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Note: Original Land Patents Land Office Crawfordsville John Moots Issue Date: 3 January 1831 Document # 11530 Serial # IND1100_.247 also: Issue Date: 6 June 1832 Document # 14858 Serial # IND1170_.054
HISTORY of TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP in Indiana Among the earliest settlers in the township were CHARLES and JOHN MOOTS and JOHN LUNG. In 1827 WILLIAM KENDALL and PASCHAL WATSON settled in Pretty Prairie, along with JOHN BEEKER and a number of others. In 1829 DANIEL CORWIN settled near the mouth of Moot's Creek. Other early settlers were: JOHN S. FORGEY, WILLIAM THOMAS, JOHN SHIGLEY and his brother ADAM SHIGLEY, JOHN SHIGLEY, JR., JOHN MAHIN, MICHAEL HARE, LISMOND BASEY, NATHAN RENFROW, JOHN G. SMITH, BASIL CLEVINGER, BENJAMIN LUCAS, JACOB DEWEY, JOHN SHAW, JOSEPH COOPER, JOSEPH ALLEN, ELIJAH FORBES, SAMUEL McCORMICK, JOHN STEWART, P.O. BROWN, JOHN GOODMAN, J.H. DOWNING and WILLIAM SIMS, the first practicing physician in the township. WILLIAM SIMS died in 1845.
Census - 1830 Tippecanoe Twp., Tippecanoe Co., Indiana John Moots (2) Males (Chas.Z.) (James E.) (1) 5-10 yrs.(Milton H.) (1) 20-30 yrs.(John) (1) Female 20-30 yrs.(Eliz) Charles Moots (1) White Male 60 to 70 Years Old (Chas. Moots, Sr.) (1) Female 40 to 50 Yrs. (Annala) Samuel Moots (1) White Male 20-30 yrs. (Sam) (1) White Female 15 to 20 yrs.(Mary)
1850 Census has family living in Monroe Twp., Logan Co., OH John 49yrs Elizabeth 44 yrs George 19yrs Elliott 16yrs Leonard 12 yrs
1860 United States Federal Census about John Moots Name: John Moots Age in 1860: 59 Birth Year: abt 1801 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1860: Clay, Adair, Missouri Gender: Male Post Office: Wilmothville Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age John Moots 59 Elizabeth Moots 54 Leonora Moots 22 (Leonard)
1870 Census Name: John Moots Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800 Age in 1870: 70 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1870: Township 63 Range 14, Adair, Missouri Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Paulville Household Members: Name Age George W Moots 39 Ellen Moots 39 Edward Moots 11 Wilson Moots 9 Mary A Moots 7 Sarah J Moots 13 John Moots 70 Elizabeth Moots 65 Sarah E Furnish 32 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
MORGAN COUNTY INDIANA ORIGINAL LAND SALES FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT Sorted by Name Copyright 1996 Morgan County Public Library
This file lists the original land sales to early Morgan County settlers from the U.S. Government, sorted by name. MOOTS John 29 Jul 1833 13 1W 24 NE qtr of SW qtr 40 MOOTS John 16 Jul 1835 13 1W 24 SE qtr of SW qtr 40
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