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Clyde,<br><br>
The Bureau of Land Management has a record of a George Gillespie in the
right area, but there's problem with the date as this patent was issued
in 1878. Perhaps the reference to being "driven from this home"
in 1877 was to a prior place and he then took out a new land patent.
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Patentee Name: GILLESPIE, GEORGE<br>
State: OR<br>
County: Union<br>
Issue Date: 6/13/1878<br>
Land Office: Lagrande<br>
Doc.Nr. : 432<br>
Accession/Serial Nr.: RLGAA 093982 <br><br>
You can go to
<a href="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Logon/Logon_Form.asp" eudora="autourl">
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Logon/Logon_Form.asp</a>? for more details.
Just follow the prompts and you'll end up at a page with more on this
land grant and enough information to identify where the land was plus
ordering information if you think this might be the right
person.<br><br>
Good luck with your search,<br>
Beth Johnston<br><br>
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At 07:55 PM 4/8/2005, Clyde Gillespie wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="tahoma"><b><i>Can
anyone help me with information on this part of Oregon. The
following is a copied section of concern by three cousins – one in
California, one in Texas and one in
Oregon.</i></b></font></blockquote><br>
[snip]<br>
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