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Land sales from the public domain were recorded by field employees of the U.S. General Land Office, state and local officials, and clerks of the Illinois Central Railroad. These records were transferred to the Illinois State Archives for permanent retention in 1957. Because the records are arranged by legal description, a database was developed to allow the records to be searched by name.
The database contains information about nearly 550,000 land sales from the 54,740 square miles of the public domain sold within Illinois. Each purchase entry includes the purchaser's name, purchase date, number of acres, price per acre, numeric code indicating the county in which the land is located, legal description (township, section, range), volume and page numbers of original entry, and variously, the sale type, and the purchaser's sex and residence.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database

These records can be viewed at http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/landsrch.html
 Name of Purchaser Legal Description Section Township Range Meridian Date
 Purchased County
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1. COMPSTON ISAAC W2NE 21 42N 04E 3 06/11/1841 DEKALB
2. COMPSTON ISAAC NWNE 28 42N 04E 3 11/09/1842 DEKALB
3. COMPSTON ISAAC NWSE 21 42N 04E 3 02/19/1846 DEKALB
4. COMPSTON ISAAC SWSE 21 42N 04E 3 11/09/1842 DEKALB

Detailed Information
 
1, Purchaser: COMPSTON ISAAC Residence of Purchaser: UNKNOWN
Legal Description: Aliquot Parts or Lot: W2NE Section Number: 21 Township: 42N
 Range: 04E Meridan: 3 County of Purchase: DEKALB
  Details of Sale: Acres: 80.00 Price per Acre: 1.25 Total Price 100.00 Type of Sale: FD Date of Purchase: 06/11/1841 Volume: 683 Page: 093

2. Purchaser: COMPSTON ISAAC Residence of Purchaser: UNKNOWN
Legal Description: Aliquot Parts or Lot: NWNE Section Number: 28 Township: 42N
 Range: 04E Meridan: 3 County of Purchase: DEKALB Details of Sale: Acres: 40.00
 Price per Acre: 1.25 Total Price: 50.00 Type of Sale: FD Date of Purchase: 11/09/1842 Volume: 683 Page: 096

3. Purchaser: COMPSTON ISAAC Residence of Purchaser: UNKNOWN
Legal Description: Aliquot Parts or Lot: NWSE Section Number: 21 Township: 42N
 Range: 04E Meridan: 3 County of Purchase: DEKALB Details of Sale: Acres: 40.00
 Price per Acre: 1.25 Total Price: 50.00 Type of Sale: FD Date of Purchase: 02/19/1846 Volume: 683 Page: 093

4. Purchaser: COMPSTON ISAAC Residence of Purchaser: UNKNOWN Legal Description: Aliquot Parts or Lot: SWSE Section Number: 21 Township: 42N Range: 04E Meridan: 3 County of Purchase: DEKALB Details of Sale: Acres: 40.00 Price per Acre: 1.25 Total Price: 50.00 Type of Sale: FD Date of Purchase: 11/09/1842
 Volume: 683 Page: 093