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Land Grant George Free, ID0447 Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana |
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Research Notes - |
This Land Grand was in the possession
of my Aunt
Marjorie
Haas VanCouwenberghe. She had found it in a box of
"Important Papers" that had belonged to my Grandmother
Mabel Worthen
Haas when she died in 1978.
Marjorie had worked on trying to determine who George Free was
and how he was connected to our family. She had determined
where the land was located. Marjorie sent a letter and the
maps she had used to me. S11, I later used the Bureau of Land Management database to locate the Land Grant and also online maps detailing the location of the land. S3, The original Land Grant is held by me (Acc000070). I also have the maps used by Marjorie as described above (Acc002935). 23 Dec 2018: I still have no idea who George Free
might be and how he is connected to the family. Since it stated on the land grant that George Free was of
Miami County, Ohio I have looked for documentation for George
Free in the Ohio area |
Land Location |
Coordinates: 40° 20' 8.52" N
84° 52' 13.52" W
Legal Description: East Half of the SW Qtr of the NW Qtr of the
NE Qtr of Sec 29 of Madison Township,
Jay County, Indiana.
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Legal Land Description from Land Grant: "the East half Of the South West quarter and the North West quarter of the North East quarter of Section twenty nine In Township twenty two of Range fifteen East, of the second principal meridian in the District of Lands Subject to sale at Cincinnati, Ohio, lying in Indiana containing one hundred and twenty acres" |
Google Maps: - Go to Google Maps - Enter the coordinates 40° 20' 8.52" N 84° 52' 13.52" W - Click Search - Click on "Earth" in lower left corner to see satellite view |
Land Grant Maps S10, |
Google Earth Files: Doc2650-001.kml Doc2650-002.kml |
Sources | ||
Source Citation |
Image |
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S1 | Original Land Grant: Acc000070 Image of Land Grant - Doc4008.pdf - |
Doc0699.pdf (BLM Image) |
S2 | Google Earth Maps | |
S3 | Database On-line, Bureau of Land Management #OH1530_.152.
Document No: 7765. Land Patent for 120 Acres, 10 Nov 1840.
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Doc0698.pdf |
S4 | 1850 Federal Census - 4th Ward, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio,
page 513/257. District 39. Dwelling 887, Family 895,
Line 10 Isaac N Rosten. Line 12 George Free,
Line 13, Anna Free. Original Data: NARA M432, Roll 679.
www.ancestry.com,
Accessed 23 Sept 2008. Extract: Line 10: Dwelling: 887, Family 895 - Isaac N Rosten - Line 11: Amanda Rosten - Line 12: George Free - 49 yr old male - Teacher - Born: Pennsylvania - Line 13: Anna Free - 5 yr old female - Born: Ohio - Line 14: Amanda Carter - Line 15: Harriet Carter - Line 16: James Boyd - Line 17: Ann Boyd. |
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S5 | 1860 Federal Census - Ward 16, Cincinnati, Hamilton County,
Ohio. Page 96. Dwelling 502, Family 802, Line 31, George
Free. Original Data: NARA, M653, roll 978.
www.ancestry.com, accessed 23
Sept 2008. Extract: George Free: 37 yr old male, Occupation: Clerk - Property Value: $1000 - Born Pennsylvania. Sophie Free: 26 yr old female, born in New York. Isac Free: 8 yr old male, born in Ohio |
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S6 | 1860 Federal Census - 1st Ward, Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio. Page 125, Dwelling 895, Family 978, Line 11,
George Free. Original Data: NARA, M653, Roll 943.
www.ancestry.com, accessed 23
Sept 2008. Extract: George Free: 60 yr old male, born in Germany - listed as insane |
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S7 | 1870 Federal Census - County Infirmary, 1st Ward,
Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. Page 238, Line 7, George
Free. Original Data: NARA, M593, roll 1180.
www.ancestry.com, accessed 23
Sept 2008. Extract: Free, George - 64 yr old white male - Profession: Pauper - Born: Germany - Parents both foreign born - Listed as Insane - Column 19: checked, Male citizen of US over 21 - Column 20: Checked, rights to vote is denied |
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S8 | 1880 Federal Census - National Military Home, Montgomery County,
Ohio. SD 24, ED 169, Page 3, Dwelling 2, Family 2, Line 15,
George Free. Original Data: NARA, T9, roll 1052, Family
History film 1255052, Page 586.3000.
www.ancestry.com, accessed 23 Sept 2008 - New York Avenue - "Disabled Soldiers and Beneficiaries - Natl Soldiers Home for D.V.S." - George Free - White male 56 yrs - Single - Stone Mason - unemployed for 8 months during the year - Maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled - Cannot write - Born: Honsolo, Germany - Both parents born in Honsolo, Germany |
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S9 | Google Custom Map | |
S10 | Maps - used by Marjorie Haas VanCouwenberghe,
ID0381 to determine the location of the land. Acc002935
Maps: |
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S11 | Correspondence: Letter from Marjorie Haas VanCouwenberghe,
13 July 1978, to Walt & Shirley Robbins. Acc002936/Doc1869.pdf
Transcription: |
Doc1869.pdf |
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Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana Orange: Madison Township Magenta: Sec 29 - S2 |
Section 29 Close-up Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana - S2 |
Madison Township NE Qtr - S2 |
George Free Land with Coordinates East half of the SW QTR of the NW QTR of the NE Qtr of Sec 29 of Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana - S2 |