And, if any of you have plat maps, prior to 1944, and would like to share them, let me know! These maps can be a GREAT resource for land deeds when doing research & trying to locate those elusive relatives. The "key" at the bottom lists landowner & acreage if known. ENJOY!
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The following are the names (and acreage, if known) of the farms/homes from the above map. Belle Plaine Township is divided into 36 sections and these are grouped together, just like they are on the map.
| SECTION 1
N. HAZELTINE (100) A. GOREE (10) Louis KOELLER (10) John BERGLIN (100+/-) Wolf River W. DALLMAN (80) H. GREEN (60) Frank GREEN (60) H. ECKE (40) C. FINK (40) H. C. RADDANT (69) H. LAETHWAY |
SECTION 2
Upham & Russell (80) Chas. BROOKMAN (40) W. J. SCHUMACHER (40) N. HAZELTINE (80) B. W. SMITH (98) Mary ANDRUS (40) Mrs. J. A. FAUST (40) F. C. KNAACK (40) D. G. PERRY (80) August KREGER (80) J. A. FAUST (40) |
SECTION 3
B. MUSKAVITCH (80) A. C. BEVERSDORF (80) A. F. BEIER (40) J. A. FAUST (40) George KLEBESADEL (160+20) Mrs. BOWMAN (20) C. PAHL (40) C. MUSKAVITCH (40) B. BARTZ (40) C. PRAHL (80) |
| SECTION 4
Chas. G. MELHORN (80) C. G. MELHORN (80) F. C. SCHOENICK (40) C. MELHORN (10) Gust WERBELOW (10) August PATCH (20) F. C. SCHULTZ (80) Ferd KRUSE (80) Fred DUMKE (40) Fred SCHULTZ (40) Fred DUMKE (40) A. F. BEIER (40) Albert BEVERSDORF (80) |
SECTION 5
Chas. BEVERSDORF (80) Aug. OLDENBURG (20) Carl HAUT (20) Chas. KILIAN (40) Carl HAUT (140) C. G. MELHORN (20) Gus SHEIL (80) F. W. KRUMBACH (80+40) J. KRUMBACH (40) H. WOLF (40) B. B. PORTER (40) |
SECTION 6
H. PREY (70) J. DOLLENBURG (50) Elmer KOELLER (120) F. TESKE (80) H. ZARLING (80) Paul ROSENOW (80) Anton DILLENBURG (80) August BEVERSDORF (80) Cheese Factory H. WOLF (80) Henry ZARLING (80)  School |
| SECTION 7
F. FREDERICK (120) Herman SCHULTZ (160) S. G. YEAGER (80) F. TUMA (40) R. TEWS (40) J. MEINHARDT (40) R. HABECK (120) Aug. OLDENBURG (80) R. MEINHARDT (80) A. K. PORTER (40) |
SECTION 8
Jess PORTER (40) Aug. GROSSKOPF (40) C, G. BALKE (40) Paul ECKERT (40) Gust ZINGLER (20) F. BARTZ (20) H. M. GROSS (80) H. F. SCHULTZ (110) A. EHMKE (10) Mrs. F. PETERS (40) Mrs. Fred PETERS (120) F. LANGE (40) R. MEINHARDT (40) |
SECTION 9
Ferd KRUSE (80) E. WERBELOW (80) A. REDMAN (80) Chas. REDMAN (40) W. H. EVANS (40) Arthur EVANS (80) F. HOLTZ (80) Fred DUMKE (40) H. A. KRUMBACH (80) |
| SECTION 10
F. HOLTZ (80) H. CORNELIUS (80) School
