Section 21 History 1835-1922

pre 1834 - The United States of America received title to all Indian Lands from Virginia by act of the General Assembly 12/20/1783 and by deed-signed by Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and others 3/1/1784. Indiana occupied the land by treaties. Upon extinction of the treaties the land was surveyed from December 1833 to September 1834.

1835

1835-1837 Plat Map Section 21 Lot 1 - 52.41A Section 21 Lot 2 - 41.92A Section 21 Lot 3 - __.__A [41.49]

James F. D. Lanier of Jefferson county, Indiana on 30 June 1837 was issued the certificate #7339 the East half of Section twenty; Fractional Section of Twenty One; Fractional Section of Twenty Seven and Fractional section of Twenty eight containing 793 32/100 acres.

1872 Plat Map J. Miller 18.32A A. Foot 21.60A J Robbin 27.90A James G Robbins James G Robbins J. Filer 10A J. Smith 61.40A

1876 Plat Map - no names on it for this section

1880 Plat Map W. J. Myers 17.85A M. G. Gould 23.92A; 56/57A E. Parker 27.42A J. Filer 10A C. Filer 39.40A G. A. Durr - Lot 2 A.C. Shepherd Etal J. Green [James Green ]

And by this from the article on Dr. Gustavus Adolphus Durr; In the 1876s, the doctor owned a tract of land, consisting of somewhat over 76 acres and located south and southwest of Marmont. This land included the present JOHN HAWK farm and extended from the corner back of the Evangelical Church to the Doll Road, west of town. It was bounded on the north by the present Mill Road, on the east by the section line road, on the south by the M. G. GOULD land, and on the west by the Doll Road. At that time there were only two structures on the land, one at the corner of the section line road and Mill Road, the other some distance down the section line road, (which evidently followed the present alley between Main and Ohio streets).

From the Logansport Daily Journal page 3 dated Aug. 27, 1882:

All the preliminaries for the extension of the Logansport branch of the Vandalia railway to Lake Michigan have been satisfactorily adjusted, and upon compliiance with a few easy conditions the contact will be closed, and the work will be commenced and pushed to completion.

Readers of the Journal are familiar with the route of this line to Marmont (Maxinkuckee), and will have no difficulty in following it to South Bend and the lake...
With these advantages before them, our citizens are asked to consider one of the conditions above named, which condition is that the right of way shall be furnished free to the new line thorugh our county. The estimated cost of this right of way is from $7,000 to $10,000 and it is proposed to raise the amount by subscription. A consideraable portion of this subscription has already been secured, and a committee appointed for that purpose will make an effort to raise the remainder during the present week...

1883 - Oct 6 - The.Vandaiia railroad company commenced laying iron at Marmount a d ay or two ago, and-withln a short time the tract will be completed from Maxinkuckee lake to the Nickle Plate railroad, a distance of about three miles,- Logansport Pharos Tribune

1898 Areas in corporated into Culver N. Gould M. Grubs 10A + B. Easterday 38.40 MR. Smith J. Green [James Green ] Rochester Club Long Point South Long Pont

1899-1906/1907 Assembly Grounds

The Christian church has purchased fifteen acres of eligible ground at Lake Maxinkuckee for assembly purposes. - Aug 2 1899 Logansport Pharos Tribune

1908 Plat Map Ferrier's Additon Wm. York Addition Mrs. Wright Ella Overman Ezra Blanchard Cemetery A Jones M. Jones Macinkuckee Ice Co. (2 p[rcels) Mrs. Welle John Sparks Terre Haute Railroad

CULVER - Culver CitizenJ. O. Ferrier's purchase of the old assembly grounds on the west shore less than two years ago has proved the wisdom of the buyer. He has sold enough lots to pay for the land and has 60 lots remaining which he says he can sell outright any day for $6,000. - Rochester Sentinel, Friday, January 15, 1909

1922 Ferrier's Addtion Wm. R York Sudiviion Mrs. Smith H. Mall__ S. E. Medbourn (2 parceels) Vandalia Railroad Lucinda Kinsey Wm. Cavender Ira McLane & Wife Sarah Blanchard Union twp Masonic Cemetery Charles an d Aushusta Gansch

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