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GLO land record MI2470__.225-37n-10w-21-ne

Also MI2470__.225-37n-10w-21-ne · MI2470__.225

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Summary

This record preserves one BLM General Land Office land-record row. The source identifies the grantee or patentee as JAMES O DONNELL and gives the legal description T37N R10W Section 21 NE. The normalized join is 37N10W21NE under Michigan Meridian (19). The authority is Homestead EntryOriginal. The source cites May 20, 1862 (12 Stat. 392). The patent record reports 160.0000 acres across all its location rows.

Ownership evidence and limits

The GLO row is evidence of the transaction or issuance represented by the record. It is not a complete chain of title, a current owner lookup, or proof that the named grantee lived on the land. Names remain source spellings until a separate identity record supports a person or organization link. Reported acreage belongs to the patent as a whole and must not be assigned to this one location row when the patent has multiple legal descriptions.

PLSS connections

Open questions

  • Does the county deed index show a later conveyance from this recorded grantee?
  • Can the source’s grantee spelling be resolved to a person or organization without relying on surname, proximity, or a place-name association?
  • Does a tract-book or field-note entry add an acreage, lot, or survey-history detail absent from this export row?

See also

Sources

  1. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Michigan land-record export.
    Source row 185; record type 'Patent'; grantee/patentee field preserved as 'JAMES O DONNELL'; legal description preserved as 'T37N R10W Section 21 NE'; normalized PLSS key 37N10W21NE; accession 'MI2470__.225'; patent class 'State Volume'; authority 'Homestead EntryOriginal'; issuing land office 'Traverse City'; patent-wide acres '160.0000'. Legal-description note ''. This is a source-record assertion about the recorded grantee or patentee, not a claim about subsequent conveyances or current ownership.
    federal · glo · beaver_island_patent_locations
  2. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office patent image.
    Held patent image for the source record; the temporary public image-delivery token is not retained.
    federal · glo · patents · 5037514421893616215-patent-sta-mi2470-225