Early Land Entries of Southeast Township

This information is taken from Goodspeed’s 1884 History of Orange County, p. 402.


The names below were the only entries in the present French Lick Township, prior to January 1, 1813. The second list shows 1813-1820.

HOLLOWELL, John June 30, 1807 T1N, R1E, Sec. 15; 160 acres
HOLLOWELL, John November 30, 1809 T1N, R1E, Sec. 11; 320 acres
HOLLOWELL, Robert November 30, 1809 T1N, R1E, Sec. 1; 160 acres
JONES, Henry H. March 20, 1812 T1S, R2E, Sec. 29; 160 acres


The following men entered land in this township from January 1, 1813, to January 1, 1820:

COFFEE, John 1819
COLCLASURE, Abraham 1818
COLCLASURE, David 1814
DOUGHERTY, John 1818
FRENCH, James 1818
HADLEY, Daniel 1818
HARNED, William 1818
HOLLAND, Henry 1817
HOLLAND, John 1817
HOLLOWELL, Thomas 1815
MAXEDON, Thomas 1819
McGEE, Samuel 1819
SMITH, Jacob 1816
STALCUP, Samuel 1819
SULLING, Thomas 1819
WEATHERS, Joseph 1819
WEATHERS, Richard 1816
WHITE, William 1818
WHITEHEAD, Arthur 1817
WILSON, Thomas 1815