Excerpt from United States Circuit Court: Northern District of Illinois, in Chancery, October Term, A. D. 1885; Gilbert D. Millspaugh Vs. Thos. C. McEwen, Milton McEwen, and the Trustees of the Pullman Land Association In the war of 1812, Henry Millspaugh was a private in the army of the United States, and under the laws of Congress was entitled to a land warrant, granting to him 160 acres of govern ment land. Henry Millspaugh was never married, nor did he ever apply for or receive his land warrant. But dying prior to 1847, intestate, left as his only heirs David Millspaugh, his brother, and Christina, his sister, who, in 1803, married William Lynn. All of these parties at this time lived in Yates county, New York. On June 17, 1847, a land warrant for 160 acres of the public lands was in due form of law issued from the land office of the United States in the names of David Millspaugh and Christina Lynn, as the only heirs at law of Henry Millspaugh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.