Family Maps of Sanpete County, Utah, by Gregory A. Boyd, J.D., 446 pages, with 144 total maps; Paperback, 8.5x11 inches, Publ. 2010, ISBN: 9781420311563.
Locating original landowners on maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Sanpete County, Utah, gleaned from the indexes of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city centers and cemeteries.
Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes is designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds.
The patent maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s.
What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere):
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3,994 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent dates labeled in the relevant map)
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20 Cemeteries, plus . . . Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc.
What YEARS are these maps for? Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the corresponding land patents were issued:
| Decade |
Parcel-count |
| 1870s |
535 |
| 1880s |
900 |
| 1890s |
1019 |
| 1900s |
455 |
| 1910s |
264 |
| 1920s |
464 |
| 1930s |
179 |
| 1940s |
52 |
| 1950s |
85 |
| 1960s |
13 |
| 1970s |
12 |
What Cities and Towns are in Sanpete County, Utah (and in this book)? Axtell, Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area, Centerfield, Chester, Christianburg, Ephraim, Fairview, Fayette, Fountain Green, Freedom, Gunnison, Hill Top, Indianola, Jerusalem, Manti, Manti Canyon Summer Homes, Mayfield, Milburn, Moroni, Mount Pleasant, Oak Creek, Pigeon Hollow Junction, Spearmint, Spring City, Sterling, Wales, and West Ephraim.
Acts of Congress Authorizing the Land Patents in this book:
- May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat. 392)
- April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
- December 29, 1916: Homestead Entry-Stock Raising (39 Stat. 862)
- March 3, 1877: Desert Land Act (19 Stat. 377)
- July 2, 1862: State Grant-Agri College (12 Stat. 503)
- NA: Sale-Title 32 Chapter 7 (RS 2353 43 USC 672)
- June 28, 1934: Exchange-Private-Taylor Act (48 Stat. 1269)
- March 3, 1873: Timber Culture (17 Stat. 605)
- March 3, 1873: Sale-Coal Land (17 Stat. 607)
- June 14, 1926: Sale-Rec and Public Purposes (44 Stat. 741)
- May 23, 1844: Sale-Trustee Townsite (6 Stat. 657)
- March 20, 1922: Exchange-FS General Ex Act (42 Stat. 465)
- March 17, 1842: Scrip or Nature of Scrip (5 Stat. 607)
- February 21, 1855: Utah Territorial Grant (10 Stat. 611)
- September 28, 1850: Scrip Warrant Act of 1850 (9 Stat. 520)
- March 3, 1855: Scrip Warrant Act of 1855 (10 Stat. 701)