Aug. MEISNER (40) Chas. PIEHL (80) C. MEHL (40) R. BARTZ (80) Mary ANDRUS (40) W. DARLING (120) Julius PIEHL (80) |
SECTION 11
F. C. KNAACH (40+/-) Aug. LASCH (40) Oscar SURBER (80+/-) Milton MORGAN (30) O. E. MORGAN (50) J. EBERLE (80+/-) Julius HAHN (80+) Gustav KUEHN (80) School
Upham & Russell Co (147) |
SECTION 12
A. KLEEMAN (80) C. FINK (120) H. C. RADDANT (40) M. THIMKE (40) August THIMKE (40) August HOEFFS (80) August PREUSS (80) J. BLACK (120) A. EVANS (40) |
| SECTION 13
F. KUPSKY (200) W. PAHLOW (80) E. VORPAHL (40) Walt VORPAHL (40) H. BEYER (40) Alb. SCHOENROCK (40) Alb. BLUMK (40) Wm. THIMKE (20) August THIMKE (20) August HOEFFS (40) H. & F. GREEN (40) D. GEORGE (40) |
SECTION 14
Milton MORGAN (30) O. E. MORGAN (50) Jul. HAHN (40) Jos. BLACK (40) August WINKLER (80) Chas. RAASCH (80) E. VORPAHL (80) August WINKLER (40) F. W. RETZLAFF (40) F. EBERLEIN (160) |
SECTION 15
Wm. H. SANDERS (80) A. W. PARKER (40+80) Mrs. A. BLUMKE (40) Fred WURL (160) Emil WOLF (80) A. MEISNER (40) August MEISNER (80) Jul. PIEHL (40) |
| SECTION 16
Emil REETZ (40) H. M. GROSS (40) Emil REETZ (40) H. AHSMANN (120) Ed. GREEN (120) H. G. DREIER (40) H. C. LASCH (53.33) A. EVANS (53.33) W. H. EVANS (53.33) Cheese Factory  Church
August LASCH (80) |
SECTION 17
E. HOFFMAN (80) F. LANGE (160)  Friendship/Lange
Cemetery
Fred LANGE (110) W. R. PARKER (100) F. BARTZ (80) Gust. ZINGLER (80) |
SECTION 18
Chas. KILIAN (40) Mark JESSE (40) Mrs. McCARTHY (80+) C. PERRY (40) John C. THEDE (40) Chas. YAEGER (40) Ward PETERSON (80) Aug. GROSSKOPF (65+120) E. E. MURDOCK (55) Fred PORTER (40) L. MEINHARDT (40) J. A. HOWARD (40) Myron JONES (80) |
| SECTION 19
Embarrass River C. PERRY (80) H. J. ROUSE (50) E. KRIEWALDT (10+) L. S. ROUSE (80) H. J. ROUSE E. EHMKE (80) F. STEINKE (40+100) Paul ECKERT (40) F. BALKE (60) W. PETERSON (40) A. PORTER (40) F. STEINKE (40) John C. THEDE (40) E. HOEHN (40+) |
SECTION 20
W. PETERSON (40) Paul ECKERT (40) Alexander PETERSON (240) School
John B. ZINGLER (80) E. HOEHN (80) H. LANGE (120) Wm. WISSMAN (40) |
SECTION 21
F. W. UMLAND [Wm. YANKEE] (120) A. S. HILDEMAN (120) Chas. HESS (40) A. MERRIAM (40) A. BRAATZ (120) Fred STEINBERG (40) Belle
Plaine Cemetery
H. G. DREIER (40) Andrew MERRIAM (40) August NINMAN (80) |
| SECTION 22
BELLE PLAINE P.O. and Station Mrs. A. BOMKE (40) School
C. F. RETZLAFF (80+80) H. G. DREIER (40) Andrew MERRIAM (40) W. BARTZ (40) St.
Martin's Cemetery
St.
