Message-id: <a9b757b9-de3c-ed8b-0e0d-5ace26322698@wisc.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:42:40 -0500 Subject: Re: Land patents vs County records From: sara m steele <smsteele@wisc.edu>
It's been interesting to read responses.
Following up on the time sequence, be sure to check when the county
became a county and when it opened a register of deeds office.
Dane County became a county in 1848. However the government sold the
first land here in 1834. I can't recall if the sale of the land from
the government was listed.in the county. I remember catching up with
the pieces of land's history with their sale.
Also, following up on the comment about owning land before getting the
deed. That was most likely to occur if the land was in one of the two
sections in each township given to the state to sell and use the money
to establish a university (Land Grant college) and schools. The state's
process for selling differed from the federal. Deeds from the state
were granted after the land was paid for. The federal government sold
the deed and then the owner kept paying for the land.
The Mineral Point land office came first than Green Bay and Milwaukee
were added
If one is using data from the Federal Land Management site, depending on
the location, the date of sale may be a year or two later than that
found in land office records..There was about a two year lag between the
dates from the federal office Boyd printed in his book about Dane county
land, and the dates from land office records.
It can be very interesting to follow the history of a piece of land. It
will be even easier once Register of Deeds office transfer early
information from microfilm to digital.
Sara
CGAHS researcher
On 10/15/2021 8:12 AM, pawolter@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have any experience with US land patent records versus
> county records? Which came 1st?? I am having some discrepancies with
> dates. Did the person who wanted to purchase the property go to the
> land patent office in Mineral Point 1st and then the transaction was
> recorded at the county level or vice versa?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>