Todd Co. Land Grants
1850-1864

The following are patents from the general land office and include military warrants, Chippewa Treaty patents, Sioux Script patents and cash sales.  The first land patent in what is now Todd County was made by Albert Gilbert of Dodge County Wisconsin, in 1856, the only cash sale listed in the years listed here and the earliest authority by right of the 1820 Act of Congress. 

The type of land records listed are:  MN-Cash Sales; MW-Military Warrants; CT-Chippewas Treaty Patents; and SS-Sioux Script Patents.  If you click on the Accession link you can view a PDF of the actual document.  If you wish to order a certified copy you will need to visit the Bureau of Land Management Website at the link provided within the photo of attribution. ~ Karen


Accession Names Location Date Doc # Acres Twp - Rng Aliquots Sec. # Twp Name
SS-0388-471 BAILLY, ALEXIS P   12/5/1862 501E

160

132N - 032W SW¼NE¼ 3 Fawn Lake
    132N - 032W SE¼NW¼ 3 Fawn Lake
    132N - 032W NW¼SE¼ 3 Fawn Lake
    132N - 032W NE¼SW¼ 3 Fawn Lake
MW-0150-427 BOWHALL, CHARLES F,
ARAGON, ANASTASIO
  7/1/1862 98741

160

127N - 035W SE¼NE¼ 15 West Union
    127N - 035W E½SE¼ 15 West Union
    127N - 035W NW¼SW¼ 14 West Union
MW-0150-048 BUSS, CHARLES E,
BUSS, JOHN
  9/5/1861 50243 160 127N - 035W W½SE¼ 3 West Union
    127N - 035W E½SW¼ 3 West Union
CT-0377-168 COVIGNON, JOHN BAPTIST   5/24/1862 37 80 127N - 034W E½SW¼ 29 Kandota
SS-0388-470 GAMMEL, AUGUSTIN   4/16/1861 189C 80 132N - 032W SW¼NW¼ 14 Fawn Lake
    132N - 032W NW¼SW¼ 14 Fawn Lake
MN1590__.174 GILBERT, ALBERT A   9/1/1856 2685 35.09 127N - 035W NW¼SW¼ 18 West Union
SS-0388-473 GODFROY, MARIA L   12/5/1862 176C 80 132N - 032W N½SE¼ 6 Fawn Lake
MW-0139-009 KEEN, BENJAMIN,
TAPIA, MARTIN
  10/28/1862 99568 160 132N - 033W NE¼ 10 Moran
SS-0388-192 PETTIJON, PHILANDER P   2/1/1862 129E 160 127N - 035W S½NW¼ 24 West Union
    127N - 035W N½SW¼ 24 West Union
MW-0150-193 STARRATT, DAVID B,
SARRATS, DAVID B,
HAZELTON, PEARSON
  1/20/1862 23551 160 127N - 035W S½NW¼ 3 West Union
    127N - 035W SW¼NE¼ 3 West Union
    127N - 035W SE¼NE¼ 4 West Union
SS-0388-284 WELCH, EMILY   4/1/1861 263A 42.75 127N - 034W Lot/Trct 4 29 Kandota
MW-0150-353 WHITEFIELD, EDWIN,
CLARKE, LORENDA,
CLARKE, HENRY
  7/1/1862 95714 126.95 127N - 034W W½SE¼ 29 Kandota
    127N - 034W Lot/Trct 3 29 Kandota

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13 Nov 2014