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Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales-Taken from the State Archives



Henderson County-
(County wasn't formed until 1841-was            Record ID:  13472
Warren Co. in this year)
 
 Purchaser:        James Kirby                   Township:             09N                  Archive Vol. No.:          699
 Date:                   12/12/1830                      Section:                13                  Vol. Page No.               079
 Acres:                        40                              Meridian:                 4                    Purchaser Residence:
 Price:                      $1.25                           Section Part:        NWSE                Record Corrected:         0
 Type of Sale:     *Federal sale  (FD)                 Range:                  06W                    Cash warrant code:
 County:            Henderson ** (36)                

Click here to see Illinois Counties map of 1831
                                                                       
*FD=Federal Sale  (Sale by district U.S. General Land Offices in Illinois)
**(  ) County Code used by the State Archives



Macoupin County-                                Record ID:   191311
 
 Purchaser:        James Kirby                 Township:              10N                    Archive Vol. No.:          325
 Date:                06/15/1836                         Section:                 20                       Vol. Page No.               042
 Acres:                      80                                Meridian:                 3                        Purchaser Residence: Macoupin (59)
 Price:                     $1.25                              Section Part:        N2NE                  Record Corrected:         0
 Type of Sale:     Federal sale  (FD)                Range:                  09W                       Cash warrant code:
 County:             Macoupin (59)
      
 Click here to see Illinois Counties map of 1836

 



McLean Co.-                                      Record ID:  486917
 
 Purchaser:     James Kirby                   Township:              23N                    Archive Vol. No.:          793
 Date:                03/31/1869                         Section:                  34                     Vol. Page No.                097
 Acres:                      80                                Meridian:                  3                       Purchaser Residence:
 Price:                     $12.00                            Section Part:        W2SW                 Record Corrected:         0
 Type of Sale      *Railroad (RR)                     Range:                  01W                      Cash warrant code:
 County:              McLean (57)
      
 Click here to see Illinois Counties map from 1859 to present 

*Land given to and sold by the Illinois Central Railroad



 Champaign Co.~                              Record ID:  486918
 
 Purchaser:     James Kirby                  Township:              20N                    Archive Vol. No.:          793
 Date:                 01/31/1871                       Section:                18                       Vol. Page No.                338
 Acres:                    47.38                             Meridian:               3                         Purchaser Residence:
 Price:                     $13.00                           Section Part:        NWSW                 Record Corrected:         0
 Type of Sale:       Railroad (RR)                    Range:                  10E                       Cash warrant code:
 County:              Champaign (10)               



Lee Co.~                                        Record ID:   486919
 
 Purchaser:     James Kirby                   Township:            20N                     Archive Vol. No.:           793
 Date:                 01/31/1871                       Section:                12                       Vol. Page No.                371
 Acres:                       40                               Meridian:                 4                       Purchaser Residence:
 Price:                     $12.00                           Section Part:        NENW                  Record Corrected:           0
 Type of Sale:       Railroad (RR)                    Range:                  09E                       Cash warrant code:
 County:                 Lee (52)              
   



Livingston Co.~                    Record ID:   584406
 
 Purchaser:     James Kirby                   Township:              28N                    Archive Vol. No.:          SWP
 Date:                 09/05/1862                        Section:                 8                        Vol. Page No.               026
 Acres:                      40                                Meridian:                 3                       Purchaser Residence:
 Price:                     $0.0                                Section Part:        SWSE                   Record Corrected:         0
 Type of Sale:       Wetlands *(SW)               Range:                    05E                        Cash warrant code:
 County:              Livingston (53)               
 *SW=Swamp (Wetlands sold by localities, profits to be used for drainage costs).



 Dewitt Co.~                            Record ID:   460266
 
 Purchaser:     James A. Kirby               Township:         19N                    Archive Vol. No.:          791
 Date:                    03/05/1862                       Section:               20                   Vol. Page No.                091
 Acres:                       80                                 Meridian:               3                   Purchaser Residence:
 Price:                      $11.00                            Section Part:        N2NW             Record Corrected:        0
 Type of Sale:       Railroad (RR)                      Range:                  01E                 Cash warrant code:
 County:                DeWitt (20)              

                                               Record ID:   460267
 
 Purchaser:     James A. Kirby              Township:             19N                    Archive Vol. No.:           791
 Date:                 10/25/1867                        Section:                 32                      Vol. Page No.                365
 Acres:                        80                              Meridian:                  3                       Purchaser Residence:
 Price:                     $11.00                           Section Part:        W2NW                  Record Corrected:          0
 Type of Sale:       Railroad (RR)                    Range:                   01E                        Cash warrant code:
 County:                 Dewitt (20)              
 
 

 


                                                             Record ID:   5067711
 
 Purchaser:     James H. Kirby             Township:             11S                    Archive Vol. No.:           794
 Date:                 04/06/1885                       Section:                36                       Vol. Page No.                358
 Acres:                       40                              Meridian:               3                         Purchaser Residence:
 Price:                     $5.00                             Section Part:        NENW                 Record Corrected:         0
 Type of Sale:      Railroad (RR)                    Range:                  01E                       Cash warrant code:
 County:                 Union (91)              



Information  taken  from: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_lan.html
     by Kimberly Breeden breeden@holly.colostate.edu
 


 

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