Land Transactions
The following is a partial list of land and other property transactions in which Richard Beall was involved. Not all transactions in which Richard was involved have been found. In some cases there appear to be records of land sold without a corresponding document showing when it was purchased. Also, some land/other property that was purchased seems not to have ever been sold. Also, not all information found in some records was copied. Nevertheless, it is believed the following is a fairly complete list of property transactions involving Richard Beall between 1829 and 1876.
Land dealings in Morgan County, Illinois
Following records are found in Court Clerk�s office as noted:
Book C Page 311
Bought January 2, 1829, Deed, Benjamin Drummond to Richard Beall for $200.00
W � of NE � of Section 28 in Township 28, Range 12
Book C Page 446
Bought March 4, 1830, Deed, Thomas Beall to Richard Beall for $450.00
Land in Section 11 in Township 14, Range 12
Book C Page 65
Sold June 18, 1830, Deed, Richard Beall to Administrator of Ed Elledge Estate
W � of NE � of Section 28 in Township 28, Range 12
(Note: Property was sold to Ed Elledge while Elledge was alive, but the deed
was not transferred until after the death of Ed Elledge.)
Book C Page 102
Sold September 18, 1830, Deed Richard Beall to John Nanby
Land in Section 11 in Township 14, Range 12
Land dealings in Pike County, Illinois
Following records are found in the Court Recorder�s office as noted:
(Note: The Pike County courthouse does not contain general Grantor and Grantee indexes for property records. Instead they have plat indexes. A plat index is useful for determining all the owners of a particular property, but is not so useful for finding all the properties of a particular individual. However, each book has a grantor index, so that by searching the grantor index in all the books for a particular time period, it is possible to find the properties sold by a particular individual during that time period. Then after finding the properties sold, it is usually possible to find when and from whom the property was bought by a subsequent search of the plat index.)
Recorded in Plat Index only
Bought October 7, 1830, Deed, USA to Richard Beall (see patent)
W � of NE � of Section 26 in Township 4, Range 3
Recorded in Plat Index only
Bought October 7, 1830, Deed, USA to Richard Beall (see patent)
W � of SE � of Section 26 in Township 4, Range 3
Book 5, Page 515
Bought March 16, 1833, Deed, Nathan Phillips to Richard Beall
Land in NW � of Section 26 in Township 4, Range 3
Book 16 Page 357
Sold, January 18, 1839, Richard Beall to School Trustees, $1.00
NE � of SE � of Section 26, Township 4, Range 3
(land deeded to School Trustees for School)
Book 16, Page 252
Bought January 21, 1840 Charles Gibbs to Richard Beall, $500.00
E Half of Lot 6 in Block 7, Town of Griggsville
(Note: made three payments, note was satisfied on November 4, 1844, ref Book 17, Page 216)
Book 17, Page 383
Sold January 1, 1840, Deed, Richard Beall to John Hair, $2,500.00
W � of NE � of Section 26 in Township 4, Range 3 and
W � of SE � of Section 26 in Township 4, Range 3 and
Land in NW � of Section 26 in Township 4, Range 3
Book 19, Page 174
Sold, September 7, 1841, Deed, Richard Beall & wife to George W. Johnson, $500.00
E Half of Lot 6 in Block 7, Town of Griggsville
(Note: This is rather puzzling since the note for which he made three payments when buying
the property was not satisfied until 1844--see note above, ref Book 16, Page 252.)
