[or-roots] Donation Land Claims-land patents

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Les
Do not forget the Swamp Act was also in there also.
Glen

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Glen A. Jones

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From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net> 

> People often use thes two terms interchangeably, but that is not correct: 
> 
> * * * * From th USGLO link below 
> 
> Land patents; document the transfer of land ownership from the federal 
> government to individuals. Our land patent records include the information 
> recorded when ownership was transferred. 
> 
> * * * * * 
> 
> The land was disposed of by the authority of many acts of Congress - sale, 
> homesteads, military warrants for military service, timber culture, mining, 
> etc. One of the primary purposes of these public land laws was to encourage 
> people from the East to move West. In the early 1800's people could buy 
> public land for $1.25 an acre. For a time, they could buy up to 640 acres 
> under this law. The sale of public land under the "Cash Act" is no longer in 
> effect. 
> 
> Several Military Warrant Acts granted public land to soldiers instead of 
> pay. These acts have been repealed. 
> 
> The Homestead Act of 1862, allowed people to settle up to 160 acres of 
> public land if they lived on it for five years and grew crops or made 
> improvements. This land did not cost anything per acre, but the settler did 
> pay a filing fee. This act is no longer in effect. 
> 
> * * * * From; 
> http://www.plso.org/readingroom/OregonDLC-Bouman.htm 
> 
> Donation Land Claims 
> 
> The Act of September 27, 1850 granted 320 acres of federal land to a 
> qualified(1) settler who resided on the public lands in the Oregon Territory 
> on or before December 1, 1850 and who had cultivated the same for four 
> consecutive years. Under the same terms it granted 160 acres to a claimant 
> who settled in the Oregon Territory between December 1, 1850 and December 1, 
> 1853 (later extended to 12/01/1855). A married man could claim a like amount 
> for his spouse in her own name for a total of 640 and 320 acres 
> respectively. 
> 
> The Act of September 27, 1850 granted 320 acres of federal land to a 
> qualified(1) settler who resided on the public lands in the Oregon Territory 
> on or before December 1, 1850 and who had cultivated the same for four 
> consecutive years. Under the same terms it granted 160 acres to a claimant 
> who settled in the Oregon Territory between December 1, 1850 and December 1, 
> 1853 (later extended to 12/01/1855). A married man could claim a like amount 
> for his spouse in her own name for a total of 640 and 320 acres 
> respectively. 
> 
> * * * * * * 
> 
> for full text of the act; http://www.ccrh.org/comm/cottage/primary/claim.htm 
> 
> * * * * AFTER DLC'S 
> 
> After the 1854 cutoff date, land in Oregon was no longer free but was sold 
> at a price of $1.25 an acre ($3.09/hectare) with a limit of 320 acres (1.3 
> km²) in any one claim. In the following years the price was raised and the 
> maximum size of a claim was progressively lowered. In 1862 Congress passed 
> the Homestead Act which was largely designed to encourage settlement on the 
> Great Plains but applied to Oregon as well. 
> 
> from; http://www.nps.gov/home/homestead_act.html 
> 
> The Homestead Act of 1862 has been called one the most important pieces of 
> Legislation in the history of the United States. Signed into law in 1862 by 
> Abraham Lincoln after the secession of southern states, this Act turned over 
> vast amounts of the public domain to private citizens. 270 millions acres, 
> or 10% of the area of the United States was claimed and settled under this 
> act. 
> 
> A homesteader had only to be the head of a household and at least 21 years 
> of age to claim a 160 acre parcel of land. Settlers from all walks of life 
> including newly arrived immigrants, farmers without land of their own from 
> the East, single women and former slaves came to meet the challenge of 
> "proving up" and keeping this "free land". Each homesteader had to live on 
> the land, build a home, make improvements and farm for 5 years before they 
> were eligible to "prove up". A total filing fee of $18 was the only money 
> required, but sacrifice and hard work exacted a different price from the 
> hopeful settlers 
> 
> * * * * 
> 
> For anyone who is still confused, or a real glutton for reading, follow the 
> links above, each of those sites has way more info than I posted here. 
> 
> Les C 
> 
> * * * * * 
> 
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Oregon Names Only - Donation Land Claims 
> 
> 
> 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 
> 
> 
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