Family Maps Of Tippecanoe County, Indiana (Paperback)
Family Maps Of Tippecanoe County, Indiana (Paperback)
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Family Maps of Tippecanoe County, Indiana

by Gregory A. Boyd, J.D.         218 pages with 53 total maps

Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Tippecanoe County, Indiana, gleaned from the indexes of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries.

Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds.

The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s.


List of Details Found Below . . .
  What's Mapped in his book?
  What YEARS are these maps for?
  What Cities and Towns are in Tippecanoe County, Indiana (and in this book)?
  Acts of Congress Authorizing . . .
  Indexes in this book
  Reviews by the Experts . . .
  Surnames found in this book
  Book Specifications



What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . .
    3518 Parcels of Land
  (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map)

    56 Cemeteries

    plus . . .
    Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc.

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What YEARS are these maps for?
Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the corresponding land patents were issued:
DecadeParcel-count
1820s965
1830s2431
1840s95
1850s5
1870s3
1900s1
1910s6
1920s12


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What Cities and Towns are in Tippecanoe County, Indiana (and in this book)?
Altamont Switch, Americus, Ash Grove, Bar-Barry Heights, Battle Ground, Birmingham, Buck Creek, Cairo, Clarks Hill, Colburn, Concord, Corwin, Crumb Corner, Dayton, Delp, Eastwitch, Elston, Gladens Corner, Glenhall, Green Meadows, Happy Hollow Heights, Heath, Indian Village, Klondike, Lafayette, McQuinn Estates, Meadowbrook, Monitor, Monroe, Montmorenci, Norma Jean Addition, North Crane, Octagon, Odell, Old Halfway, Otterbein, Pettit, Ravinamy, Romney, Shadeland, South Raub, Stockwell, Summit, Taylor, Tecumseh, Wabash Shores, West Lafayette, Westpoint, Wyandot

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Acts of Congress Authorizing the Land Patents in this book:
   April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
   May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal (12 Stat. 392)
   February 1801: Canadian Refugee Warrant Act (1 Stat. 100)


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Indexes in this book

-Surnames in the County
  * number of times each Surname occurs

-Surname/Township Index
  * every Surname and the frequency in which each appears in relevant Township-level Maps

-Full-Name Index (of Original Landowners) for each Township

-Populated Places

-Cemeteries

-Multi-Patentees (Groups of people who acquired land together)

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Reviews by the Experts
What they are saying about the Family Maps series:
  • instant gratification! - Elizabeth Shown Mills, Author, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
  • incredible on-going series . . . - Christine Rose, Author, Courthouse Research for Family Historians
  • must have publications . . . - Dick Eastman, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
  • a great service . . . - Sharon Tate Moody, former President, Association of Professional Genealogists