Book 18, Page 344
Bought September 7, 1841, Aaron Tyler to Richard Beall, $200.00
N � of the NW � of the NE � of Section 15 in Township 4, Range 3
Book 21 Page 464
Sold November 19, 1844 Richard Beall & Wife to William Elledge, $150.00
Beginning SW corner of SW � of SE � of Section 26 in Township 4, Range 3
Then west of the etc., total 7 acres
Book 24 Page 136
Bought March 13, 1846, Deed, Banner Elledge to Richard Beall, $700.00
W � of NE � of Section 10 in Township 4, Range 3 (80 acres)
Book 29 Page 366 (same transaction seems to have been recorded twice)
Bought May 12, 1848, Deed, B. B. Elledge to Richard Beall, $700.00
W � of NE � of Section 10 in Township 4, Range 3 (80 acres)
Book 29 Page 443
Sold August 9, 1849 Richard Beall & wife to Heirs of Ferres, $630.00
42 acres N side of W � of SE � of Section 10 in Township 4, Range 3
Book 30 Page 479
Sold May 5, 1850, Deed, Richard Beall to Edward Scholl, $850.00
W � of NE � of Section 10 in Township 4, Range 3 (80 acres)
Book 38, Page 138
Bought, January 1, 1850, Deed, Ephraim Howe to Richard Beall, $1650.00
Lot 1 of Block 12, Town of Griggsville on Quincy Ave on which Village Hotel
(later renamed Weagley House) was located.
Book 38, Page 140
Bought, August 21, 1852, T. Gragg to Richard Beall, $150
14 acres off the W side of SW � of SE 1/4 of Section 3, Township 4, Range 3
Book 38, Page 436
Sold August 30, 1852 Richard Beall & wife to Abel D. Hills, $1,100.00
Undivided half lot of Lot 1 in Block 12, Town of Griggsville
Book 39 Page 14
Sold October 13, 1852 Richard Beall & wife to N.S. Woolley, $800.00
20 acres off the S side of N � NW � of the NE � of Section 15 in Township 4, Range 3
(20 acres off the S side of farm then currently occupied by Abel D. Hills)
Book 40 Page 491
Bought June 2, 1853, Robert Anderson to Richard Beall, $750.00
Town Lots 5 and 6 in Block 39 in Johnson�s addition to the town of Griggsville
Book 43 Page 269
Sold July 1, 1854, Richard Beall & wife to Nathiel S Woolley, $1400.00
SW � of SE � of Section 10 containing 40 acres and also so much of the
N � of the NW � of Section 15 as may not have been previously conveyed
All in Township 4, Range 3
Book 44 Page 590
Sold February 10, 1855 Richard Beall & wife to Nathan Bradburry, $1050.00
Town Lots 5 and 6 in Block 39 in Johnson addition to the town of Griggsville
Book 47 Page 636
Sold March 28, 1855, Richard Beall & wife to Phillip greene, $500.00
Town Lot 1 in the resurvey of that portion of Johnsons addition to the town of
Griggsville, and other parcels of land conveyed to Richard Beall by Phillip Green
on August 30, 1853.
Land dealings in Madison County, Iowa
Following records are found in the Court Recorder�s office as noted:
Book A, Page 637 (probably first purchase of land by Richard Beall in Madison County)
Bought May 3, 1855, Deed, Albert Matthews to Richard Beall, for $550
SE � of NW � of Section 9 (40 acres) and
The SE � of the NE � (40 acres) and
The NE � of the SE � of Section 19 in Township 75, Range27 (total 120 acres)
Book D, Page 343
Bought February 5, 1856, Deed, E. W. Eastman to Richard Beall, for $1000
E � of the SE � of Section 8 (80 acres) and
W � of the SW � of Section 9 (80 acres) in Township 75, Range27 (total 160 acres)
Book D, pages 459
Sold April 17, 1856, Richard Beall to (not legible), for $300
N side of E � of SE � of Section 8 and (?)Section 1--probably all in Township 75, Range 27)
Book D, Page 637
Sold April 17, 1856, Richard Beall to John Leves for $200
20 acres off S side of (?) (appears to be at least part in section 9), Township 75, Range 27
Book H, Page 388
Sold August 17, 1856, Deed, Richard Beall to Jesse Elledge for $150.00}
NE � of NE � of Section 36(?) and SE � of SW � of Section 9, Township 75, Range 27
Book F, Page 632 and 633
Sold April 24, 1857, Richard Beall to John Elliott for $300
Not legible, from Index, 40 acres, Section 25, Township 75, Range 28 (Lincoln Township)
Book F, Page 511
Bought May 7, 1857, Deed, James Ross to Richard Beall, for $70
Apparently small tract of land (description not clear), in section 1, in Lincoln township.
