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Family Maps of Martin County, Indiana

by Gregory A. Boyd, J.D.         

182 pages with 47 total maps
Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Martin County, Indiana, gleaned from the indexes of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries.

Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds.

The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s.

What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . .
• 2325 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map)
• 48 Cemeteries
• plus . . .Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc.

What YEARS are these maps for?
Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the corresponding land patents were issued:

DecadeParcel-count
1810s1
1820s25
1830s509
1840s617
1850s1162
1860s5
1870s2
1910s1
1930s1
1950s1





 

 

 

 

 

What Cities and Towns are in Martin County, Indiana (and in this book)?
Bramble, Burns City, Cale, Crane, Dover Hill, Hindostan Falls, Indian Springs, Ironton, Lacy, Loogootee, Mount Olive, Mount Pleasant, Natchez, Pleasant Valley, Rusk, Scenic Hill, Shoals, Shoals Overlook, South Martin, Whitfield, Willow Valley, Windom, Yenne

Acts of Congress Authorizing the Land Patents in this book:
• April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
• September 28, 1850: ScripWarrant Act of 1850 (9 Stat. 520)
• March 22, 1852: ScripWarrant Act of 1852 (10 Stat. 3)
• March 3, 1855: ScripWarrant Act of 1855 (10 Stat. 701)
• February 1801: Canadian Refugee Warrant Act (1 Stat. 100)
• February 11, 1847: ScripWarrant Act of 1847 (9 Stat. 123)

Indexes in this book
• Surnames in the County (number of times each Surname occurs)
• Surname/Township Index (every Surname and the frequency in which each appears in relevant Township-level Maps)
• Full-Name Index (of Original Landowners) for each Township
• Populated Places
• Cemeteries
• Multi-Patentees (Groups of people who acquired land together)

Reviews by the Experts
What they are saying about the Family Maps series:

"Instant gratification!" - Elizabeth Shown Mills, Author, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace

"Incredible on-going series" . . . - Christine Rose, Author, Courthouse Research for Family Historians

"Must have publications" . . . - Dick Eastman, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

"A great service" . . . - Sharon Tate Moody, former President, Association of Professional Genealogists

SURNAMES FOUND IN THIS BOOK:

