[INDEKALB-L] RE: 1880 Map of Concord Township
by Mark & Michele Shaffer
Hello Sue,
Abraham Krabill (Crabil, Grabil) purchased land in Concord Twp. in
1866. Does your map show his land in 1880?
Mark
>-----Original Message-----
> From: Sue Sablic [SMTP:Sablics@skyenet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 9:38 PM
> To: INDEKALB-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [INDEKALB-L] From Knox County, OH to Dekalb
>County, IN circa 1840s
>
> I decided to send a partial copy of my e-mail to Dan to the DeKalb
>Co.
> mailing list ... just in case someone else can benefit from the
>information
> as well.
>
> Sue Sablic
>
> *****
>
> Hi, Dan,
>
> I only have a copy of the 1880 Map of Concord Township in my
>possession,
> from the 1880 DeKalb County Atlas, so I can't speak about any
>others.
>
> Maybe the copies you have are not large enough to read all the names
>or
> something, but my copy shows land owned by a M. Miller. Whether or
>not this
> is the Michael Miller you are looking for, I can't say.
>
> Anyway, it show this M. Miller as owning 16.75 acres in the SE 1/4
>of
> Section 17. His land is shown as adjacent to the 149.81 acres owned
>by John
> Jenkins, which is in the SW 1/4 of Section 16. Railroad tracks are
>shown as
> cutting through the Miller property, about 1/3 of the way up.
>
> John Jenkins also owned 38 acres located in part of the SE 1/4 of
>Section 5.
>
> H. Jenkins (I presume Henry) owned 106 acres in part of the SE 1/2
>of
> Section 9, which is located diagonally NE of the John Jenkins 149.81
>acres.
>
> The only others, among the surnames you listed, that I found in
>Concord Twp
> are the following:
>
> J. Boyle - 40 acres in part of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 17, as well as 40
>acres in
> part of the SE 1/4 of Sec. 17, plus 37 acres in part of the SW 1/4
>of Sec.
> 16. There is an E.J. Boyle that owned the land directly below J.
>Boyle in
> Sec. 16 & 17.
>
> Sam Brown - 80 acres in part of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 6
>
> S. G. Brown - 70 acres in part of the SE 1/4 of Sec. 17
>
> J. Engle - 29.96 acres in part of the SE 1/4 of Sec. 16.
>
> Henry Hull - 80 acres in part of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 2, as well as 57
>acres
> in part of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 3
>
> D. Hull - 8 acres in part of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 21
>
> J. Lutz - 80 acres in the lower part of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 6.
>
> Stephen Lutz - 80 acres in the higher part of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 6.
>
> E. Ulm - 60 acres in part of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 21
>
> M. Rhoads - 80 acres in part of the SE 1/4 of Sec. 31
>
> Miles Rhoads - 80 acres in part of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 21 (2/3 share)
>
> Well, I may have missed some names because I did a fairly quick
>look over.
> But I'm pretty sure that most of the other names you listed are not
>found on
> this 1880 Concord Twp. plat map.
>