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<DIV>Les</DIV>
<DIV>Do not forget the Swamp Act was also in there also.</DIV>
<DIV>Glen</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Glen A. Jones</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans@verizon.net> <BR><BR>> People often use thes two terms interchangeably, but that is not correct: <BR>> <BR>> * * * * From th USGLO link below <BR>> <BR>> Land patents; document the transfer of land ownership from the federal <BR>> government to individuals. Our land patent records include the information <BR>> recorded when ownership was transferred. <BR>> <BR>> * * * * * <BR>> <BR>> The land was disposed of by the authority of many acts of Congress - sale, <BR>> homesteads, military warrants for military service, timber culture, mining, <BR>> etc. One of the primary purposes of these public land laws was to encourage <BR>> people from the East to move West. In the early 1800's people could buy <BR>> public land for $1.25 an acre. For a time, they could buy up to 640 acres <BR>> under this law. The sale of public land under the "Cash Act" is no longer in <BR>> effect. <BR>> <BR>> Several Military Warrant Acts granted public land to soldiers instead of <BR>> pay. These acts have been repealed. <BR>> <BR>> The Homestead Act of 1862, allowed people to settle up to 160 acres of <BR>> public land if they lived on it for five years and grew crops or made <BR>> improvements. This land did not cost anything per acre, but the settler did <BR>> pay a filing fee. This act is no longer in effect. <BR>> <BR>> * * * * From; <BR>> http://www.plso.org/readingroom/OregonDLC-Bouman.htm <BR>> <BR>> Donation Land Claims <BR>> <BR>> The Act of September 27, 1850 granted 320 acres of federal land to a <BR>> qualified(1) settler who resided on the public lands in the Oregon Territory <BR>> on or before December 1, 1850 and who had cultivated the same for four <BR>> consecutive years. Under the same terms it granted 160 acres to a claimant <BR>> who settled in the Oregon Territory between December 1, 1850 and December 1, <BR>> 1853 (later extended to 12/01/1855). A married man could claim a like amount <BR>> for his spouse in her own name for a total of 640 and 320 acres <BR>> respectively. <BR>> <BR>> The Act of September 27, 1850 granted 320 acres of federal land to a <BR>> qualified(1) settler who resided on the public lands in the Oregon Territory <BR>> on or before December 1, 1850 and who had cultivated the same for four <BR>> consecutive years. Under the same terms it granted 160 acres to a claimant <BR>> who settled in the Oregon Territory between December 1, 1850 and December 1, <BR>> 1853 (later extended to 12/01/1855). A married man could claim a like amount <BR>> for his spouse in her own name for a total of 640 and 320 acres <BR>> respectively. <BR>> <BR>> * * * * * * <BR>> <BR>> for full text of the act; http://www.ccrh.org/comm/cottage/primary/claim.htm <BR>> <BR>> * * * * AFTER DLC'S <BR>> <BR>> After the 1854 cutoff date, land in Oregon was no longer free but was sold <BR>> at a price of $1.25 an acre ($3.09/hectare) with a limit of 320 acres (1.3 <BR>> kmē) in any one claim. In the following years the price was raised and the <BR>> maximum size of a claim was progressively lowered. In 1862 Congress passed <BR>> the Homestead Act which was largely designed to encourage settlement on the <BR>> Great Plains but applied to Oregon as well. <BR>> <BR>> from; http://www.nps.gov/home/homestead_act.html <BR>> <BR>> The Homestead Act of 1862 has been called one the most important pieces of <BR>> Legislation in the history of the United States. Signed into law in 1862 by <BR>> Abraham Lincoln after the secession of southern states, this Act turned over <BR>> vast amounts of the public domain to private citizens. 270 millions acres, <BR>> or 10% of the area of the United States was claimed and settled under this <BR>> act. <BR>> <BR>> A homesteader had only to be the head of a household and at least 21 years <BR>> of age to claim a 160 acre parcel of land. Settlers from all walks of life <BR>> including newly arrived immigrants, farmers without land of their own from <BR>> the East, single women and former slaves came to meet the challenge of <BR>> "proving up" and keeping this "free land". Each homesteader had to live on <BR>> the land, build a home, make improvements and farm for 5 years before they <BR>> were eligible to "prove up". A total filing fee of $18 was the only money <BR>> required, but sacrifice and hard work exacted a different price from the <BR>> hopeful settlers <BR>> <BR>> * * * * <BR>> <BR>> For anyone who is still confused, or a real glutton for reading, follow the <BR>> links above, each of those sites has way more info than I posted here. <BR>> <BR>> Les C <BR>> <BR>> * * * * * <BR>> <BR>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Oregon Names Only - Donation Land Claims <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> There was still land available after 1900. My Bartrow family got a land <BR>> patent in 1906 in Wallowa County. <BR>> <BR>> Try this search engine. <BR>> <BR>> http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ <BR>> <BR>> Barb <BR>> wulf@bendbroadband.com <BR>> http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> or-roots mailing list <BR>> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>