Livingston County

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Warrants for Land Grants

The records below focus on warrants involving the following persons. I have endeavored to find all grants involving them from the establishment of Livingston County on 21 May 1799 until Eddyville and surrounds became part of newly formed Caldwell Co. 1 May 1809. Because the records are not indexed, and are handwritten and difficult to read, some were no doubt missed.

Gideon Dyer Cobb Moved to Eddyville from Fair Haven, Vermont as part of the party organized by Matthew Lyon about 1800, with his wife Modena Chittenden Clark, and their eldest son, Caleb.
Samuel C. Clark Lived with Gideon, and is assumed to be a relative of Gideon's wife, but that is unproved.
Matthew Lyon Organizer of the move to Eddyville, second husband of Modena (Clark) Cobb's sister Beulah.
Elijah G. Galusha Cousin to Modena (Clark) Cobb; son of her aunt Beulah Chittenden by her first marriage.
Joshua Cobb Brother of Gideon, known to live in Greene Co. PA before moving to IN. The Joshua Cobb listed below may not be this Joshua Cobb.
John Cobb Brother of Gideon and Joshua, lived in Greene Co. PA and, I believe, later in Eddyville area.

Record of some other associates are included, along with mentions of some of the individuals involved in the transactions listed, but those should not be considered complete.

This record shows warrants issued by the Livingston County Court certifying that the applicant met the requirements for receiving a grant as specified by Acts of the General Assembly, as amended from time to time. Obtaining a warrant was the first step in obtaining a grant. Next a survey had to be made, the required payments made, and then a patent was issued which conferred title to the land. Many warrants were assigned to others, or allowed to lapse.

Links are provided to extracts of all documents for those warrants for which patents have been found.

Date
Entry Location
Name
AcresGranted
AcresPaid in Full
Payments
Acres Sold
Acres Redeemed
Actual Settlers
No.
Page
D
¢
Ins
NoRecd
Acres paid
State
Ind
Year
State
Acres
No
5 May 1801 33 4 Elijah G Galusha 400

300

100

8

51

20

90

10

1

15.349

26.088

400         see patent extract 100 3940
7 Jul 1801 100 12 Saml C Clark 400             400   1808        
6 Dec 1802 531 60 Griffen Long 400

400

8

71

26

74

1 8941

23.664

400         see patent extract 400 1831
4 Feb 1806 1446 161 Matthew Lyon 400

 

 

 

 

 

 

400   1808

 

 

 

 

4 Feb 1806 1589 177 Gideon D Cobb 400

 

 

 

 

 

 

400   1808

 

 

 

 

4 Feb 1806 1632 181 Joshua Cobb 400

 

 

 

 

 

 

400   1808

 

 

 

 

4 Feb 1806 1634 182 Jas Cobb 400 400 88 88   19.015   400   1808 400

 

 

 

4 Feb 1806 1635 182 Cablel Cobb 400 400 80     28.848   400   1808 400

see patent extract

 

 

4 Feb 1806 1636 182 John Cobb 400

 

 

 

 

 

 

400   1808

 

 

 

 

4 Feb 1806 1637 182 Hannah Cobb 400

 

 

 

 

 

 

400   1808

 

 

 

 

4 Feb 1806 1638 182 Saml C Clark 400

 

 

 

 

 

 

400   1808

 

 

 

 

I have copies of each of the pages extracted above. Please contact me for clarification or copies, using the link below.

Source: Abstracts were made from Family History Library films of Certificates for Livingston Co. Lands Granted, FHL #174998, item #4


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