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Pre-emption Land Claims

In 1855 Collin County reclaimed all of its unsettled land and allowed its citizens to apply for it.

The standard preemption claim was for a quarter section, or 160 acres.

	
Surname   Name                 Acres               Witness                               Witness                                  Case No.            Date                     Notes
									
Aikman	Alfred A.	320	Andrew R. Martin     Patrick P. Martin		99		
Adaamson  Jesse									920		
Adamson	Larkin	  	160							954		
Adamson	Cunningham	160							956		
Adamson	Cunningham								1033		
Adamson	Thomas									1033		
Allen	Wm. R		640	Benjamin Sparks		Moses Sparks		66			widow Permelia Turner
Allen	Edwin		640	Benjamin Sparks		Moses Sparks		67			widow Malinda Allen
Allen	Melinda									1069		
Ashlock	Francis M.	160							663		
Baccus	"Jacob, Jr."	320	Shadrick Jackson	Shaddrick J. Jackson	112		
Baccus	Peter		160							959		
Ballard	Ellen		640	G. A. Grounds		Moses Sparks		82		
Barnes	Henry C.	160	preemption					674		
Barnes	William			preemption					798
Bateman	Wm.		640							533
Bays	McGiniss	160	preemption					795
Belcher	F. P.		120							964
Belcher	F. J.									1023
Berry	Edward T.								535
Berry	Edward T.	138							611.25
Beverly	Wm.									826
Beverly	Wm.		160	preemption					828
Beverly	Wm.									841
Beverly	Wm.									842
Beverly	William									913
Beverly	Wm.									1065
Bills	R. P.			joint						832
Borin	Henry		320							849
Borin	Henry		320							850
Borland	Wm. H.		640							645
Borland	Wm. H.									649
Borland	Wm. H.		320							650
Borland	Wm. H.		320							651
Borland	Wm. H.		320							652
Bourland Wm. H.		640							646
Bourland Wm. H.		640							648
Bourland James		640							799
Boyd	H. G.									1039
Bratly	Henry		640							640
Bricoe	J. R.									888
Briscoe	J. R.		320							889
Briscoe	J. R.		160							911
Briscoe	J. R.		120							977
Brown	Samuel									621
Brown	Samuel P.								629
Brown	John D.		160	preemption					937		
Bullerfiles Joab	320							611		
Bundy	John		157							567		
Bundy	John		480							568		
Bundy	John			"Foote, Lovejoy, agents"			1015		
Bundy	John			"Foote, Lovejoy, agents"			1016		
Bundy	John			"Foote, Lovejoy, agents"			1017		
Bundy	Wm.			George White					1052		
Burnham	Horace		320							58		
Calwell	James M.	640	Samuel P. Brown		James Herndon		94		G. A. Foote att for Edward H. Calwell heir
Capps	Jemima		640	E. C. Mays		F. A. Capps		89		
Carnel	Robert									928		
Chamber	Elisha									586		
Chinn	Elesbeck	160							551		
Chisholm M. H.									1026		
Cimbo	James									1054		
Clement	Leroy		640	"Denton Darby, Jr."	William Beaverly	65
Clifton	Isaiah			preemption					829
Cockman	Henry		220							947
Coleman	S. P.									883
Coleman	S. P.									962
Collin County			George White agent				677
Collin County									678
Collin County									679
Collin County									789
Collin County			"George White, agent"				857
Collin County			"George White, agent"				933
Collin County			"George White, agent"				952
Collin County			"George White, agent"				974
Collin County			"George White, agent"				975
Collin County			"George White, agent"				982
Cook	Joseph		320	rejected					552
Cook	Henry H.	160							553
