. Our county; its history and early settlement by townships. entified with most ofthe enterprises for public good. One of his daughters is stilla citizen of Muncie ; we refer to Mrs. Jacob Dodson. Theother original purchasers of government land in section 11,were Elijah Casteel in 1831, Elijah Walden in 1832, MosesWiison in 1833, Thomas Kirby and Charles Francis Willardin 1834 and Moses Wilson, George Howell, Jesse Brackenand Elijah Walden in 1835. Aside from about one-hundredacres in the northwest part of the section, platted and withinthe boundary of Whitely, the section is now owned by
. Our county; its history and early settlement by townships. entified with most ofthe enterprises for public good. One of his daughters is stilla citizen of Muncie ; we refer to Mrs. Jacob Dodson. Theother original purchasers of government land in section 11,were Elijah Casteel in 1831, Elijah Walden in 1832, MosesWiison in 1833, Thomas Kirby and Charles Francis Willardin 1834 and Moses Wilson, George Howell, Jesse Brackenand Elijah Walden in 1835. Aside from about one-hundredacres in the northwest part of the section, platted and withinthe boundary of Whitely, the section is now owned by , G. Haney. E. Austin, Austin B. Claypool, JamesBoyce, A. Patton, N. S, Smith et al and J. Maring. A num-ber of important factories are located on this section and thesuburb of Boycetown is in the southern portion. Section 12 is on the east side of Center township, thethird tier from the north, and joins Liberty and was all pur-chased of the government in the years 1835 and 1836. Thefirst to avail himself of these lands was Jesse Bracken. Mr. *J ,->. o a0 0) c Im ou <uoo O 3 5v. .» 8-a S .93 c uO u 3O m CENTER TOWNSHIP. 113 Bracken was a blacksmith by trade and lived many years atthe village of Graville on the Mississinewa river. A numberof his children still live in the county. His entry was a 40acre tract in the southwest corner of the township, now aportion of the Claypool farm, and was dated January 9, which entries were made by Michael Sills, Dan Sillsand George Howell in 1835 and by Aesop Gilbert and Archi-bold Dowden in 1836. At present we find the land in 12owned byC. W. Linsey, A. Rodgers, Thomas Wilson, J. and Austin B. Claypool, Mr. Claypool owning the entiresouth half of the section and an 80-acre tract adjoining, insection 11 The section has over 3 miles of public road, thenorth line being the Centennial free pike. The public domainin section 13 was in the market nearly ten years, as the firstentry was dated December 7, 1826. This entry
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