Genealogy
Documents Proving Land Titles
Gibson County,
Indiana
GenealogyDocuments Proving Land Titles |
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Compiled documents relating to proof of land titles.
(Most
of the documents were assembled in the 1920's, but often refer to
events from much earlier. There is a tremendous amount of detail
referring to proof of family relationships.)
| #113 |
Milton
A. Simpson, being duly sworn on his oath says, that he knew Daniel
Fiering, who for some years prior to his death in 1869 was in
possession of SW 1/4 of Sec. 35 in Township 3 South of Range 9 west in Gibson
County Indiana, and he knew the wife of said Daniel Fiering, who continued to
occupy said lands until her conveyance of the south half thereof to Margaret
Seiber; that he does not the correct spelling of the name
Seiber but he knows it was pronounced as though it was spelled Seaber; that
said Margaret Seiber had possession of
south half until the same passed to Joseph Yuchert about 1879; that
affiant does not know the name of wife of said Daniel Fiering except that the
Germans in the neighborhood called her Katrina; affiant says that he was
acquainted with John Featherstone who was a cousin of
William Featherstone. Signed Milton
A. Simpson. Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 16th day of
December, 1922 signed Charles W. Benton, Notary Public
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