Cooke	Lewis F.	320	"John S. Lovejoy, Jr."	Joseph Russell		106
Coonrod	Dudley		160	preemption					671
Copeland F. M.		160	preemption					980
Corry	Joshua		160	preemption					657
Crabtree Thomas C.	69.5							999
Davis	R. A.		834							569
Davis	R. A.	4,708,666sqvara							622
Davis	R. A.									647
Davis	John R.		80							811
Davis	John R.			John C. Easton agent				818
Dawson	Jessee		320	J. H. Wilson		James Dawson		118
Dawson	Jessee		160							969
Dawson	Jesse			filed in error					997
Dickson	J. J.		320	"A. T. Robertson, agent"			1040
Douglass I. G.		160	preemption					791
Dumas	James P.	320							534
Dumas	James P.								580
Dumas	James P.								581
Dumas	James P.	320							827
Dumas	James P.								840
Dumas	James P.								892
Dye	Henry			"Foote, Lovejoy, agents"			1010
Dye	Henry			"Foote, Lovejoy, agents"			1011
Dye	Henry			"Foote, Lovejoy, agents"			1043
Eastes	George W.								1059
Eastes	George W.								1061
Eastes	George W.								1064
Eddleman Thomas J.		preemption					926
Eddleman T. J.									985
Enlow	A.			preemption					955
Epps	Robert C.								934
Finley	Lewis S.	160	preemption					670
Finley	Sampson		160	preemption					672
Finley	Lewis L.		preemption					835
Finley	John		160	preemption					844
Foot	G. A.		88							978
Foot	G. A.		320							981
Foote	G. A.		640							957
Foote	G. A.		320							958
Foote	G. A.									965
Foote	G. A.									970
Foote	G. A.									971
Foote	Lovejoy									988
Foote	G. A.									991
Foote	Lovejoy									992
Foote	Lovejoy		320							993
Foote	Lovejoy		1535							994
Foote	Lovejoy									995
Foote	Lovejoy		37.5							1000
Foote	G. A.		70							1005
Foote	Lovejoy									1009
Foote	G. A.									1013
Foote	Lovejoy									1024
Foote	Lovejoy		160							1028
Foote	Lovejoy		160							1029
Foote	Lovejoy									1030
Foote	Lovejoy									1031
Foote	Lovejoy									1047
Foote	Lovejoy									1055
Foote 	G. A.									1004
Foreman	A. C.									624
Forman	Joseph		3165							575
Forman	James C.								976
Fowler	John C.		320							675
Fox	C. M.									853
Fox	Julian K.								881
Franklin David J.	320							599
Franklin David J.								608
Franklin David J.	320							605
Fuller	Calvin J.	640							793
Fuller	Calvin J.								794
Garnell	John									623
Garrett	J.									945
Gass	John M.									1049
Gerion	J. R. 									907
Gooch	John H.		160	preemption					684
Gough	A. B.		160	preemption					796
Gray	Joseph R.		joint		
Gray	Joseph R.	160	preemption					686
Gray	J. R.									822
Gray	Joseph R.								823
Gray	Joseph R.								960
Grayham	John									910
Grayum	James									1063
Guss	John M.		80							603
Hall	John		160	preemption					666
Hall	John		160	preemption					667
Hall	J. T.									1071
Hambright G. W.		320	E. N. Deaver		T. N. Hambright		90
Hampton	B. N.									915
Haneth	William		1lea1lab						547
Hannah	Samuel		320							577
Harberger J. N.									656
Harberger J. H.		320							816
Harberger J. H.		320							853
Harberger J. H.									860	
Harberger J. H.									865	
Harbert	J. B.			preemption					838	
Hart Timothy J.	 	320	Caleb Hart		L. D. Davidson		103	
Hart Hardin		320	rejected					546	
Hays Hiram E.									983	
Hays Hiram E.		160							984	
Hays Hiram E.									1018	
Hays Hiram E.									1058	
Hearn Wm. A.		320	Joseph Hearn		Simon Wilson		64	11/19/1855 
