchase of land from the federal government. They are arranged chronologically by land office.