Early Land Entries of Orangeville Township
This information is taken from Goodspeed’s 1884 History of Orange County, p. 386.
The names below were the only entries in the present Orangeville Township, prior to January 1, 1813. The second list shows 1813-1820.
| SHIRLEY, Henry | April 3, 1811 | Sec. 6, 160 acres |
| SHIRLEY, Valentine | July 8, 1811 | Sec. 7, 480 acres |
The following men entered land in this township from January 1, 1813, to January 1, 1820:
| BLAIR, John | 1816 |
| BLAIR, Nicholas | 1815 |
| BLAIR, Samuel | 1815 |
| BRYANT, Edward | 1817 |
| DOUGHERTY, John | 1813 |
| DOWNS, Charles | 1816 |
| EVANS, Thomas | 1817 |
| FIELD, John | 1818 |
| FRENCH, George H. | 1815 |
| HALBERT, Joel | 1815 |
| INMAN, Thomas | 1816 |
| JESSUP, Stephen | 1815 |
| MARPIN, John | 1816 |
| MATHERS, Moses | 1816 |
| McCRACKEN, Robert | 1817 |
| MILLER, Adam | 1815 |
| NICHOLS, Josseph | 1816 |
| OSBORN, Abraham | 1818 |
| PIPHER, Michael | 1817 |
| RAYBORN, Neely | 1818 |
| REDMON, William | 1816 |
| SCOTT, Isaac | 1816 |
| SHIELDS, James | 1815 |
| SHIRLEY, Charles | 1815 |
| SHIRLEY, Henry | 1815 |
| SHIRLEY, Jacob | 1815 |
| SHIRLEY, Jacob | 1816 |
| WILSON, Andrew | 1815 |
| WILSON, James | 1814 |
| WILSON, Samuel | 1817 |