Thomas Collection
Scope and Contents
This Muscatine County District Court Case file contains documentation for Peter Perry vs. William P. Earle et al. The rest of the names include: Aaron Usher, Solomon Sherfy or Sherfey, Joel Collier, Serranus C. Hastings, William G. Woodward, Arthur Washburn, Ralph Pl Lowe, Irad C. Day, John Ziegler and Alexander Lewis.
The documents indicate the suit revolved around about 228 acres of land in Wyoming, Muscatine County, Iowa, specifically Section 35 and the SE 1/4 of Section 26 in Township 77N Range 1 W.
Peter Perry purchased the land from William P. Earl according to the deed dated Dec. 1, 1838. Others also purchased lots on the same day.
The documents include various details of ownership over the years which may prove interesting to researchers.
Dates
- Creation: 1844-1849
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This collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical
Peter Perry was a resident of Whitby Township, York County, Canada at the time his probate papers were filed in Scott County Iowa in 1852. It appears Perry was a land speculator and purchased ground in both Muscatine and Scott Counties in Iowa, using Ebenezer Cook as liason.
William P. Earl(e) is living in Erie County, New York in 1841 when according to the U.S. General Land Office Records he received patents described as these same tracts of land.
Efforts to identify others named have not been undertaken.
Extent
.1 Linear Inch (in one legal folder.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 33 Section 03 [shares box]
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
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