Hearn W. A.		160							880	
Hollulery Wm. H.	160	preemption					669	
Hoover Samuel			preemption					837	
Horn Jeremiah C.	320	"John S. Lovejoy, Jr."	Thomas Stallcup		107	
Hotcher	Branch		640							519	
Hotcher	Branch T.	320							634	
Howe	John T.		160	preemption					664
Huffman	John									537
Huffman	John		320							538
Huffman	John		320							635
Huffman	John									636
Huffman	John									854
Huffman	John									855
Huffman	John		320							877
Huffman	John									1001
Jackson	Shadrick J.	320	"Jacob Baccus, Sr."	"Jacob Baccus, Jr."	111
Jackson	Moses A.	160	preemption					810
Johns	Thomas									864
Johnson	Alfred		8.36							556
Johnson	James T.	320							607
Johnson	Alfred									653
Johnson	Alfred									654
Johnson Alfred									655
Jones	J. H. O.	160							927
Keen	Joseph									882
Kendall	Thomas		160							598
Kerby	J. W.			"Foote, Lovejoy, agents"			1012
Kerby	N. J.			"Foote, Lovejoy , agents"			1044
Kerby	N. J.									1045
Kerby	N. J.									1046
Kindall	Thomas		160	preemption					792
Kuykendall Wm. K.	320							518
Langley	"John, Jr."	320	Thomas Langley		Joseph Langley		93
Langley	William C.	160							613
Larue	Isam		640	Jonas Dawson		W. C. Lewis		92
Lee	Wm. M.		100							605
Lee	Wm. M.									606
Lee	J. S.		640							628
Lee	Roswell W.	1280							800
Lee	Roswell W.	1280							821
Lee	Wm.		60							847
Lee	R. W.									916
Levy	William Elwood	320							922
Lewelling	Thomas	320							859
Lewis	L. L.									600
Lewis	L. L.									790
Lewis	L. L.		302							931
Littlepage James B.	320	Ellis Littlepage	Oliver Lavin		83
Lofton	Kennel				863
Lovejoy	James H.	320	John L. Lovejoy		George Fitzhugh		100
Lovejoy	John L.		225							614
Lovejoy	John L.									948
Lovejoy	John L.		160							967
Lovejoy	John L.		320							968
Lovejoy	James H.								1002
Lovejoy	J. H.									1060
Lovejoy	J. H.									1070
Loving	Oliver		320							639
Loving	A.									887
Loving	Oliver									1003
Loving	Oliver									1014
Loving	Oliver			"George White, agent"				1041
Lovy	James H.								875
Lucas	Geo. F.		80			
Lucas	George F.	2040							812
Lucas	George F.	240							861
Luddington Robert								996
Mabry	H. P.		1lea1lab						616
Mabry	H. P.		320							617
Mabry	H. P.									618
Mabry	H. P.									619		
Mabry	H. P.		863,217sqvara						620		
Manifee	G. B.									1037		
Martin	Audly M.	320	G. L. Martin		J. J. Martin		75		
Martin	Joseph J.	320	A. M. Martin		G. L. Martin		76		
Martin	Gilbert L.	320	A. M. Martin		J. J. Martin		77		
Martin	John		640	G. L. Martin		J. J. Martin		78		A. M. Martin heir
Martin	Andrew R.	320	Patrick P. Martin	Alfred A. Aikman	96		
Martin	Patrick P.	320	Andrew R. Martin	Alfred A. Aikman	98		
Martin	Henry 		320							539		
Martin	Henry		640							549		
Martin	Thomas B.	320							643		
Martin	Thomas B.	960							644		
Martin	Henry		320							676		
Martin	Henry			"George White, agent"				833		
Martin	Thomas		320	"George White, agent"				856		
Martin	Thomas			"George White, agent"				932	
Martin	Henry									938	
Martin	Henry			"George White, agent"				1021	
Martin	Henry			"George White, agent"				1025	
Martin	A. H.									1048	
Mayes	Robert B.	160	preemption					665	
Mayes	Wm. B.		160	preemption					680	
Mayes	Robert B.								879	
Mays	R. B.									884	
Mays	R. B.									963	
