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Show ANCIENT DEED IS RECORDED Placed on File in County Recorder's Office 100 Years After It Was Drawn. Lawrenceville, Ind. A deed issued to Jesse M. Laird by the United States government in May, 1819, for Co acres of land on Wilson creek. Dearborn county, has been placed on the books of the county recorder's office for the first time. The original tract of land consisted of G40 acres and was bought at Jl.2.3 an acre by Mr. Laird and his wife. The 0."i acres, with the homestead, home-stead, has not left the family and is now owned by Samuel M. Laird, his grandson. Jesse M. Laird and bis wife are said to have been the first white settlers on Wilson creek. |