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Land Patents Summary — South Manitou Island

Original land patents transferring ownership of public lands on South Manitou Island to private parties are listed here by name, date and file number. Names are linked to survey maps showing that individual's holdings. Click the file number to see a PDF copy of the original document.

 

Patentee1 Date Land Office2 Type of Filing3 Acres Plots4 File Number
Chris Ankerson 1/7/1885 Reed City Sale-Cash Entry 31.2 2-35/T31N,R15W MI2950__.349
Thomas Armstrong 2/1/1875 Traverse City Homestead Entry 160 W½NW-3/T30N,R15W
W½SW-3/T30N,R15W		 MI2500__.359
Albert W Bacon 3/16/1863 Traverse City Scrip/Warrant 123.78 N½SE-8/T30N,R15W
2-8/T30N,R15W		 MW-0142-199
173 3-9/T30N,R15W
4-9/T30N,R15W
SWNW-10/T30N,R15W
4-10/T30N,R15W		 MW-0142-200
August Beck 6/17/1909 Marquette Homestead Entry 80 S½SE-32/T31N,R15W 67666
Christoph Beck 11/1/1869 Traverse City Homestead Entry 160 SW-33/T31N,R15W MI2470__.218
Putnam Burdick 3/1/1862 Traverse City Scrip/Warrant 125.3 26/T31N,R15W
1-27/T31N,R15W
4-35/T31N,R15W
NWNW-35/T31N,R15W		 MW-0142-051
3/16/1863 Traverse City Scrip/Warrant 120 S½SE-28/T31N,R15W
SESW-28/T31N,R15W		 MW-0142-206
120 E½NE-32/T31N,R15W
NESE-32/T31N,R15W		 MW-0142-204
160 NE-8/T30N,R15W MW-0142-179
160 SE-5/T30N,R15W MW-0142-202
160 W½NW-9/T30N,R15W
W½SW-4/T30N,R15W		 MW-0142-205
160 NE-5/T30N,R15W MW-0142-201
7/10/1865 Traverse City Sale-Cash Entry 80 S½NE-34/T31N,R15W MI2400__.262
45.3 2-9/T30N,R15W MI2400__.263
William Burton 12/1/1851 Sault Ste. Marie Sale-Cash Entry 56.85 1-34/T31N,R15W MI1960__.277
104.3 1-3/T30N,R15W
2-3/T30N,R15W		 MI1960__.282
24.75 2-34/T31N,R15W MI1960__.283
112.04 3-3/T30N,R15W
4-3/T30N,R15W		 MI1960__.284
2/10/1854 Sault Ste. Marie Sale-Cash Entry 40 NWSW-9/T30N,R15W MI1980__.173
Andrew Erickson 1/26/1898 Grayling Homestead Entry 129.7 1-28/T31N,R15W
2-28/T31N,R15W
3-28/T31N,R15W		 MI3110__.490
Charles F L Erickson 2/9/1914 Marquette Sale-Cash Entry 43.3 3-35/T31N,R15W 383777
Alfred T Evans 10/1/1870 Traverse City Homestead Entry 160 NE-4/T30N,R15W MI2470__.459
George Haas 9/10/1870 Traverse City Homestead Entry 160 NW-33/T31N,R15W MI2470__.425
Joseph Haas 4/1/1892 Grayling Homestead Entry 147.65 1-10/T30N,R15W
2-10/T30N,R15W
3-10/T30N,R15W		 MI3110__.168
12/27/1898 Grayling Homestead Entry 137.5 1-10/T30N,R15W-Less 10.15 Acres In Lot 1 For Lighthouse
2-10/T30N,R15W
3-10/T30N,R15W		 MI1070__.250
Conrad Husler (Hutzler) 2/10/1874 Traverse City Homestead Entry 160 NW-4/T30N,R15W MI2490__.403
George Johann Hutzler 11/1/1864 Traverse City Sale-Cash Entry 80 W½NW-34/T31N,R15W MI2400__.051
7/10/1865 Traverse City Sale-Cash Entry 80 E½NW-34/T31N,R15W MI2400__.254
11/1/1869 Traverse City Homestead Entry 160 NE-33/T31N,R15W MI2470__.219
George Hutzler 2/16/1905 Marquette Sale-Cash Entry 95.5 SWNW-8/T30N,R15W
1-8/T30N,R15W		 MI3310__.113
Ray Kent 12/31/1923 Marquette Homestead Entry 80 N½NE-34/T31N,R15W 927951
Mary Kitchen 11/1/1869 Traverse City Homestead Entry 160 SE-33/T31N,R15W MI2470__.148