McBrayer Alford M.	640	O. Vincent Ledbetter		Ware Benge	115	
McCamy	William									950	
McCants	John		160	preemption					685	
McCay	James									587	
McClary	P. J.		320	C. E. McClary		Wm. M. McClary		88	06/10/1856 
McCoy	James S.	160	preemption					660	
McGarrah G. S.		320	Jordan O. Straughan	Lorenzo D. Davidson	104
McKamy	Wm. C.		230							979
McKenzie John P. W.		"Thomas Ragsdale, agent"			940
McWharton O. C.		160	preemption					668
McWhorter Wm. P.	160							832
McWhorter Wm.		160	preemption					846
Melton	John T.		160	preemption					673
Mileoy	James S.								630
Mileoy	James S.	160							631
Mills	W. L.		160							601
Mills	Willis T.	160	preemption					683
Minafee	Jarrett B.	640	LeRoy Clement		L. B. Bounds		119
Moore	Jacob J.	160	preemption					843
Moore	Lewis			preemption					878
Mount	Thomas H.	560							609
Mount	Thomas H.	80							610
Negeher	Robert		160	preemption					797		
Noble	John									1019		
Noble	John									1020		
Noble	John									1022		
Nobles	J. S.									1056		
Noblet	S. F.		160	preemption					682		
Norris	Greenville	640							831		
O'Briant Caleb P.	320	James Herndon		George McGarrah		84		Archibald Dillingham agent for heirs 
Parr	J. K. H.	320	"George White, agent"				802		
Parris	E. P.		640	Jas. R. McBride		George G. McKinney	68		
Parrish	M. R. 									1038		
Parrish	Mathew R.	160							1050		
Pegues	Enoch E.	640	F. I. Vance		William S. Pegues	117		
Pegues	George H.	160							990		
Pelham	William		640	Thomas Stallcup		Geo. T. Key		114		
Pennington John		320							942		
Pennington John		320							943
Pew	John		120							576
Phillips Wm. A.		320	John S. Lovejoy		Caleb Phillips		108
Portman	George		160							586
Pruett	Mrs.									876
Pullium	Marshall S.		"George White, agent"				806
Pulllium Marshall S.								807
Quigley	Wm. C.		160							658
Quigley	Wm. C.		160	preemption					659
Ragsdale  Thomas	320							890
Ragsdale Thomas		1000							891
Ragsdale John			"Thomas Ragsdale, agent"			935
Ragsdale John			"Thomas Ragsdale, agent"			936
Ragsdale Thomas		640							939
Ragsdale Cowell		640							944
Rattan	Thomas H.	320	"John L. Lovejoy, Jr."		Wm Fitzhugh	85
Ratton	Hampton		640							638
Reed	James L.	73							540
Reese	T. N.									1008
Rice	Alexander	320	James W. Lovejoy	Jordan O. Straughan	102
Rice	Spencer									949
Richardson Robert	320	Sampson Richardson	Caleb Hart		105
Robertson A. T.									1053
Robertson A. T.									1057
Rogers	Clayton									632
Rogers	Clayton									633
Rogers	B. L.		160	preemption					661
Rogers	Clayton									858
Rowland	Thomas M.								637
Rowland	James F.								986
Russell	Joseph		320							550
Russell	Henry									972
Searcy	Gallatin								873
Searcy	Gallatin								1067
Shanover W. W.		160	preemption					681
Simpson	Wm. M.		1280							541
Sinclair James		160	preemption					662
Smith	Barrell P.		R. E. Batridge		J. P. Dawas		87
Smith	Jeremiah		preemption					687
Smith	George S.	320	John C. Easton agent				820
Smith	Benjamin M.								885
Smoot	James M.	2/3lg 1lb						824
Smoot	James M.	2/3lg 1 lb						845
Spurgin	William									917
Spurgin	Samuel									918
Stalcup	Thomas									902
Stallcup James									904
Stallcup James									909
Stallcup Thomas		250							914		
Stallcup Thomas									919		
Stallcup Thomas		200							923		
