Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records: land patents in Morgan County, Indiana (Reed and Read; Section 17, T11N R1E)

Federal land patents for Section 17, Township 11 North, Range 1 East, 2nd Principal Meridian (the Reed block near Martinsville):

Part of Section 17	Patentee	Patent date	Accession
NW 1/4, W½	John Reed	21 Feb 1822	STA-IN0870__.188
NW 1/4, E½	John Reed	12 Sep 1836	STA-IN0950__.077
NE 1/4, NW 1/4 of it	John Reed	10 Sep 1838	STA-IN3260__.492
NE 1/4, SW 1/4 of it	Naman Reed	10 Sep 1838	STA-IN3210__.309
SE 1/4, NW 1/4 of it	John Reed	15 May 1837	STA-IN3190__.112
SE 1/4, SW 1/4 of it	James Hollandsworth	10 Nov 1840	STA-IN3280__.190
E½ of the NE 1/4 and E½ of the SE 1/4	Thomas McClure (military warrant)	15 Mar 1851	MW-1056-014
SW 1/4, W½	Nancy Smith	21 Feb 1822	STA-IN0870__.192
SW 1/4, E½	Samuel Long	8 Feb 1831	STA-IN1080__.136

Other Reed patents in Morgan County:

Patentee	Patent date	Land	Accession
Randle Read	30 Sep 1834	T11N R1W, Sec 25, NW 1/4 of NW 1/4	STA-IN1240__.428
Burries A. Reed	21 Oct 1834	T11N R1E, Sec 35, NE 1/4 of NW 1/4	STA-IN1270__.246
Solomon Reed	15 May 1837	T11N R1W, Sec 26, NE 1/4 of NE 1/4	STA-IN3180__.132
Randle Read	10 Sep 1838	T11N R1W, Sec 25, SW 1/4 of NW 1/4	STA-IN3210__.365
Randle Read	10 Sep 1838	T11N R1E, Sec 22, W½ of SE 1/4; Sec 27, NE 1/4 of NE 1/4	STA-IN3220__.494
Richard Reed	10 Sep 1838	T11N R1E, Sec 22, NE 1/4 of NE 1/4	STA-IN3210__.362
Burrus A. Reed	10 Nov 1840	T11N R1E, Sec 35, SE 1/4 of NW 1/4	STA-IN3280__.103

No patent under Reed or Read is in the name of James, Elisha, Elijah, Abner, Stephen or Thomas; “Reid” has not been searched. Since the SW quarter of Section 17, which James Reed’s will calls his, was patented to Nancy Smith and Samuel Long, James bought it by deed. A patent date is a latest date for the purchase from the government, not the date the buyer arrived.