ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS  

The following names appear in "Marshall Co. Tract Book, Original Land Sales", 1833-1867, which is located in the Marshall County Historical Museum. The land was purchased from the U.S. Government or the State of Indiana as Swamp Lands or Canal Lands.

Bozarth, Jacob
Henry J Brown
Edward, Francis
Green, John
Houghton, John
Houghton, John W.
McDonald, Thomas
Mow, Jonathan
Mow, William
Norris, Ransom H.
Thompson, William

Map showing section lines.

PUBLIC SALE of SWAMP LANDS in MARSHALL COUNTY

The following public notice appeared in The Banner, a newspaper printed in Plymouth, dated 4 August 1853:

OFFICE OF AUDITOR of Marshall County
Plymouth, May 6th, 1853

In pursuance of the provisions of an act entitled "an act to regulate the sale of the Swamp Lands donated by the United States to the State of Indiana, and to provide for the Draining and reclaiming thereof, in accordance with the condition of said grant," approved May 29, 1852, and the several acts supplemental thereto, approved June 14, 1852, and March 4, 1853, there will be offered at public sale, at the court house, in the town of Plymouth, all the

SWAMP LANDS

Laying and being in said county of Marshall, situated as follows, to wit:

In Townships number 32, 33, 34, and 35, north, range 1 east.
In Townships number 32, 33, 34 and 35, north, range 2 east.
In Townships number 32, 33, 34 and 35, north, range 3 east.
In Townships number 32, 33, 34 and 35, north, range 4 east.



The sale will commence on the 8th day of August 1853 at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and be continued from day to day until all the lands are offered. The conditions of sale are Cash, and the following funds will be received in payment, to wit:

Gold and silver, the notes of the State Bank of Indiana, the notes of the Free Banks of Indiana, the Bank of Missouri, and all solvent Banks of Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia.

T. McDonald,
Auditor, Marshall County