SURNAMES found in this Book: AAGARD, AIKEN, ALDER, ALDRICH, ALLRED, ALSTON, AMERICAN LEGION POST, ANDEHLIN, ANDERSEN, ANDERSON, ANDERSSON, ANGELL, ARMSTRONG, ARNOLDSEN, ARNOLDUS, ATWOOD, AVARETTE, AVERETT, BAGNALL, BAILEY, BALLE, BALTE, BARDSLEY, BARKER, BARNES, BARNEY, BARNSTON, BARTHOLOMEW, BARTON, BATHOLOMEW, BEACH, BEAK, BEAL, BECK, BECKER, BEHUNIN, BENCH, BENGSTEN, BENGSTON, BENNETT, BENSEN, BENZSTON, BERGLAND, BERGLANND, BERGLUND, BERNER, BICKEL, BIERREGAARD, BILLINGS, BILLS, BISCHOFF, BJERREGAARD, BLACK, BLACKHAM, BLAINE, BOGH, BOHNE, BOHNEY, BOSSHARDT, BOWDEN, BOYNON, BRADLEY, BRADY, BRAITHWAITE, BRAMSTAD, BRAMSTED, BRANDON, BRIBBLE, BRIGGS, BROTHERSEN, BROUGH, BROWN, BUCH, BUNCE, BUNNEL, BURDICK, MCARTHER, MCARTHUR, BURNSIDE, BURTON, BUSHMAN, BYRUP, CAHOON, CALDWELL, CAMPBELL, CANDLAND, CARLSEN, CARLSTON, CARPENTER, CARTER, CHAPMAN, CHASE, CHENEY, CHERRY, CHEW, CHILDS, CHOKE, CHRISITIANSEN, CHRISTAINSON, CHRISTENSEN, CHRISTENSON, CHRISTIANSEN, CHRISTIANSON, CHRISTOPHERSON, CLAPP, CLARK, CLARKE, CLEMENT, CLOWARD, CO, COALS, COATES, COLLARD, COOK, COOMBS, CORBET, COWAN, COX, CRACKLER, CRAWFORD, CRAWFORTH, CRISP, CROWTHER, CROWTON, CYNTHIA, DACK, DAHL, DANIELS, DARIUS, DAVENPORT, DAVIDSEN, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DAY, DEFRIES, DEMILL, DENISON, DENNISON, DEPT OF FISH AND GAME, DESPAIN, DICK, DICKSON, DIETLIKER, DIMMICK, DIONIGUARD, DOMGAARD, DORIUS, DRAPER, DUFFIN, DURFEE, DYCHE, DYE, DYRENG, EDGERLY, EDMUND, EDMUNDS, EDWARDS, EIHARSON, ELIASON, ELIASSON, ELLIS, EMMA, ENGLISH, ERICKSEN, ERICKSON, EVERTS, FAIRLESS, FARNWORTH, FAUX, FERRE, FJELDSTED, FJELSTED, FOLLETT, FOOTE, FORD, FOSS, FOSTER, FOWLES, FRANDSEN, FRANDSON, FRANK, FRANTSEN, FREDRICKSON, FRESTON, FROME, FROST, FULLER, FUNK, GARDNER, GARLICK, GARRICK, GEE, GRAHAM, GREAVES, GREEN, GRIBBLE, GRIER, GRUNDVIG, GUNDERSEN, GUNNISON MAYFIELD LAND, GUYMON, GYRTTRUP, HAFEN, HALL, HALVERSON, HAMPSHIRE, HANSEN, HANSON, HARBROE, HARDY, HARTLEY, HARVEY, HASLER, HENDERSON, HENDRICKSEN, HENDRICKSON, HENDRIKSEN, HENRIE, HENRY, HICKS, HILL, HITCHCOCK, HJORTH, HODGE, HOFFORD, HOLLIMAN, HOLMAN, HOUGAARD, HOUSEKEEPER, HOUTZ, HUDSON, HUGGINS, HUGHES, HUMPHREYS, HUNTER, HUTCHINGS, HYDE, IPSON, IRONS, ISAACSEN, ISAACSON, IVIE, IVORY, JACK, JACKSON, JACOBSEN, JACOBSON, JAMES ANDERSON SHEEP