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SURNAMES found in this Book:
ABELL, ABRAMS, ALBIN, ALDRICH, ALEXANDER, ALKIRE, ALLEN, ANDERSON, ANDREW, ANDREWS, ARCHIBALD, ARMAN, ARMSTRONG, ARNOLD, ARTHUR, ASHBY, ASHER, ASHTON, AYERS, BABB, BABCOCK, BADGETT, BAER, BAILEY, BAKER, BALES, BALEY, BALLYET, BANKER, BANTA, BARBEE, BARD, BARE, BARKHURST, BARNES, BARTHOLOMEW, BARTMESS, BASYE, BATES, BEALS, BEAR, BEARDSLEY, BECK, BEDFORD, BEEHER, BEIGHER, BELL, BENNETT, BENSON, BEST, BEVER, BIBEL, BIBLE, BILDERBACK, BINFORD, BIRCH, BLACK, BLACKBURN, BLAIR, BLICKENSTAFF, BOGGS, BOLTENHOUSE, BONSER, BONTA, BOOHER, BOOHRER, BOOKER, BOSLEY, BOSTICK, BOSWELL, BOWEN, BOWERS, BOWMAN, BOWYER, BRACKENRIDGE, BRADFIELD, BRADFORD, BRANDIGEE, BRANDON, BRENNER, BREWER, BRINGHAM, BROOKS, BROWN, BRUNTON, BRYANT, BUCK, BUCKLEY, BUEL, BUELL, BULL, BULLA, BULLARD, BURCH, BURGENT, BURGET, BURK, MCAHAN, BURKHALTER, BURKHATTER, BURNES, BURNS, BURTON, BUSH, BUSKERK, BUTTS, BYCRAFT, CABOT, CAIN, CALVERT, CAMBE, CAMBLIN, CAMPBELL, CANNADY, CAPP, CARMAN, CARMEAN, CARNAHAN, CARR, CARSON, CARTER, CASTER, CASTLEMAN, CATTERLIN, CAULKING, CAULKINS, CHADWICK, CHAMBERLAIN, CHAMBERLIN, CHAMBERS, CHAPMAN, CHAUNCEY, CHENEWITH, CHISM, CHISSON, CHISUM, CHRISTMAN, CIRCLE, CLARK, CLARKE, CLASPILL, CLAYPOOL, CLEAVER, CLERK, CLEVINGER, CLIMER, CLINE, COAL, COBLER, COCHRAN, COCHRELL, COCKRELL, COFFMAN, COFMAN, COLE, COLLINS, COMER, COMPTON, CONARROE, CONCANNON, CONNELL, COOK, COOKE, COON, COOPER, COPE, CORAN, CORBIN, CORNELL, CORWIN, CORY, COURTNEY, COVINGTON, COWAN, COWLEY, COX, CRAIG, CRAWFORD, CREEK, CRESSE, CRIST, CRITTON, CROSE, CROTHERS, CROUCH, CROUSE, CROY, CULLOM, CUMMINS, CUNKLE, CUPPY, CURLES, CURRAN, CURRY, CURTZ, CUSTER, DAINS, DARLINGTON, DAUGHERTY, DAVID, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DAVISON, DAVISSON, DAWHITT, DAWLEY, DAYTON, DEAL, DEARDURFF, DEERY, DEHART, DELBRIDGE, DEMMITT, DENMAN, DENNY, DEVORSS, DEWEY, DEXTER, DICKEY, DICKS, DICKSON, DIGBY, DILL, DIMMETT, DIMMITT, DOLLARHIDE, DORFF, DOUBLEDAY, DOWEL, DOWNING, DOYAL, DOYLE, DRAKE, DRESBACK, DRISKILL, DUNCAN, DUNKIN, DUNN, DURKEE, DUSKEY, DUTTON, DYE, EAKER, EARL, EASTBURN, EATON, EDDY, EDWARDS, EIRGOOD, EISLEY, ELIOTT, ELLIOTT, ELLIS, ELLSWORTH, ELMORE, ELWELL, ELY, EMERSON, EMMERSON, EMMITT, ERWIN, ESRA, EVANS, EWRY, EZRA, FAIRMAN, FANTHORP, FARMER, FAUST, FAUTHARP, FAY, FELL, FENDERBURGH, FENNER, FERGUSON, FINK, FISHER, FLEMING, FLETCHER, FLYNN, FORGEY, FOSTER, FOUST, FOWLER, FRANCIS, FRANKLIN, FRAZER, FRAZIER, FREAKELL, FREEMAN, FRINDLE, FROST, FRYBACK, FUDGE, FUGATE, FUGET, FUGOT, FULLENWIDER, FULLER, FULLINWIDER, FUNDERBURGH, FUNK, GALBREATH, GALLASPIE, GALTREATH, GANO, GARD, GARMAN, GARRET, GARRETSON, GARRETT, GATES, GERARD, GERMAN, GERRARD, GIBBS, GILBERT, GILKESON, GILLAM, GILMAN, GLADDEN, GLISE, GODDRICH, GODFREY, GODMAN, GOLDEN, GOODMAN, GOODRICH, GOSSLEE, GRAFFT, GRAHAM, GRAVE, GRAVES, GRAY, GREEN, GREGORY, GRIFFING, GRIFFITH, GUEST, GUIN, GUINN, GUM, GUNKEL, GUNKLE, GUSHWA, GUSHWAK, GWINN, HAFF, HAGHURST, HAIGH, HAIN, HAINES, HAINS, HALL, HALLAWELL, HALLOWAY, HALSTED, HAMAND, HAMAR, HAMER, HAMOR, HAMPTON, HANES, HANKINS, HANNA, HARBINSON, HARDY, HARE, HARRIS, HARRISON, HARSHA, HARSHBARGER, HART, HARTER, HARTPENCE, HARTWELL, HARVEY, HASKET, HAVEY, HAWKER, HAWKINS, HAWTHORN, HAYS, HEARTPENCE, HEATEN, HEATH, HEATON, HECKATHORN, HEDRICK, HEFNER, HEMPHILL, HENDERSON, HENKLE, HENSTAFF, HERN, HERRING, HERRON, HESS, HESTON, HEWITT, HIGMAN, HILL, HILLERMAN, HILT, HINE, HOBAUGH, HOBOUGH, HOCKETT, HODGIN, HODSON, HOFFMAN, HOLIDAY, HOLLADAY, HOLLAWAY, HOLLIDAY, HOLLINGSWORTH, HOLLODAY, HOLLOWAY, HOLMES, HOLSTEAD, HOOBLER, HOOD, HOOVER, HOPEL, HOPKINS, HOPPLE, HORNER, HORNEY, HORNOR, HORRAM, HORROM, HOTTENSTEIN, HOUGHLAND, HOUSE, HOUSER, HOUTS, HOWARD, HOWE, HUDSON, HUFF, HUFFMAN, HUGHES, HUMBERT, HUMPHREY, HUMPHREYS, HUNTER, HUNTSINGER, HUSTON, INGERSULL, INGRAHAM, INGRAM, INSLEY, IRELAND, IRWIN, ISELEY, ISLEY, IVERS, IVIERS, JACK, JACKSON, JACOBS, JACOBY, JANNEY, JEFFERSON, JENNERS, JENNINGS, JESTER, JEWETT, JOHN, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, JORDAN, JORDEN, KEE, KEELER, KEEN, KEEP, KELLOGG, KELLY, KELSEY, KEMP, KENDALL, KENNEDY, KENNIDY, KENWORTHY, KERN, KERR, KESHER, KESSLER, KILGORE, KILLGORE, KILPATRICK, KINCAID, KINNEAR, KINNEY, KINSER, KIOUS, KIRKPATRICK, KISER, KITCHEN, KLEPINGER, KLINGER, KLIPINGER, KNAPPER, KNIGHT, KNOTT, KOONS, KORN, KUNS, KYLE, LAKE, LAMB, LAMBERT, LANDES, LANE, LAPPINGTON, LARKIN, LAYTON, LEARY, LEE, LEGG, LEIGHTON, LEMMING, LEMON, LENON, LEONARD, LESLEY, LESLIE, LEWIS, LITTEL, LOCKWOOD, LOGAN, LONGFELLOW, LOUGHLIN, LOVELESS, LOY, LUCE, LUCUS, LUKENS, LUKINS, LUNG, LUPTON, LUSE, LUTZ, LYON, MAHAM, MAHAN, MAJOR, MAJORS, MALICK, MARKOE, MARKS, MARQUAM, MARRISH, MARSH, MARSHALL, MARSTELLER, MARSTILLER, MARTIN, MASCAL, MASKAL, MASON, MATTIX, MCCAHAM, MCCAHAN, MCCAIN, MCCCAHAN, MCCLELLAND, MCCLURE, MCCORMICK, MCCREA, MCCUNE, MCCUTCHEN, MCDADE, MCDANIEL, MCDAY, MCDEED, MCEOWEN, MCFARLAN, MCFARLAND, MCGEE, MCGIMSY, MCGUIRE, MCHARRY, MCINTIRE, MCJIMSEY, MCKAIN, MCKEE, MCKILLIP, MCKINNEY, MCLAUGHLIN, MCMILLAN, MCMILLEN, MCMILLIN, MCNAUGHTON, MCNEAL, MCNEEL, MCQUIRE, MCVAY, MEADEARIS, MEDARY, MEEK, MEHANY, MEHAREY, MEHARREY, MEHARRY, MEHARY, MENDENHALL, MERCER, METZER, METZGER, MICK, MIKAEL, MIKESEL, MIKESELL, MILLER, MILLIGAN, MILLIKAN, MILLS, MILNER, MINTONYE, MITCHEL, MITCHELL, MITTS, MOLER, MONTGOMERY, MOORE, MOOTS, MORE, MOREHOUSE, MORGAN, MORRIS, MORSE, MOULDER, MOUNT, MOYERS, MUNSON, MURDOCK, MURPHEY, MURPHY, MURRY, MUSSELMAN, NELSON, NEWCOMB, NEWELL, NEWMAN, NICE, NISBIT, NISEWANDER, NIXON, NIXWANDER, NOBLE, NORDYKE, NORTH, NORTHCUT, NOWLAND, OCONNER, ODELL, OILER, OLEPHANT, OLER, OLINGER, ONEALL, ORBISON, ORR, OWENS, OYLER, PAGE, PAIGE, PARKE, PARKER, PARR, PARSON, PARSONS, PARVIS, PATTEN, PATTERSON, PATTON, PATTY, PEARSON, PECKOVER, PEEKORES, PEFFLEY, PENWELL, PERKINS, PERRY, PETER, PETERS, PETERSON, PETORS, PHEBUS, PICKETT, PIERCE, PIKE, PIPER, PITTENGER, PLEKENSTAFF, PORTER, POTTER, POTTS, POWELL, POWERS, POYNER, PRATT, PRICE, PROBASCO, PROVAULT, PROVOLT, PURKEE, PURKER, PYLE, RAKESTRAW, RANDLE, RANKIN, RASH, RAUB, RAWLES, RAY, READING, REAM, RECOB, REDDING, REDGIL, REED, REEDER, REEVE, REEVES, RENFRO, RENTFRO, REPLOGLE, REYNOLDS, RHINE, RICHARDSON, RICHEY, RICHISON, RIDDLE, RIDGEWAY, RIGGS, RIGHT, RIMINGTON, RIOUS, RISTINE, RITCHEY, RIZER, ROADS, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROBISON, RODABAUGH, ROGER, ROSS, ROTROCK, ROUDEBUSH, ROUNSAVELL, ROUTH, ROWEN, ROYER, RULAND, RUNNION, RUSH, RUSSEL, RUSSELL, RUTH, RYCRAFT, RYECRAFT, SAPPINGTON, SARGEANT, SATTERTHWAITE, SAVINGTON, SAYTON, SCHNEPP, SCHOOLCRAFT, SCHUETZ, SCHULTZ, SCOTT, SCUDDER, SEVERNS, SEVERSON, SEWARD, SEYMOUR, SHAMBACK, SHAMBAUGH, SHARARTZ, SHAW, SHEAGLEY, SHEAGLY, SHEETS, SHEETZ, SHELBY, SHELPMAN, SHEPHERD, SHERFY, SHERIDAN, SHERIDEN, SHIDELER, SHIGLEY, SHIVELY, SHOEMAKER, SHORTBRIDGE, SHORTRIDGE, SHOULTS, SHRIVER, SHUCK, SHULTS, SHULTZ, SHUMAKER, SIBBITT, SILL, SILVER, SIMMON, SIMMONS, SIMPKINS, SIMPSON, SIMS, SINKS, SKINNER, SLABACK, SLATER, SLAYBACK, SLEEPER, SLINGER, SMILEY, SMITH, SNEPP, SNIDER, SNODDY, SOUTH, SPEARS, SPRING, STAFFORD, STAIR, STALEY, STALY, STANDEFORD, STANDIFIRD, STANETT, STANFIELD, STANLEY, STANSBERRY, STATEN, STATON, STEELY, STEEN, STEPHENSON, STERRETT, STERRIT, STEVENSON, STEWART, STIDHAM, STIDMAN, STILES, STINGLEY, STOCKTON, STODDARD, STONER, STORM, STRETCH, STRIKER, STROUP, STRYKER, STULL, STUTSMAN, SUMMERS, SUMMMERS, SUNDERLAND, SURFAS, SUTHERLAND, SUTLIFF, SUTTIFF, SWALLOW, SWAN, SWANK, SWEARINGEN, SWEEM, SWIFT, SWINHART, SWITGER, SWITZER, TACKELL, TALBERT, TALLMAN, TANNER, TAYLOR, TENVILAGER, TERRY, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THORN, THORNTON, THORP, THROCKMORTON, THROGMORTON, TIFFIN, TIMMONS, TIPTON, TITUS, TODD, TODHUNTER, TODUNTER, TOLBERT, TOLLIVER, TOOLE, TRAVIS, TREAKELL, TREKELL, TRENARY, TUCKER, TULLIS, TURDY, TYLER, ULLERY, ULLREY, ULREY, UNDERHILL, VALENTINE, VAN CAMP, VANCE, VANHORN, VANMATA, VANMETRE, VANNATTA, VANOSDOL, VANSANT, VANVOLTENBURGH, VEATCH, VERLY, VICKERY, VIKERY, VIRGIN, WADE, WAGGONER, WAGONER, WALDEN, WALKER, WALL, WALTER, WALTON, WANDLESS, WARD, WARDEN, WARREN, WARWICK, WASHBURN, WATSON, WAYMIRE, WEAVER, WEBB, WEBSTER, WEIDER, WEIDNER, WELCH, WELLS, WELTY, WERNER, WERTZ, WEST, WHEELER, WHETSTONE, WHITCOMB, WHITE, WHITECOMB, WHITEHEAD, WHITEMAN, WHITLOCK, WHITSON, WHITTEBERREY, WHITTEBERRY, WICKERSHAM, WILCOX, WILE, WILES, WILEY, WILLETS, WILLEY, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WILLIS, WILLISON, WILLS, WILSON, WIRICK, WISE, WOLF, WOLFE, WOLFER, WONSTURF, WOODFIELD, WOODINGTON, WOODRUFF, WOODS, WORNSTAFF, WORNSTURF, WRIGHT, WYLIE, YANDES, YANDIS, YARNAL, YOUNG, YOUNGER, YOUNT, ZAHN, ZIMMERMAN, ZUMMERMAN


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Book Specifications
Binding OptionCopyright YearDimensionsISBNISBN13
Paperback20108-5/16" x 10-3/4"14203144329781420314434


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