Martin's Church
Fred TREICHEL (120) W. PAHLOW (80) Emil WOLF (40) E. PANKOW (40) E. S. HILDEMAN (40) |
SECTION 23
F. W. RETZLAFF (10+40) A. RETZLAFF (30) Cheese Factory F. H. DEGENER (120) A. STIBBS (40) H. STIBBS (120) August WINKLER (40) F. KOEHLER (140) August KUHN (20) H. STIBBS (10) F. W. STIBBS (10) Gust JESKE (20) W. ELERT (20) August KUHN (20) |
SECTION 24
Chas. SEIDLITZ (80) E. VERPAHL (40) Wm. ZABEL (20) J. ZINGLER (20) F. A. BARTZ (20) C. SEIDLITZ (20) F. A. BARTZ (40) J. UTKE (120) School
W. PREY (40) St.
John's Cemetery
August KUHN (80) A. F. BARTZ (140) H. HALING (20) |
| SECTION 25
Chas. NICOLAUS (80) J. UTKE (40) F. A. BARTZ (80) H. H. HALING (80) Charles WISSMAN (200) Albert SCHOENROCK (80) F. SCHOENECK (80) Schoenrock Lake |
SECTION 26
Gust JESKE (40+40) A. S. JOHNSON (40+) Long Lake T. CURTIS (80+) F. STIBBS (40) H. GROSSKREUTZ (80+) Chas. NICOLAUS (140+) S. CAUGHELL (20) School
Aug. SCHOENECK (20) Fred SCHOENECK (20) Chas. SCHOENROCK (40) Schoenrock Lake |
SECTION 27
H. ROSENOW (60) H. KRAUSE (100) Hayton Lumber Co (120) A. S. JOHNSON (40) W. BARTZ (80) W. E. DENEGER (80+40) J. WEBER (40) Asa F. JOHNSON (40) Long Lake J. WEBER (40) |
| SECTION 28
Chas. HESS (40) W. SCHROEDER (40) F. W. KRUSE (80) Frank SELLER (160) H. ROSENOW (120) August NINMAN (40) F. UMLAND (60) Lake View Farm (100) Dr. A. ROYER & JF BALLIET |
SECTION 29
Chas. BALKE (120) T. J. KYLE (40) W. KRIEWALDT (40) Otto KLITZ 940) C. W. BROWN (120) J. T. SCHEMICK (40) H. W. PLUM (40) W. SCHROEDER (40+40) W. WISSMAN (40) J. ZOELLNER (80) |
SECTION 30
W. KRUEGER (320) Albert KELLER (80) Embarrass River W. WETZEL (80) E. HOEHN (38.50) J. KELLER (40) Albert KELLER (80) Emil EHMKE (40) H. SCHULTZ (40) W. KRIEWALDT (40) Otto KLITZ (40) |
| SECTION 31
Her. SCHACHTSCHNEIDER (80) Carl KELLER (80) Edw. KRIEWALDT (80) M. BREUTZMAN (80) F. STEGE (80) O. BUTH (100) Wm. ANTON (20) Wm. KRIEWALDT (40+80) F. STEGE (80) Edw. BUETTNER (80) O. M. WAGNER (80) |
SECTION 32
W. MERVYN (160+/-) W. MEISNER (80+/-) H. O. BUTH (40+40) Embarass River N. FISCHER (40) J. A. WAIT (40) Wm. SCHROEDER (40) E. J. JESKEY (160) F. A. ALLEN (40) School |
SECTION 33
H. N. PLUM (40) Manston Bros. Co. (40) C & NW Ry Co. (40) ADAMS BEACH J. A. ADAMS (120+) L. TORREY (40) M. OLSON (40) Round Lake J. MEISNER Grass Lake |
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R. GIBSON ADAMS BEACH Beedle & Coughell (1200+) Pine Lake Decker Bossart's Plat R. W. ROBERTS (40+20) August BARTZ (22) J. A. BARTZ (20+) J. QUINN (60) |
SECTION 35
C. J. KOSTLAM (80) E. W. JOHNSTON (80) George BEEDLE (80) D. H. OAKLEY (80) Wm. CANSON (40) August SCHOENECK (80) Hewitt Mining Co (160) Chas. BUCHOLTZ (40) Schoenrock Lake |
SECTION 36
J. A. BARTZ (160) H. ZARLING (40) F. ZIMMERMAN (40) Fred ZIMMERMAN (160) H. BARTZ (40) J. A. BARTZ (40) Herman ZARLING (120) Alb. SCHOENROCK (40) Schoenrock Lake |
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