Early Land Entries of Orleans Township
This information is taken from Goodspeed’s 1884 History of Orange County, p. 382.
The names below were the only entries in the present Orleans Township, prior to January 1, 1813. The second list shows 1813-1820.
| BROOKS, William | April 13, 1812 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 3; 158.40 acres |
| FINDLEY, Daniel | May 16, 1812 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 3; 153.20 acres |
| FINDLEY, David | November 14, 1811 | T3N, R1E, Sec. 34; 160 acres |
| FIELD, Robert | April 21, 1812 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 7; 176 acres |
| FREEMAN, Benjamin | April 11, 1812 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 4; 160 acres |
| FREEMAN, Benjamin | April 18, 1812 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 8; 160 acres |
| FREEMAN, Benjamin | April 19, 1812 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 7; 160 acres |
| MAXWELL, James | October 19, 1809 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 5; 160 acres |
The following men entered land in this township from January 1, 1813, to January 1, 1820:
| BERRY, William G. | 1819 |
| BESEY, John | 1815 |
| BLAIR, George | 1815 |
| BLAND, Francis | 1818 |
| BOGGS, John | 1813 |
| CARR, J.G. | 1819 |
| CROW, John | 1816 |
| DENNY, Simon | 1813 |
| EDWARDS, Thomas | 1817 |
| ELROD, John and Jacob | 1815 |
| FINDLEY, David | 1814 |
| FISHER, Thaddeus | 1818 |
| FREEMAN, Benjamin | 1816 |
| GROSS, Hiram and Absalom | 1818 |
| GUNTHOY, Samuel | 1813 |
| HENTMAN, Abraham | 1818 |
| HOLMAN, William | 1816 |
| HOSTETLER, Christian | 1816 |
| KERR, William | 1816 |
| KIMBLY, Isaac | 1815 |
| KIRTMAN, William | 1816 |
| LEE, Elizabeth | 1814 |
| LEWIS, James | 1815 |
| LEWIS, Samuel | 1814 |
| LEWIS, Samuel | 1817 |
| LINDLEY, William Sr. | 1815 |
| MAHAN, Peter | 1814 |
| MAXWELL, John | 1816 |
| MAXWELL, Joseph Jr. | 1813 |
| MAXWELL, Joseph Jr. | 1815 |
| MAYALL, John | 1817 |
| McGEE, Henry | 1817 |
| McKNIGHT, Roger | 1813 |
| McKNIGHT, Roger | 1815 |
| McLEAN, R. | 1819 |
| McVEY, John | 1816 |
| ROBERTS, James | 1818 |
| SALEE, William | 1818 |
| SANDERS, Henry | 1816 |
| SEARS, John | 1816 |
| SPEED, Henry | 1816 |
| SPROW, James | 1815 |
| SUTHERLAND, Fendes | 1818 |
| SUTHERLAND, Phillip | 1819 |
| SULLIVAN, Joseph | 1817 |
| TATE, Thomas | 1816 |
| VORIS, Garret | 1817 |
| WALLING, Elisha | 1817 |
| WARE, Lindsley | 1815 |
| WOOD, Samuel | 1816 |
| WRIGHT, Jonathan | 1819 |