[or-roots] Oregon Names Only - Donation Land Claims

[Barbara Wulf]

There was still land available after 1900.  My Bartrow family got a land patent in 1906 in Wallowa County.

Try this search engine.

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/

Barb
wulf at bendbroadband.com
http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joseph Noecker 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:30 PM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] Oregon Names Only


  I believe the Donation Land Claims ended in 1854 or '56 (can't remember which)  I know they did in Portland area and I think it was territory wide



  Joyce Newton wrote: 
    MAXWELL, Ludlow & Delilah (MARSHALL) came from Iowa on the 1847 wagon train with  children...Thomas, Elias, Nancy, Almeda, Robert, and Elizabeth settled in Linn county 5 miles E. of Albany.

    GEARHART, William the nephew of Philip GEARHART who had a donation land claim on the coast in the area now known as Gearhart, Oregon came to Oregon between the 1850 census and 1864 when he married Eliz. MAXWELL, parents mentioned above.

    BEAMER, Marion and Jennie (JAMISON) arrived in Independence/Salem area between 1880 & 1890 with Allen, Perry, Maud and Etta.  He was a carriage trimmer.

    GILLETT, Lloyd & Lona (HATHAWAY) came to Oregon in 1944 from Colorado w/ Larry, Elaine & Adith. He earned his doctorate at UO.

    PRYOR, John arrived before the 1900 Oregon census from MN with 2nd wife Daisy BURRILL and 3 children to Eugene.  Had a store there.

    LEWIS, Samuel born in England, moved to MN as a child, then to Alberta, Canada.  Asked his son-in-law, Glenn BEAMER (son of Allen Beamer above) where someone could live and not be so cold.  Oregon was mentioned and down they came to Eugene in 1920.
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