........ PØBLIC LANDS. List of Uniled States Land Districts, showing the dates of the laws under which they were established. Note.-Those marked thus were in operation under the system of Credit sales. Those without the asterisk commenced operations under the Cash system of sales. Ohio. *Marietta Land District, established by the act of......May. 10, 1800 *Zanesville.......do...........do...........do....... .........March 3, 1803 *Steubenville.....do..........do..........do....... ..May 10, 1800 *Chillicothe......do..........do..........do....... ..May 10, 18001 *Cincinnati......do..........do..........do....... ... May 10, 1800 *Wooster, originally Canton..do ...........do ............ March 3, 1807 Lima, formerly Wapaukonnetta, originally Piqua........March 3, 1819 Bucyrus, formerly. T'iffin, originally Delaware..........March 3, 1819 Indiana. * Jeffersonville Land District, established by the act of March 3, 1807 * Vincennes.., ....do..........do...........do............March 26, 1804 Indianapolis, originally Brookville..........do....... ..March 3, 1819 Crawfordsville, originally Terre Haute...do ....... ..March 3, 1819 Fort Wayne....... ........do..... ...May 8, 1822 La Porte. ...do ....... March 2, 1333 Illinois. *Shawneetown Land District, established by the act of Febriy 21, 1812 *Kaskaskia.......do..........do..........do............ March 26, 1804 * Edwardsville ....do ..........do..........do............ April 29, 1816 Vandalja .........do..........do...........do........... ...May 11, 1820 Palestine.........do..........do...........do ........ - May 11, 1820 Springfield.......do..........do..........do........ ........May 8, 1822 Danville ........ ....do ..........do..........do........ .Febr'y 19, 1831 Quincy........... do..........do ..........do........ .Febr'y 19, 1831 Galena, N, W. District......do................. June 26, 1834 Chicago, N. E. District......do...........do.. ............ June 26, 1834 Missouri. *St. Louis Land District, established by ihe act of....., March 3, 1811 *Fayette, originally Franklin, District of Howard Co...Febr’y 17, 1818 Jackson, District of Cape Girardeau county... ......... Febr’y 17, 1818 Palmyra, District of Salt river, established by act of.... May 26, 1824 Lexington, Western District of Missouri......do.........March 3, 1823 Springfield, established by act of...........................June 26, 1834 Louisiana. Ouchira, Northern District, established by the act of.... March, 3, 1811 *Opelousas, South Western District..........do .........March 3, 1811 New Orleans, South Eastern District.........do.........March 3, 1811 St. Helena Court House, District West of Pearl river, and East of the Island of New Orleans-District organized by the act of 25th April, 1812-Land Office established by the act of...socco ........March 3, 1819 Mississippi. *Washington, District West of Pearl river, established by the act of............ ... March S, 1803 Augusta, District of Jackson county-Land office origi nally at Jackson C. H.-District originated per act of 25th of April, 1812-Land office established per the act of........... .......... March 3, 1819 Mount Salus, originally at Jackson-District of Lands ceded by the Choctaws, by a treaty of 18th Octoberg 1820-established by act of.......... May 6, 1822 Columbus, N. E. District | Ceded by the Choctaws, March 2, 1833 by treaties of Oct'r 18, Chocchoma, N. W. Dist. 1820, & Sept. 27, 1830, March 2, 1833 Alabama. *St. Stephens, District East of Pearl river, established by act of................ ........., March 3, 1803 *Huntsville, originally at Nashville, Tennessee, Distric, of Madison county Huntsville was originally called Twickenham-established by act of......'. March 3, 1807 *Cahaba, originally at Milledgeville, Ga., established by act of....................... .... March 3, 1807 Tuscaloosa.. .....................................do..... March 11, 1820 Sparla, originally Çonecuh. Court House,......do...... May 11, 1820 Demopolis... ..........do...... March 2, 1833 Montgoinery, Ş Lands acquired by the treaty with the July 10, 1832 Mardisville, ? Creeks, cuncluded March 24, 1832, ) July 10, 1832) Michigan Territory. Detroit Land Districi, established by the act of........ March 26, 1804 Mooroe, Southern District of Michigan....du.... ...... March 3, 1823 (District abolished.). White Pigeon Prairie..... ..civ.....dQ.......... Febr'y 19, 1831 Monroe, (re-established in part,)............do.......... Jan'y 30, 1833 Mineral Point, W’isconsin District ...... ........ do........... June 26, 1834 Green Bay............. ..........do.......... June 26, 1834 Arkansas Terrilory. Little Rock, Arkangas District, established by act of... Febriy 17, 1818 + Batesville, Lawrence county District.....do.......... Febr’y 17, 1818 Washington, Red river District......... do......... .... June 25, 1832 Fayetteville...... .do.......... June 25, 1832) Helena, Mississippi District. .................do ........... June 26, 1834 Florida Terrilory. Tallahassse, District of West Florida, established by the act of....... March 3, 1829 St. Augustine, District of East Florida.....do........ ..... March 3, 1823 † District boundaries modified per act of 25th June, 1832, by which act the District of Lands now subject to sale at Batesville, is called the White River District. SURVEYS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS. The uniform mode in which the Public Lands are surveyed conduces in the greatest possible degree to compactness of settlement. This method is rectangular. The greatest division of land is called a lownship, containing the quantity of 23,040 acres. The township is six miles Square, and is subdivided into thirty-six equal divisions, or square miles, by lines crossing each other at right angles, called sections. The section contains 640 acres, and is subdivided into four parts, called quarter sections. The quarter section is divided intu two equal parts each called half-quarter sections, which last, previous to the act of the 6th April, 1832, was the last regular subdivision ; that act, however, admits of another, under certain circumstances, which is, by running an east and west line through the balf-quarter sections to divide them into quarter-quarler sections. SURVEYORS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS. Name. Where Employed. Compensa tion. In Ohio and Indiana: Rubert T. Lytle......Surveyor General. Cincinnati, Ohio....2000 00 Samuel Williams............Chief Clerk.........do....... 1100 00 Samuel Morrison..... ..Clerk.. ........do.....i 725 00 Elisha Deville ............ ..ooo...do.. ...do.. 725 00 John B. Warren .............. do.. ..do ... 650 00 Jesse Williams............. ...do.. .....,do....... 600 00 Augustus Flopkins......., ..do.. b.....do ........ 650 00 Charles Woellner............... ..do..........do........ 575 00 James Allen ........ do..........do........ 575 00 In Illinois and Missouri. Elias T. Langham.. Surveyor General. St. Louis, Missouri.. 2000 00 William Milbourn.... ..Chief Clerk..........do............ 900 00 A. H. Evans...... Clerk.. .wo....do..... .......... 800 00 Charles-Negfield...... .................do.. ........do.......... 700 00 Joha: Warnock..................... ....do..........llo............ 600 00 Fernando A Evasis.......... ....doi.-......do......... 600 00 J, T.-Sprigs .... ........................do.. .......do........... 600 DO Richard H. Pitts...... ........do.........do...... 600 00 In Alabama. James H. Weakley.. Surveyor General. Floreáce, Alabama. 2000 00 F. Sannener................ Draftsman. ...do........ 100000 William Weakley...............Clerk.. ........do....... ......, 1000 00 Maurice P. Hore......... ......do..........do........ *500 00 Richard Corbran ....... ....do..........do........ 500 00 Edward M. Ward.... ...do..........do........... 400 00 Terrilory of Florida. Robert Butler........ Surveyor General. Tallahassee, Florida 2000 00 Isham G. Searcy...... ..Clerk.. ..do...... 1000 00 Robert W. Williams................ ...do.. ..do........... 1000 00 Charles Haire........ .do..........do...........1000 00 ...... |