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Jefferson County History and Early County Organization
Organization of Jefferson County Iowa details the 1830s through 1840s inception. It covers the Jefferson County seat selection at Fairfield, land pre emption, and the transition from Michigan and Wisconsin territories to Iowa Territory. It notes commissioners, precincts, first officers, courthouse contracts, and early courts, with reflections on record keeping and legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
France
Iowa
Louisiana
Spain
Jefferson
United States
Louisiana Purchase
Congress
Orleans
Indiana Territory
Missouri
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Fairfield
Territory of
Dubuque
Des Moines
Rock Island
Walnut
Lockridge
Round Prairie
Cedar
Penn, Buchanan and
Liberty Townships
Michigan Territory
Illinois
Wisconsin Territory
Wisconsin Territorial
Belmont
Wis
Burlington
Henry County
Des Moines County
Black Hawk Purchase
County of
Henry
Towit
Col. Coop
Johnson Owens
Lee County
Roger N. Crissup
van Buren County
Justice
Wm. G. Coop
Cedar Township
North Range
Henry B. Netson
Board of Commissioners
United States of America
Daniel Sears
Ezekiel Johnson Gillham
Barba Dunn
General Land Office of
Barba
S. Dunn
Range Ten
Survey of Lands
General Land Office
Surveyor General
Ezekiel Johnson Gillman
Barba S. Dunn
John J. Smith
John Jackman Smith
Benjamin F. Christain
John W. Sullivan
James L. Scott
John A. Pitzer
William Bonafield
Virginia
Lucas
Frederick Lyon
Walnut and
Penn
Pleasant Prairie
Lockridge and
Buchanan
Brush Creek
Liberty
Cedar Creek
Locust Grove
Black Hawk
Polk
Wm. Clay
Jefferson County State Bank
I. N. Snyder
B. F. Chasteen
J. J. Smith
Iowa Territorial Legislature
Court House
William Huston
Blue Point
First District Court Journal
District Court
Joseph Williams
Samuel Moore
Fredrick F. Lyon
Said
James L Scott
Joseph Wiliams
Wiley Jones
Abraham Landis
Isaac Blakely
Isaac Whitaker
Edward Bush
Isaac McCalla
John Vinson
George C. Parker
Charles Holliway
George W. Troy
John Easter
David Eller
John Reager
John W. Johnston
Michael Peebler
Benjamin Mount
Greenup Smith
Alfred Akers
U. S
Henry Shepherd
John Gillham
William Vinson
William Precise
John Ankrom
William Houston
David Peebler
John Mitten
Jonathan Turner
James Coleman
James Lanman
Henry McCauley
Fredrick Fisher
James Gilmer
Archer Green
John Ankron
Joseph Hickenbottom
David Cowan
Josiah Lee
John Parsons
Aiden Nordike
Rodham Bonafield
Jonathan Dyer
Enos Ellmaker
Cyrus Olney
Town