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Unknown Cemetery, 88-1 Summary Report, page 5

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The original owner of the west half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28 was Joshua McCutchen, who purchased the land from the government in 1834, according to the OLD LAND RECORDS book by Margaret Matthews Cowart. His immediate “neighbor” to the north (in the west half of the NE/4) was Joseph Leeman / Lehman. The INDEX TO LANDS prepared by G. W. Jones & Sons, Inc., shows that McCutchen sold his holdings in the SE/4 to Cortes D. Kavanaugh in 1840. Kavanaugh sold to John Otey in 1842. In 1844 William and Caroline OTEY Robinson sold to Daniel L. Downs, who sold to Ewing B. Bell in 1854. Sarah A. Bell sold to John W. & C. C. Woodward in 1883. Over the next dozen years, ownership of land in the area around the cemetery included the surnames of Sloss, 5 - (2902)    

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