1838 Patent

Bureau of Land Management
Land Patent

207
The United States of America
Certificate
No. 13245

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas William Brown Guthrie of Jefferson County, Indiana

1838 Guthrie Patent

The United States of America
Certificate No 13045
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas William Brown Guthrie of Jefferson County
Indiana
has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a Certificate of the Register of the Land
Office at Jeffersonville whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said
William Brown Guthrie according to the provisions of
the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820, entitled "An Act making further provisions for the sale of the Public Lands," for
the North West quarter of the South East quarter of
Section twenty-six in Township four North of range nine
East in the District of Lands subject to sale at Jeffersonville,
Indiana, containing forty acres

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1825 Guthrie Patent

John Quincy Adams, President of the United States of America
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting
No 843
Know ye, that William Guthrie assignee of
James H Bray of Madison County, Kentucky
having deposited in the General Land Office, a certificate of the Register
of the Land Office at Jeffersonville, Indiana whereby it appears
that full payment has been made for the South East quarter of
Section thirty six, in township five North of Range
ten East, containing one hundred and sixty acres
of the Lands directed to be sold at Jeffersonville, Indiana by

1822 Guthrie Deed

Jefferson County Indiana
Land Records

Deed record Volume C July 1820-Sep 1823
FamilySearch item 2 on Film 1310266 DGS 8059611

Page 341 - Image 641

This Indenture made this twenty first day of June in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
between William B Guthrie & Polly his wife of the coun
ty of Jefferson & State of Indiana of the first part and Jesse
Gray of the same of the second part witnesseth that
the said William B Guthrie & Polly his wife for and in
consideration of the sum of sixteen hundred dollars lawful
money of the United States to them in hand well and truly
paid by the said Jesse Gray the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged have granted bargained sold aliened released
conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do grant
bargain sell alien release convey and confirm unto the
said Jesse Gray his heirs and assigns forever all that certain
tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Jeff
erson & state of Indiana and known by the South west quarter
of section no twenty one in township no four north of range no
ten east in the district of lands offered for sale at Jeffersonville
and all the estate right title interest claim and demand of them
the said William B Guthrie and Polly his wife of in and
to the said premises and every part thereof Together with
all and singular the privileges and appurtenances tot he same
belonging or in any wise appertaining and the rents issues and
profits thereof to have and to hold the premises, hereby barg
gained and sold or ment or intended so to be with the
appurtenances to the only proper use and behoof of the said

William Crawford

1.     William Crawford was born on 28 Apr 1784 in Kentucky, United States.^1–2 He was the child of James and Rebecca (Anderson) Crawford .³

On 14 Oct 1811 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.⁴ William and Isaac Crawford, assignee of James Crawford, made full payment for the North East quarter of section twenty of Township four in Range 10 East as tenants in common on 15 Apr 1815 in Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, United States.⁵ He lived in Jefferson, Indiana, United States in 1820.⁶

In 1843–1850 he was a Justice of the Peace in St. Francois, Missouri, United States.^7–9 William lived at District 80 in St. Francois, Missouri Territory on 7 Oct 1850.¹⁰

He died on 3 Apr 1864 at the age of 79.¹ William was buried in Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia.¹

William Crawford and Elizabeth Davis were married on 28 Apr 1804 in Garrard, Kentucky, United States.^11–13 Elizabeth Davis¹⁴ was born about 1785 in Virginia, United States.¹⁴ She lived in St. Francois, Missouri Territory in 1850.¹⁵ William Crawford and Elizabeth Davis had the following children:

James I. Miller

James Irwin Miller was born October 12, 1935, in Phillips County, Kansas, the youngest child of Guy Benjamin and Olive Sylvia (Wallace) Miller. He passed away at the Phillips County Retirement Center on July 14, 2019, at 83 years old. His father died when James was a year old.

James graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1953. After high school, James went to work with the state of Kansas as an engineering aide for about five years.

In June 1958, James was inducted into the U.S. Army and attended Boot Camp at Ft. Riley. During his active service, he was stationed in Germany. In 1960, Jim was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army and transferred to the US Army Reserves completing his reserve obligation June 1964. During his six years of service, he earned a good conduct medal, carbine sharpshooter badge, rifle M-1 marksman badge, and was awarded as a light machine 1st class gunner.

After his active military service, James worked for the Missouri-Pacific (in Jim’s words “Misery-Pacific”) Railroad as a gandy dancer in Kansas City.

Later, James gained employment as a surveying aid for the United States Bureau of Reclamation in Region 7. He was assigned to the North Platte River projects with home office in Casper, Wyoming. Over the next 28 years during his government career, surveying activities took him to Oregon, Washington, Nevada, California, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and Alaska.

On August 30, 1974, James was married to Mary Jeanne Stafford in Vancouver, Washington. They divorced.

James was a licensed land surveyor in the state of Oregon in 1982.

James returned to Phillips County where he married Joanne Philbrick on November 27, 1992 at the First United Methodist Church in Phillipsburg. Joanne convinced him he was too young to retire so James returned to surveying becoming an independent licensed Kansas land surveyor practicing in Phillips and neighboring counties for over 20 years. At the age of 79 in 2015, he retired with over 60 years of surveying experience.

Until his health started failing, he was an avid sports fan of his local grandsons. He enjoyed a friendly game of cribbage with relatives and spent afternoons doing puzzles and playing cards at the Center. He liked to cook and watched the ‘Donald Trump’ show.  In earlier years, he liked to fish and travel.

While living in Oregon, James was a member of the Elks Lodge. After returning to Kansas, James became a member of the Kansas Society of Land Surveyors.

James was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Guy Benjamin Miller, Jr., and two sisters: Arlene Case Hoover and Sylvia Usrey. He was also preceded in death by a step-father, Don Franklin Harsha, a step-brother, Jack Harsha, and step-sisters, Ruth Harsha Ratashak and May Harsha Lienberger.

He is survived by his wife, Joanne of the home and his brother-in-law, Jim Usrey of Whetstone, AZ. He is also survived by stepchildren Michael (Marcia) Philbrick of Seneca, Eugene (Vickie) Philbrick of Wichita, Gregg (Susan) Philbrick of Sugarland, TX,  Stacey (Darin)Moon of Phillipsburg, and Jeanne Ann Stafford of Tampa, FL. Jim is survived by step-grandchildren Ryan (Lindsey) Philbrick, Wichita, Anne (Eric) Williams, Shawnee, KS, Jason Philbrick, Missouri City TX, Ashley Philbrick, San Antonia, TX, Nathan Moon, Phillipsburg, Eric Moon, Phillipsburg, Tyler Lichter, Tampa, FL, 4 step-great grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and step-nieces and nephews.

James was a loving husband, brother, step-father, and step-grandfather and will be missed by all who knew him.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m.  on July  20, 2019, with Pastor Blake  Stanwood officiating. Burial will be at the Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel in Phillipsburg.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Center of Phillipsburg and Hospice Services, Inc. of Phillipsburg and sent to the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, 1115 2nd Street, P. O. Box 563, Phillipsburg, Kansas 67661

For online condolences go to Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel's website.