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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · March 2, 1861 · Chapter CIV

Chapter CIV. for the Confirmation of the Title to the Saline Lands in Jackson County, State of Illinois, to D

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Chap. CIV.— An Act for the Confirmation of the Title to the Saline Lands in Jackson County, State of Illinois, to D. H. Brush, and Others.March 2, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the title to all the landsTitle to saline lands in Jackson county, Illinois confirmed to D. H. Brush. sold as saline lands in Jackson county, State of Illinois, as follows, to D. H. Brush and others, namely: To D.
H. Brush, the northwest, northeast, and southwest quarters of the southwest quarter of section eight, township nine, of range two; southwest, and southeast quarters of the northeast quarter, northwest and northeast quarters of the southeast quarter, southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and southwest and southeast quarters of the southeast quarter of section one, township nine, of range three: To Edward Holden, the northeast, southeast, northwest and southwestEdward Holden. quarters of the southeast quarter of section seven, township nine, of range two; northwest, southwest, and northeast quarters of the northwest quarter of section one, township nine, of range three:
To Joseph Sorrels, theJoseph Sorrels. northwest and northeast quarters of the southwest quarter of section seven, township nine, of range two: To Daniel Worthen, the southwestDaniel Worthen. quarter of the southwest quarter of section seven, township nine, of range two; northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section one, township nine, of range three: To William Qualls, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of sectionWilliam Qualls.William Woolsey.Richard Worthen. eight, township nine, of range two:
To William Woolsey, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section seven, township nine, of range two: To Richard Worthen, the west half of the northwest quarter892THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 104, 105, 106. 1861. of the southwest quarter of section one, township nine, of range three: To George Elmore, the northwest and northeast quarters of the northwestGeorge Elmore. quarter, and southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-five, township eight, of range three:
To Alexander Morris, the southwestAlexander Morris. and southeast quarters of the northeast quarter of section thirty-five, township eight, of range three: To Doctor Logan, the northwest quarterDoctor Logan. of the northwest quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two: To John G. Sparks, the northwest and northeast quarters of theJohn G. Sparks. southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two: To Stephen Holliday, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter *of the southeast quarter* of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two:
To Isaac Morgan, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of sectionIsaac Morgan. thirty-five, township eight, of range three: To A. Crow, the northeastA. Crow. quarter of the northeast quarter, of section one, township nine, of range three: To William Woolsey, the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter,William Woolsey. and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two: To T. M. Logan, the northeast andT. M. Logan. southwest quarters of the northeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two:
To Edward Holden, the southwest quarter of theEdward Holden. northwest quarter, and the northwest and northeast quarters of the southwest quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two: To John Logan, the southwest and southeast quarters of the southwest quarter ofJohn Logan.Cyrus Thomas. section thirty-one, township eight, of range two: To Cyrus Thomas, the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two: To Edward Holden, the southwest quarter of theEdward Holden. northwest quarter, and the northeast and northwest quarters of the southwest quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two:
To Hall Neilson, the southwest quarter, and east half of the northwest quarter ofHall Neilson. the southwest quarter of section one, township nine, of range three: To Richard Worthen, the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of sectionRichard Worthen.John Sorrels. thirty-five, township eight, of range three: and to John Sorrels, the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-five, township eight, of range three, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to the several purchasers herein mentioned, (from the county of Jackson, and State of Illinois,) and be as valid as if originally purchased from the United States of America.
Approved, March 2, 1861.
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