I have had a request for the land descriptions from "Family Maps of Gibson
County, Indiana" by Gregory A. Boyd, J.D., Arphax Publishing Co. for Samuel
MILLS and Daniel MILLS. I will describe them here. The main list of
surnames in Gibson County Patents [the book data is based on Bureau of Land
Management General Land Office original land patents] shows MILLS has six
land parcels. Three parcels are in map group 5 2nd PM 1-S 10-W
[meridian/township/range]. Two parcels are in map group 19 2nd PM 3-S 10-W.
One parcel is in map group 13 2nd PM 2-S 9-W.
James MILLS is the MILLS on Patent Map Group 5 with three parcels. It is in
Section 23 and dates issued are 1835-09-05 and 1837-08-01.
Samuel C. MILLS is the MILLS on Patent Map Group 19 with two parcels. They
are in Section 25 and dates issued are 1838-09-01 [both]. Apparently, he
was in a multi-patentee group. It would be a group of people who jointly
received patents in Gibson County. In his buying group is one person Jacob
Skelton. His neighbors are David Strickland and Francis Amory.
Daniel MILLS is the MILLS on Patent Map Group 13 with one parcel. It is in
Section 18 and date issued is 1835-09-10. His neighbors are James M.
Wilson, Robert M. Wilson, Sarah Barber, John McConnel, and Joseph
McClellan.
Again, I do not research the MILLS family. Just trying to help others.
Janis Hendrick
North Carolina