Livingston County

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Warrants for Land Grants

The records below focus on warrants involving the following persons. I have endeavored to find all grants involving them from the establishment of Livingston County on 21 May 1799 until Eddyville and surrounds became part of newly formed Caldwell Co. 1 May 1809. Because the records are not indexed, and are handwritten and difficult to read, some were no doubt missed.

Gideon Dyer Cobb	Moved to Eddyville from Fair Haven, Vermont as part of the party organized by Matthew Lyon about 1800, with his wife Modena Chittenden Clark, and their eldest son, Caleb.
Samuel C. Clark	Lived with Gideon, and is assumed to be a relative of Gideon's wife, but that is unproved.
Matthew Lyon	Organizer of the move to Eddyville, second husband of Modena (Clark) Cobb's sister Beulah.
Elijah G. Galusha	Cousin to Modena (Clark) Cobb; son of her aunt Beulah Chittenden by her first marriage.
Joshua Cobb	Brother of Gideon, known to live in Greene Co. PA before moving to IN. The Joshua Cobb listed below may not be this Joshua Cobb.
John Cobb	Brother of Gideon and Joshua, lived in Greene Co. PA and, I believe, later in Eddyville area.

Record of some other associates are included, along with mentions of some of the individuals involved in the transactions listed, but those should not be considered complete.

This record shows warrants issued by the Livingston County Court certifying that the applicant met the requirements for receiving a grant as specified by Acts of the General Assembly, as amended from time to time. Obtaining a warrant was the first step in obtaining a grant. Next a survey had to be made, the required payments made, and then a patent was issued which conferred title to the land. Many warrants were assigned to others, or allowed to lapse.

Links are provided to extracts of all documents for those warrants for which patents have been found.

Date	Entry Location		Name	AcresGranted	AcresPaid in Full	Payments					Acres Sold			Acres Redeemed		Actual Settlers
Date	No.	Page	Name	AcresGranted	AcresPaid in Full	D	¢	In^s	NoRec^d	Acres paid	State	In^d	Year	State		Acres	No
5 May 1801	33	4	Elijah G Galusha	400	300 100	8 51 20	90 10	1	15.349 26.088	400					see patent extract	100	3940
7 Jul 1801	100	12	Saml C Clark	400							400		1808
6 Dec 1802	531	60	Griffen Long	400	400	8 71	26 74	1	8941 23.664	400					see patent extract	400	1831
4 Feb 1806	1446	161	Matthew Lyon	400							400		1808
4 Feb 1806	1589	177	Gideon D Cobb	400							400		1808
4 Feb 1806	1632	181	Joshua Cobb	400							400		1808
4 Feb 1806	1634	182	Jas Cobb	400	400	88	88		19.015		400		1808	400
4 Feb 1806	1635	182	Cablel Cobb	400	400	80			28.848		400		1808	400	see patent extract
4 Feb 1806	1636	182	John Cobb	400							400		1808
4 Feb 1806	1637	182	Hannah Cobb	400							400		1808
4 Feb 1806	1638	182	Saml C Clark	400							400		1808

I have copies of each of the pages extracted above. Please contact me for clarification or copies, using the link below.

Source: Abstracts were made from Family History Library films of Certificates for Livingston Co. Lands Granted, FHL #174998, item #4

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