ABEL, ABLE, ABRAMS, ACHOR, ACRE, ADAMS, ADAMSON, ALEXANDER, ALFORD, ALLBRIGHT, ALLEN, ANDERSON, ANDESS, ANGLETON, ANNAN, ARMSTRONG, ART, ARVIN, ASBEL, ASH, AUSTIN, BABB, BACON, BAINHILL, BAIRD, BAKER, BALLEC, BANER, BARD, BARKER, BARNES, BARNHILL, BARNS, BASYE, BATCHELOR, BATCHLOR, BATES, BAUGH, BAXTER, BAYARD, BEARDEN, BEASLEY, BEATTY, BEIGHER, BENNETT, BERGER, BERRY, BILLINGS, BLADES, BLAGRAVE, BLAIR, BLAKE, BLEDSOE, BLEVINS, BLOCK, BOBBITT, BODEL, BOEN, BOMAN, BOND, BONSMAN, BOON, BOONE, BOOTH, BORLAND, BOUGH, BOUSMAN, BOWDEN, BOWMAN, BOYDEN, BRADBERRY, BRADBURY, BRADLEY, BRADSHAW, BRAWAND, BRESSIL, BRETT, BREWSTER, BRIDGES, BRISTOW, BROAME, BROCK, BROOKS, BROOME, BROTHERS, BROWN, BRUNER, BRYAN, BRYANT, BRYNE, BUFFINGTON, BURCH, BURNET, BURRIS, BURROWS, BURTCH, BURTON, BUSH, BUTCHER, BUTLER, CALVIN, CAMPBELL, CANADA, CANARY, CANNON, CAPRON, CARBIL, CARMICHAEL, CARMICHEL, CARR, CARRICO, CARTWRIGHT, CATTRON, CHAMBERLAIN, CHAMBERS, CHANDLER, CHAPMAN, CHASTAIN, CHASTIAN, CHASTINE, CHATTEN, CHESNUT, CHILDS, CHRISTIAN, CISSELL, CLAIR, CLARK, CLARKE, CLAWSON, CLEAVLAND, CLEMANTS, CLEMENS, CLEMENT, CLEMENTS, CLEMMENS, CLEMONDS, CLEVELAND, CLIFTON, CLINTON, COBB, COCHRAN, COLEMAN, COLLIER, COLLINS, COMBS, CONDER, CONELL, CONNEL, CONNELL, COOK, COOKE, COOLEY, COOPER, CORBEY, CORBIN, CORTER, COULTER, COX, CRAIG, CRANE, CRAWFORD, CRAWLEY, CRAYS, CRENY, CROAN, CROOK, CROOKE, CROSSER, CROW, CUMMINGS, CURRANT, DAILY, DANIELS, DAUGHERTY, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DAVISON, DAVISSON, DAY, DECKER, DEHART, DELAMATER, DENNEY, DENSON, DENTON, DEWEIS, DICKENS, DICKENSON, DICKINSON, DILLEY, DILLON, DINKINS, DINNING, DISHMAN, DIVINE, DIXON, DOBSON, DONAHEY, DONAL, DONALDSON, DONICA, DONOHOE, DORSET, DORSETT, DOTSON, DOUGHERTY, DOUGLASS, DOUTHITT, DOWDEN, DOWNEY, DOWNING, DOWNS, DOWTHIT, DOYLE, DRAKE, DUELL, DULEN, DUNCAN, DUNGY, DUNIHUE, DUNLAP, DUNN, EATON, EDDINGTON, EDMONDSON, EDMONSON, EDMONSTON, EDWARDS, ELKINS, ELLES, ELLIOTT, ELLIS, ELMORE, ELROD, ELSEY, EMMERT, EMMONS, ENGLAND, ERVIN, ERWIN, EVANS, FAIRLEY, FAITH, FANGE, FARR, FARRELL, FARRIS, FAUNTLEROY, FAVIS, FERGUSON, FERRELL, FEVERBAUGH, FIELDS, FIGLEY, FISH, FISHER, FITZGERALD, FLETCHER, FLORY, FLUMERFELT, FLUMMERFELT, FORCE, FORIE, FORSE, FORTNER, FOWLER, FRAIM, FRALEY, FRANKLIN, FREEMAN, FRENCH, FRENTRESS, FRISBY, GAITHER, GALLAGHER, GAMMAN, GAMMON, GARDNER, GATES, GEE, GEORGE, GIBSON, GILBREATH, GILKERSON, GILKISON, GILL, GILLACK, GILLEY, GILLIUM, GILLOCK, GILREATH, GINBEL, GIRDLEY, GIVINS, GLEN, GODDARD, GOLDSBERRY, GOLDSMITH, GOODWIN, GOOTEE, GORDON, GORE, GRABHORN, GRAHAM, GRAVES, GRAYSON, GREEN, GREENMAN, GREENSTREET, GRIFFIN, GRINDSTAFF, GRINER, GRISHAM, GURNEY, GUTHRIDGE, GWIN, HAIG, HAINDS, HALBERT, HALE, HALL, HALLER, HAMBLETON, HAMERSLEY, HAMERSLY, HAMMERSBY, HAMMERSLEY, HAMMERSLY, HAMNER, HANLEY, HANNAH, HANYMAN, HARBISON, HARDING, HARDY, HARFIELD, HARPER, HARRIS, HARRYMAN, HART, HARTFORD, HASKINS, HASTIN, HASTINGS, HATCH, HATFIELD, HATTEN, HAWKINS, HAYES, HAYS, HAYWARD, HAYWOOD, HAYWORTH, HEADRICK, HECK, HEMBREE, HENDERICSON, HENDERSON, HENDRICKSON, HENDRIXON, HENDRIXSON, HENRY, HENSON, HERRON, HERT, HICKMAN, HILL, HILT, HIMELBRIGHT, HINDMAN, HINSHAW, HINTON, HITCHCOCK, HITT, HOARD, HODGE, HOLBERT, HOLLAND, HOLT, HOPPER, HORNER, HORSEY, HOSKINS, HOUGHTON, HOWARD, HUBBS, HUFF, HUGHEY, HUME, HUNGATE, HUNT, HUNTER, HURT, HUST, HUSTIN, HUSTON, HUTSON, HUTTON, HYMON, INMAN, IRVIN, IRY, ISOM, JACKMAN, JACKSON, JAMES, JENNINGS, JEROME, JEWEL, JOHNSON, JONES, JOSEPH, KECK, KELLER, KELLEY, KELLUMS, KELLY, KENADY, KENEDY, KENLEY, KENNEDY, KENT, KERT, KETCHAM, KICK, KIDWELL, KILBOURN, KILBURN, KILGORE, KILLIAN, KINDER, KINSER, KINSHAW, KIRBY, KIRK, KIRKENDALL, KISSEE, KRODLE, KUTCH, KYLE, LAMAR, LAMB, LANE, LANGFORD, LATTRELL, LAUGHLIN, LAUTER, LAY, LEDGERWOOD, LEDGEWOOD, LEE, LEEDES, LEMAN, LEMAR, LEMMON, LEWIS, LINCOLN, LINDLEY, LINDLY, LITERELL, LITTERELL, LOCY, LONG, LONGUEDOC, LONSDALE, LORD, LOUSDALE, LOVE, LOVEALL, LOVELL, LOWE, LOYD, LUIDLEY, LUNDY, LUTS, LUTTRELL, LYLE, MAGEE, MANNING, MARCELIS, MARLEY, MARLOW, MARSHALL, MARTIN, MASON, MATHEWS, MATHIS, MATLINGLY, MATTHEWS, MATTINGLY, MAY, MAYES, MAYFIELD, MAYO, MCBRIDE, MCCAMERON, MCCARTER, MCCORD, MCCORMACK, MCCORMICK, MCCRACKEN, MCCRISAKEN, MCCRISIKIN, MCDERMED, MCELWAIN, MCFAITH, MCFEE, MCGINDLEY, MCGOVREN, MCHENRY, MCINTOSH, MCKENZIE, MCKINNEY, MCMAHAN, MCMAHON, MCMANNS, MCMANUS, MCMILLING, MCNAMES, MCREYNOLDS, MEADS, MEARS, MEEK, MEEKS, MEISENHELTER, MELTON, MELVIN, MERCER, MERICLE, MILBURN, MILES, MILLER, MINICK, MINNICK, MINNICKS, MITCHEL, MITCHELL, MITCHELTREE, MIZE, MONTGOMERY, MOORE, MORE, MORELAN, MORGAN, MORMAN, MORRIS, MORRISON, MORRISSON, MORTON, MOSER, MOSIER, MOSYER, MOTLEY, MOULDER, MOWDER, MUCKELROY, MULLEN, MULLICAN, MULLIS, MUNDAY, MURPHY, MUSHOUSH, MYERS, NAGLE, NALE, NANCE, NASH, NEAVE, NEEL, NEFF, NEWTON, NIBBITT, NICHOLAS, NICHOLS, NICKOLAS, NISBIT, NIXON, NOAKES, NOBLITT, NORMAN, NYE, OBRIAN, OBRIEN, OBYRAN, ODONOLD, ONEAL, ORRENDER, ORTH, OSBORN, OWENS, OZEE, PACE, PADGET, PADGETT, PAGET, PAINTER, PARSONS, PATE, PAYNE, PAYTON, PEARSON, PECK, PEEK, PEERY, PENDLE, PENNINGER, PERRIN, PETERS, PEYTON, PFEFFER, PHILIPS, PHILLIPS, PHIPPS, PINE, PIPER, PIPHER, POINDEXTER, POINTDEXTER, POOL, PORTER, POTTER, POWELL, POWNALL, PRESTON, PRICE, PRUETT, PURKEY, QUACKINBUSH, QUEEN, RAINEY, RALEY, RAMEY, RANARD, RANCY, RANEY, RANY, RATHBONE, RAWLINGS, RAWLINS, READY, REANEY, RECORDS, RECTOR, REDMAN, REEVES, REID, REILEY, REILY, REINHART, REMICK, REYNOLDS, RICE, RICHARDS, RICHARDSON, RICHTERKERSING, RIDGE, RIENHART, RILEY, RILLEY, RITCHISON, RITTER, ROACH, ROBBINS, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINEAU, ROBINSON, ROBY, ROGERS, ROHRMAN, ROLLINS, ROOT, ROSE, ROWDEN, RUDYARD, RUMINER, RUMPH, RUSSELL, RUTHERFORD, RYAN, SALMON, SANDERS, SARGANT, SARGEANT, SARGENT, SAUNDERS, SCARFF, SCARLETT, SCHOOLEY, SCISCOE, SCOTT, SEALS, SEAT, SELLARS, SELLERS, SELSOR, SEWELL, SHALLCROSS, SHAPLES, SHARAM, SHARPLES, SHARUM, SHAW, SHELMIRE, SHEPARD, SHERMAN, SHERRARD, SHIELDS, SHINMAR, SHIRCLIFF, SHIRLEY, SHOLTS, SHORT, SHRYOCK, SHUTTER, SIMES, SIMMONS, SIMPSON, SIMS, SINCLEAR, SIPES, SIZEMORE, SLACK, SLOPPER, SMALLWOOD, SMITH, SNODGRASS, SNYDER, SOMERS, SOUTHERN, SPALDING, SPARKS, SPENCER, STANDLEY, STANFIELD, STARK, STEEL, STEELE, STEPHENS, STEVENSON, STEVENTON, STEWART, STITES, STITT, STOLZ, STONE, STOUT, STRANGE, STREET, STUCKEY, STUCKY, STULCE, STULTES, STULTZ, STUTTES, SUAYZE, SULLIVAN, SUMMERS, SUMMERVILLE, SUMMONS, SUTTON, SWAYZE, SWAZEY, SWEAZEY, TATE, TAYLOR, TERRELL, TERRILL, TEVERBAUGH, TEWEL, TEWELL, THOMAS, THOMASSON, THRASHER, THROOP, THROWER, TIMPY, TOLIVER, TOMLINSON, TOON, TRANTER, TREADAWAY, TRIMBLE, TRUELOVE, TURNER, TURNEY, TUYMAN, UNISTANDLEY, VANDEVEER, VANDEVEERE, VEATCH, VESSELS, VEST, VIGUS, VLIET, VORIS, WAGGONER, WAGONER, WALDRIP, WALKER, WALLACE, WALTER, WARD, WATERS, WATSON, WAY, WEBB, WEBSTER, WELCH, WEST, WHITAKER, WHITE, WHITLEY, WHITTINGTON, WIBLE, WILCOX, WILDMAN, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WINENGER, WININGER, WINSOR, WISE, WOLFINGTON, WOOD, WOODRUFF, WOODY, WOOLVERTON, WORKMAN, WRIGHT, YEATS, YORK