Stallcup Thomas	 								924		
Stallcup Thomas		120							925		
Stallcup Green		16							961		
Stambaugh George W.								1068		
Stelzer	Martin									1032		
Stephens James G.								862		
Stephens James G.								872		
Stephison Josiah	640	Joseph Dixon (Dickson)	William Perrin		79		Wm. B. Stephison one of heirs
Stephison Wm. B.	320	Joseph Dixon		William Perrin		80		
Stevens	James G.	320							834		
Stevens	James G.								835		
Sullivan Samuel W.								874		
Sullivan Samuel W.	160							966		
Taylor	Nancy		320	John G. Roberts		Presly G. Stowers	74		"Nancy Roberts, only heir of son of Nancy Taylor"
Thompson Thomas A.	320	Thomas Langley		John Langley		95		
Thompson Joseph		160	preexemption					625		
Thompson Joseph		52.75	preemption					830		
Thornton Miller		320	joint						545		
Throckmorton J. W.								626		
Throckmorton J. W.								627		
Throckmorton James W.	1/3 lg							901		
Throckmorton James W.	1/3 lg							905		
Tobert	John		?							886		
Todd	Charles		627							987		
Trapp	John C.									825		
Travis	J. S.		640	Paul Watson		Wm. A. Travis		72		
Truit	James		240							604		
Tucker	A. J. 		320	George Fitzhugh		Thos. T. Bradley	73		
Tucker	Robert R.	640	Wm. Perrin		Geo. W. Ford		81		
Tucker	Amos B.		320	George Fitzhugh		"Jno. L. Lovejoy, Jr."	97
Tucker	Wm. L.		320	James W. Lovejoy	George Fitzhugh		101
Turner	Lewis P.		preemption					788
Turner	J. H.									989
Turner	I. S.									1034
Turner	J. S.									1036
Walden	Vance			joint						832
Walsh	William M. J.								973
Wash	W. M. J.	56							998
Watkins	William		160							941
Watson	Paul		640	James Watson		J. S. Travis		70
Watson	James		640	Paul Watson		W. A. Travis		71
Watson	C.		320							548
Watson	Carry									641
Watson	Carry		162							642
Weatherford Jackson 	160							1006
Wells	John		320							814
Westen	Wm.			preemption					839
Wetsel	Lewis		320	David Wetsel		Andrew Howell		69
Wetsel	Peter		320							554
Wetsel	Peter		190							555
Whitaker Samuel									1062
White	George									602
White	George									801
White	George		320							803
White	George		160							804
White	George		320							805
White	George		640							808
White	George		162							809
White	George		320							817
White	George		320							819
White	George									833
White	George									836
White	George									837
White	George									848
White	George									852
White	George									893
White	George									894
White	George									903
White	George									906
White	George									908
White	George									929
White	George									930
White	George		320							936
White	George		320							951
White	G.									1007
White	George									1027
White	George									1042
White	George									1051		
White 	George		108							612		
Wilbern	James Sinklar	120	Henry H. Tucker	Robert Fitzhugh Joel F. Stewart	91		 Edward William agent
Wilcox	Joseph									851		
Wilkins	W.									1035		
Willock	John		160	preemption					921		
Willock	John									946		
Willock	James									1066		
Wilmeth	J. B.		200							813		
Wilmeth	J. B.		320							815		
Wilson	Wm. S.		640	Jeremiah H. Wilson	James Dawson		113		
Wilson	Leander		284							536		
Wilson	William		160							953		
Woods	James H.	640							912		
Worthington Wm. P.	320	A. M. Alexander		S. C. Alexander		86		


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