CO, JENKINS, JENSEN, JENSON, JESSEN, JEWKES, JOE, JOHANSEN, JOHNSON, JOHNSTUN, JOLLEY, JONES, JORDAN, JORGENSEN, JORGENSON, JOSEPHSON, JUSTESEN, JUSTESON, KEARNES, KELLER, KELLETT, KELSEY, KELSON, KENNER, KILLPACK, KING, KJAR, KNOP, KNOWLES, KNULSEN, KOFFAD, KOLSTROM, KRUSE, LAMB, LAMBERT, LAROW, LARSEN, LARSON, LASSEN, LASSON, LAURSEN, LEE, LESLIE, LEWELLYN, LEWELYN, LEWIS, LINDBERG, LISONBEE, LITCHFIELD, LIVINGSON, LIVINGSTON, LLEWELLYN, LOARSEN, LONGSON, LOWRY, LUDRIGSEN, LUDWIKEN, LUND, LUNDEBERG, LUNDQUIST, LYNCH, LYON, MADDSEN, MADSEN, MADSON, MANHARD, MANKE, MARKEL, MARKER, MARTIN, MARX, MATHIS, MAXFIELD, MAYFIELD, MAYLETT, MCCLENAHAN, MCDONALD, MCFARLANE, MCFERSON, MCIFF, MCINTOSH, MECKLEBORG, MEIDGLEY, MEILING, MELLOR, MERRIAM, METCALF, MEYRICK, MICHAELSON, MICKELSEN, MICKELSON, MICKLESON, MIDGLEY, MIEKELSON, MIKKELSON, MILLER, MILLS, MILO, MINER, MOFFITT, MONK, MONSLEY, MONSSON, MORITS, MORLEY, MORTENSEN, MORTENSON, MOUVE, MOWER, MUMFORD, MUNK, MUNSON, MUSEG, MUSIG, MYNSTER, MYRUP, NAGELI, NAGLES, NAY, NEILSEN, NEILSON, NELSON, NEPHI, NEY, NICHOLS, NIELSEN, NIELSON, NILSON, NORDFELT, NORDSTROM, NORHEES, NORMAN, NORSTROM, NYBERG, NYREHN, OAB, OGRAIN, OLDHAM, OLDROYD, OLIVER, OLSEN, OLSON, OLSON LAND AND GRAZING CO, OMANN, ONUMP, ORR, OSBORNE, OTTERSON, OTTERSTROM, OTTESON, OVESON, OVIATT, PAGE, PARKER, PARSONS, PARTON, PATTEN, PAULSEN, PEACOCK, PEAL, PEARMAIN, PEDERSON, PEEL, PEHRSON, PERKINS, PETERSEN, PETERSON, PETTERSON, PICKETT, PIERCE, PIERSON, PONAWATS, POTTER, POULSEN, POULSON, PPETERSON, PRESTWICH, PRICE, PRITCHETT, PROCTOR, RAMSTROM, RASMUSEN, RASMUSSEN, REDINGTON, REES, REESE, REID, REYNOLDS, RICE, RIGBY, ROBBINS, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, ROLLINS, ROLLO, ROPER, ROSENGREN, ROSTRON, ROWE, RYAN, SAMNETS, SANDERS, SANDERSON, SCHWALBE, SCOTT, SCOVIL, SCOW, SEELEY, SEELY, SHAND, SHEPHERD, SHINER, SHOMAKER, SHULTZ, SIDWELL, SILBERMAN, SIMONS, SIMONSEN, SIMPSON, SIVENSEN, SIVIETS, SKITS, SMITH, SMYTH, SNOW, SODERBERG, SODERBURG, SORENSEN, SORENSON, SPENCER, SPNS, SQUIRE, STAKER, STARK, STECK, STEVENS, STEWART, STODDART, STORY, STOTT, STRATE, STRICK, STRINGAM, SUNDWALL, SVENSON, SWAIN, SWENDSEN, SWENSON, SYME, SYNDERGAARD, TANNER, TATTON, TAYLOR, TENNANT, TERKELSON, TERRY, TERY, THALMAN, THIEDE, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THOMSON, THORPE, THULIN, THURSTON, TIDWELL, TILBY, TILTON, TITCOMB, TOLLESTRUP, TRAUNTVEIN, TRIPLETT, TUCKER, TUFT, TUGARSEN, TURPIN, TUTTLE, UNGERMAN, UT DEPT OF FISH AND GAME, UTAH, VAN, VAN VALKENBURG, VANCE, VEACH, VORHEES, WAHLIN, WALKER, WALL, WANZITE, WAPITS, WAREHAM, WASDEN, WASHBURNE, WATKINS, WEBB, WEIBYE, WERNER, WEST, WESTENSKOW, WESTLOUND, WESTLUND, WESTWOOD, WHEELOCK, WHITING, WHITLOCK, WHITTAKER, WIES, WILCOX, WILLARDSON, WILLCOX, WILLIAM, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WINDONS, WINDOWS, WINKLER, WINTCH, WINTERS, WITBECK, WITTENBERG, WOLSEY, WOOLSEY, WORKS, WRIGHT, YOUNG, ZABRISKIE, ZIGMAN
