Friday, September 22, 2017

Additional Property of William Davis in Perry County, Illinois

It just occurred to me that William Davis (son of James Davis) might have owned property in Perry County, as part of James Davis' third homestead was located less than a mile from Perry County.  

I found where a William Davis had made a land entry on 2 Mar 1839 for 80 acres described as the E 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 6, T6S, R1W.  He received patent to the property on 10 Oct 1840.  The patent states that he resided in Jackson County, Illinois.  Here is a link to the patent image:
https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=IL1410__.189&docClass=STA&sid=raeub213.ua3#patentDetailsTabIndex=1

Since there was only one William Davis known to have resided in Jackson County in 1840, it would follow that the person who patented the above property was William "Uncle Billy" Davis.

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