Book H, Page 537
Sold October 19, 1858, Deed, Richard Beall to Francis Peabody for $400.
SE � of NW � of Section 9, Township 75, Range 27
Book M, Page 701
Sold January 19, 1862, Deed, Richard Beall to M. W. Peach for $500.
20 acres in Section 8, odd size commencing etc. Township 75, Range 27 (Scott Township)
Book K, Page 552
Sold July 17, 1862, Deed, Richard Beall to Martin Houston for $500
Book O, pages 33 and 34
Bought June 18, 1864, George Jane to Richard Beall
S � of the NW � of Section 20, Township 75, Range 27 and
8 acres Commencing at SE corner of SW � of SW � of Section 12..., Township 75, Range 28
Book Q, page 82
Bought July 2, 1864, James Harris to Richard Beall, for $1200
SW � of Section 20 and the SW � of the SE � of Section 4, Township 75, Range 27
Book 1, page 292
Bought January 23, 1864, Samuel Welch to Richard Beall, for $2900
SE � of NW � of Section 24 and
The S � of the NE � of the NW � of (except for a strip one rod wide on the west line in Section 24, Township 75, Range 27 and
the N 5/8 part of the SE � of the NE � of Section 14 (25 acres)
Book Q, Page 549
Sold June 29, 1866, Mortgage, William Hircock to Richard Beall, for $300
(see below)
Book 32, Page 612
Sold June 29, 1866, but recorded Nov 16, 1893, Deed, Richard Beall to William Hircock for $300
SW � of SW � of Section 20, Township 75, Range 27 (40 acres)
Book W, Page 427
Sold January 23, 1869, Deed, Richard Beall to Leonard Beall
14, 76, 28, 50
Book 1, Page 292
January 23, 1869 Mortgage; Samuel Welch to Richard Beall (Mortgage: for $1024)
S � of the NW � and the E � of the NE � of the SW � of Section 20 and
the E � of the SW � of the SE � of Section 4, all in Township 75, Range 27
Book W, Page 414
Sold January 30, 1869, Deed, Richard Beall to Samuel Welch, for $4000
S � of the NW � and
the E � of the NE � of the SW � of Section 20 and
the E � of SW � of SE � of Section 4 all in Township 75, Range 27
Book 1, Page 314
Sold Feb 10, 1869, Deed, Richard Beall to Richard Duff
14, 76, 28, 50
Book 1, Page 388
Sold March 17, 1869 Deed, Richard Beall to Edward Beall, for $1000
60 acres off the W end of the N � of the SW � of Section 20 and
the W � of the SW � of the SE � of Section 4 all in Township 75, Range 27, total 80 acres
Book 4, page 33
Sold April 17, 1867, Deed, Richard Beall to Mastoro Peach,
20 acres Commencing 20 rods sough of the NE corner of SE � Section 8, running thence west eighty rods thence south 40 rods thence East 80 rods thence north 40 rods to place of beginning.
Book 4, page 37
Bought August 23, 1870, John Young to Richard Beall, for $350
W � of the S � of the NE � of the SW � of Section 20, Township 76, Range 27
Book 4, page 499
Sold April 26, 1870, Deed, Richard Beall to Samuel Duff, for $1350
15 acres on S side of N 5/8 of SE � of the NE � of Section 14
and S � of SE � of NE � of Section 24, Township 76, Range 28, total 35 acres
Book 5, Page 119
Sold April 23, 1871, Deed, Richard Beall to John Thinnes (amount not stated)
60 acres Section 9 in Township 75, Range 27, copy not clear for location in Section 9.
Book 11, Page 322
Sold December 20, 1872, Deed, Richard Beall to L. C. Clearwater
SW � of NE � of SW � of Section 20 in Township 76, Range 27 (10 acres)
Book 1, Page 445
Sold January 28, 1876, Deed Richard Beall to Mary Marey & Flora Bell Dixon
Town Lot 4 in Block 16 etc.