{"product_id":"9781420315066","title":"Family Maps of Stephenson County, Illinois, Deluxe Edition: With Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More","description":"288 pages with 65 total maps\u003cp\u003eLocating original landowners in 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 Stephenson County, Illinois, gleaned from the indexes of the Illinois State Archives. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded 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 are 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . .\u003cbr\u003e 5515 Parcels of Land\u003cbr\u003e (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map)\u003cbr\u003e 81 Cemeteries plus . . .\u003cbr\u003e Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat YEARS are these maps for?\u003cbr\u003eHere are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the patent applications were made:\u003cbr\u003eDecade Parcel-count\u003cbr\u003e1820s 1\u003cbr\u003e1830s 1\u003cbr\u003e1840s 5234\u003cbr\u003e1850s 522\u003cbr\u003e1860s 110\u003cbr\u003e1870s 102\u003cbr\u003e1890s 1\u003cbr\u003e1920s 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Cities and Towns are in Stephenson County, Illinois (and in this book)?\u003cbr\u003eAfolkey, Bolton, Browns Mill, Buckhorn Corners, Buena Vista, Cedarville, Dakota, Damascus, Davis, Eleroy, Epplyanna, Evarts, Florence, Freeport, German Valley, Hunt Corners, Kent, Lena, Loran, McConnell, Oneco, Orangeville, Pearl City, Red Oak, Ridott, Ridott Corners, Rock City, Rock Grove, Salem, Scioto Mills, South Freeport, Sunnyside, Valley Creek (historical), Waddams Grove, West Junction, Winneshiek, Winslow, Woodruff Corners, Yellow Creek\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arphax Publishing Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50090516840688,"sku":"9781420315066","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781420315066","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}