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<DIV>I enjoy reading the conversations that pop up but I read the about
DLC's with interest. I am from Clackamas County so the names mentioned are
not germane to my families. I don't know when and how land grants were
finally proved up and surveyed and issued but Josiah Burnett's DLC in Douglas
County was issued in 1893, 18 years after he died and 33 years after he
left Douglas County under May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal (12 Stat.
392). And he was a surveyor. We have field notes from many surveys
in the Roseburg area. Also Philip Foster's DLC was registered in 1877 on
land he purchased in 1847 in Eagle Creek under September 27, 1850:
Oregon-Donation Act (grant) (99 Stat. 496) . Other family DLC's from
Douglas County were registered in 1865. Also the original land had been
sold or divided in many cases by the date of issue. So maybe the number
does not related to the original settlement on the land.</DIV>
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<DIV>Joanne </DIV>
<DIV>Philip Foster Farm</DIV>
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<DIV> In a message dated 2/1/2010 8:40:20 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,
Kith-n-Kin@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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