Richard Kitchen 11/1/1869 Traverse City Homestead Entry 160 SW-34/T31N,R15W MI2470__.217
Michigan Department of Conservation 1/15/1958 Washington D.C. Exchange-Natl Forest 278.51 E½E½-7/T31N,R15W
NWNW-8/T31N,R15W
4-28/T31N,R15W
1-29/T31N,R15W
1,2,3&4-32/T31N,R15W		 1178709
6/15/1961 Washington D.C. Exchange-State Taylor Act 205.65 W½SW-5/T30N,R15W
2-5/T30N,R15W
6/T30N,R15W		 1220526
James Miller 3/10/1883 Reed City Homestead Entry 128.25 1-9/T30N,R15W
N½NW-10/T30N,R15W		 MI3070__.198
Edwin H Munger 9/5/1865 Traverse City Scrip/Warrant 160 E½NW-8/T30N,R15W
E½SW-8/T30N,R15W		 MW-0142-470
1/20/1872 Traverse City Scrip/Warrant 160 E½SW-5/T30N,R15W
E½NW-8/T30N,R15W		 MW-0550-048
Nels Nelson 2/12/1914 Marquette Sale-Cash Entry 34.5 1-35/T31N,R15W 384743
Peter Nenno 5/15/1863 Traverse City Sale-Cash Entry 4.7 11/T30N,R15W MI2390__.486
Rolland Shank 2/8/1911 Marquette Homestead Entry 90.06 1-5/T30N,R15W
SENW-5/T30N,R15W		 176464
Aaron A Sheridan 7/1/1869 Traverse City Sale-Cash Entry 80 E½SW-4/T30N,R15W MI2420__.368
James A Sheridan 9/15/1874 Traverse City Homestead Entry 130.2 1-4/T30N,R15W
2-4/T30N,R15W
3-4/T30N,R15W
4-4/T30N,R15W		 MI2500__.135
Footnotes:
(1) Click on patentee name to display a plot map showing his holdings.
(2) The land office at Duncan was open from 1854 to 1858. Duncan is a township in Houghton County in Michigan's Upper Penninsula.
(3) The Scrip/Warrant Acts of March 3, 1855 (10 stat. 701) and March 18, 1842 (5 stat. 607) authorized the issuance of scrip as payment
       for military or other service. This scrip could be used to purchase federal land. These documents were transferrable and often sold for
       cash by the veteran, his widow or heirs. Homestead applications were authorized by the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862 (12 Stat. 392).
       Sales of public lands for cash were authorized by the The Cash Entry Act of April 24,1820 (3 stat. 566). An act of the 55th Congress
       (30 Stat. 993) authorizing certain forest reserves provided that any settlers on lands set aside could relinquish their rights thereto and
       and take other public lands in lieu thereof. The Taylor Grazing Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269) authorized exchanges of public lands
       for lands designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary to certain purposes essential to the well-being of the nation.
(4) Examples, read ...
         "NW-9/T31N,R15W" as the NorthWest quarter of Section 9 in Town 31-North, Range 15-West.
         "W½SW-3/T31N,R15W" as the West half of the SouthWest quarter of Section 3 ...
         "4-10/T31N,R15W" as Lot 4 in Section 10 ...
         All coordinates given with reference to the Michigan-Toledo Strip; Leelanau County, Michigan.
         For more information, see Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Tutorial from Wisconsin's DNR
(5) Information provided by the Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records
 
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