Shelby County Indiana History & Genealogy, Courthouse Records

Township 12 North of Range 8 East

Lying in the southeast quadrant of Shelby Co, this Congressional township borders Union Twp on the north, Rush Co and Decatur Co on the east, Noble Twp on the south and more of Liberty Twp on the west. Originally, the entire strip of Township 12 North was called Hendricks Township. Today, these sections are part of Liberty Twp (yellow lines). The uppermost blue line is Range Road; the blue line to the right is 800E/County Line Rd; the blue line on the bottom is 600S; the blue line to the left is 500E.

Original purchases from the United States Government

6 Midkiff Robertson Howell Fisher Vance Crail Edgeman	5 Baker Baker Baker Barnes Scott Vance Baker Forsythe Robertson	4 Baker Ladd Snider Baker Youngman Spurgin Spurgeon	3 Rush County	2	1
7 Robertson Stuck Robertson Wortman McDuffee Wells Stuck Martain	8 Eskew Wendt Seely Burton Gunn Fisher Creed Skinner Springer	9 Trotter Howard Hill Ensminger Hill Rucker Ensminger	10 Rush County	11	12
18 Marshall Martin Garrard Creed Simms Haymond McDuffee Worland	17 Trackwell Hogue Springer McDuffee Pool Powell Robertson Parker Chapman Robinson	16 School Commission Lands	15 Rush County	14	13
19 Bless Vest Ormsbee Jeffery Robertson Tindall Crane	20 Vest Powell Tingle Tindle Crane Haymond	21 Love Dingus French Dingus Haymond McNeely Snider	22 Rush County	23	24
30 Avery Knight Vanpelt Tindall Stansifer Misner Tingle	29 Ormsbee Moore Redman Tingle Punneo	28 Wycoffe Conner Ormsbee Trimble French Haymond Haymond	27 Rush County	26	25
31 Knight Mizner Drew Shank Drew Drew	32 Tingle Vanneman Vanpelt Vanpelt Tingle Tingle	33 Vanpelt Creek Haymond Creek Goble Beedle	34 Decatur County	35	36

The above table is for a general overview of the neighborhood. For an exact description of the location and amount of land owned by each individual, please click on the individual section number (1-36) in the above table.

Adjoining lands:
North, T13N R8E
East, Rush Co, (eastern half of) T13N R8E and the northwestern corner of Decatur Co
South, T11N R8E
West, T12N R7E

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