The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-05-06


that more than ohc>eighth1of The persons
who were present, apparently TO buy.
land, had any chance to bid Tor il under
the rules, did not hear Of the rules Of
the sale until The sale was opened, and !
do not think they were generaIlV known
until after. mao w. j. CROZiER.
MAuLoN B. GRIFFIN being by me irsl
duly sworn, deposes and says: si.mga (.
reside in Clinton county, Ohio. |
was present a, The land sale in Defiance,
Ohio, at the sale Of State lands on the
Sd of January, A. D, 1853. came 10
Defiance on Sunday. made written
application for land at that sale. put
it into the office about daylight Monday
morning. applied for s. L. 4 Of section
4, town 2 N. r. 3 East. There were
soma six or eight applications for the
same tract put in The same morning.
The land was put up at auction, and was
finally bid off by Ames at about one
dollar per acre. 1t was my bona fide
intention TO purchase said tract for actual
settlement bv myself and family. III
had been able to buy il intended to
move on to il either next fall or the next
spring after, and improve it for perma-
nent home for myself and family. | am
a married man with wife and three
|cbidren, and had the money with me
ready TO pay Cor the land. When |
handed in the application to the Office |
gave it to Mr.. Ingram, who informed me
that lie would not receive il as agent or
clerk for Mr.. Gison, aud that the office
would not be open for official business
until half.pis, eight; that he would
receive it as a private person, and hand
| ITO Mr.. ellison as soon as the Office was
open for business. When this tract was
offered for sale claimed that 1 had an
application in for the land, which was
admitted, but ! was not able to run up
the land at high price. From what |
have seen in the papers since that time,
| learned that large quantity had
reverted to the State of the purchases
made that day, and from what had seen
OF the proceedings Of the Legislature ]
came here to-day to buy the land, but |
am now informed that it has since been
sold again.
There was another man similarly
situated, and who Jared about in The
same way, but cannot state the partic.
ulars. 1t was either John or George
Chinworh. They applied at The same
time did and one Of them told me he
did not get any land, and The other that
he did, hut do not know which. |
never saw them before or since. They
informed me- that they lived in Benton
township, Paulding county.
heard some dissatisfaction by those
who did not get the lands they wanted,
and good many said the sale was con-
Quoted different from what,hey supposed
il would be; that they did not expect
one man was TO be allowed TO buy more
than 100 acres.
MAHLON B. GRIFFIN.
WILLIAM A. BRowN, Of lawful age,
being by me first duly sworn, as herein
after certified, deposes as folows'
Question. Please state conversation
between you and Thomas II. BIaker
relative to the purchase mnde by him al
The land sale at the land office Of the
State Of Ohio on the Sd of January, and
also in relation to the sale which he had
made of that land, or pari oi ii'?
Answer. On the 10Th of February
instant Mr. Blaker stated 10 me that he
had sold part of the lands purchased al
said sale, think eighty acres, for horse,
and since sold the horse for money sufii-
cient TO pay for the entire purchase.
.-- w. A. BROWN.
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