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Analysis of the Indiana Deeds of Coonrod S. and Barbara (Radabaugh) CoonSeveral land transfers of Coonrod S. and/or Barbara (Radabaugh) Coon are record in Hancock and Henry counties, Indiana. Coonrod obtained land from the State of Indiana through two initial land grants as follows: 1) 40 acres on 13 Nov 1833 located in SE 1/4 of SE Qtr, Sct 23, Twp 17N, Rng 8E, Brown township, Hancock county, Indiana1 2) 40 acres of land on 11 May 1835 located in NW 1/4 of SW Qtr, Sct 24, Twp 17N, Rng 8E, Greensboro township, Henry county, Indiana2 
These parcels of land were diagonally across the road from each other. They are located north of Shirley, Indiana, at the intersection of the present-day Highway 234 and Shirley Road, and are illustrated in Figure 1. On 11 August 1845, Coonrod and Barbara Coon mortgaged the 40 acres in Hancock county for $38 at seven percent interest, due 12 August 1850. 3 
Then, on 4 September 1845, Coonrod purchased from Lemuel Wilkinson the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 24 for $200,
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which was the forty acres directly below the land he already owned in Henry county, and directly across the road from the land he had just mortgaged in Hancock county.
He now owned 120 acres of land on what is now Shirley Road (see Figure 2).
On 25 December 1851, Coonrod purchased from Harvey Dillee for $175 the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 24,
5 making his total known land ownership 160
acres (see Figure 3). On 15 October 1860, Coonrod Coon and Cicero Wilkinson exchanged parcels of land in Section 23 of Hancock county. Coonrod and Barbara granted Cicero Wilkinson 20 acres of land described as the west half of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, 6 
and Cicero and Jane Wilkinson
granted Coonrod Coon 20 acres of land described as the east half of the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter.
7 Coonrod now owned the 40 acres on the
east boundary of Section 23, which was directly across the road from his land in
Henry county. See Figure 4 which shows this land, and
which is the land owned by Coonrod S. Coon at his death.
Coonrod S. Coon made his will on 6 February 1861 (see Figure 5).
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He died eight and a half months later, on 31 October 1861, at the age of 58.
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He directed that after the death or remarriage of his wife, his property that remained after all other distributions was to be equally
divided among all of his heirs. The distribution of his property was handled through quit claim deeds that were filed
by his heirs in both Hancock and Henry counties, Indiana, between 1862 and 1876. It is by tracing these land transfers that we learn
who the children of Coonrod S. and Barbara (Radabaugh) Coon were.
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1. Hancock County Tracts, page 64, Hancock County Recorder, Greenfield, Indiana. This is an entry in the tract book located behind the desk in the Hancock County Recorder's office. The original tract record needs to be viewed at the Indiana State Archives in Indianapolis. 2. R. Thomas Mayhill, Land Entry Atlas of Henry County Indiana 1821-1849 (Knightstown, Indiana: The Bookmark, 1973). 3. Hancock County Deeds, Book I: 209, Hancock County Recorder, Greenfield, Indiana. Mortgagor: Coonrod S. and Barbary Coon, his wife. Mortgagee: State of Indiana. 4. Henry County Deeds, Book N: 191, New Castle, Indiana. Grantor: Lemuel Wilkinson and Hannah Wilkinson, his wife. Grantee: Coonrod Coon. Type: Warranty. 5. Henry County Deeds, Book R: 482, New Castle, Indiana. Grantor: Harvey Dille and Feriaba Ann Dille, his wife. Grantee: Coonrod Coon. Type: Warranty. 6. Hancock County Deeds, Book T: 367, Hancock County Recorder, Greenfield, Indiana. Type: Warranty. 7. Hancock County Deeds, Book U: 314, Hancock County Recorder, Greenfield, Indiana. Type: Warranty. 8. Coonrod S. Coon will (1861), Hancock County Will Book 1: 183-184, Hancock County Clerk, Greenfield, Indiana. 9. Conrad S. Coon tombstone, Harlan Cemetery, Brown township, Hancock county, Indiana; transcribed by the author and photographed by James William Wilson, 3 July 1986. |
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