Edward Paddock Sherry: Sherry Family Business Papers, 1853-1961

Container Title
Series: Land Records, 1853-1956
Scope and Content Note

The Land Records consist of records of Tax Deeds, Conveyances, Land and Timber, Record Books, and a Land Journal.

The land conveyances are formal documents recording transfers of property and are the most numerous items in the series. They include deeds and titles which are further subdivided by acquisitions (deeds and titles made out to the Sherrys), sales (deeds and titles from the Sherrys), and miscellaneous (deeds and titles neither to nor from the Sherrys). Acquisitions and miscellaneous are arranged by county, while sales are in chronological order. The conveyances also include satisfactions of mortgages, U. S. Land Office Grants, State of Wisconsin Land Patents (recording sales of land to the Sherrys by the state), and articles of agreement. The grants and patents are organized by range number. Almost all of them cover lands in Towns 38 through 45 North. The articles of agreement, which are a form of contract concerning the transfer of land, water, and mineral rights, the satisfactions of mortgages and the timber contracts are each in chronological order. The land record books note the size and location of lands held by various companies. The land and timber record books and the examiner's reports describe in detail the types and quantity of timber on Sherry lands. The land journal records sales, purchases, and a brief description of the lands involved.

Tax Deed Records
Box   153
Folder   1
1857-1867
Box   153
Folder   2
1899
Land Conveyances
Deeds and Titles
Acquisitions
Box   153
Folder   3-4
E. P. Sherry, 1881-1911
Henry Sherry
Box   153
Folder   5
Ashland County, 1885-1890
Box   153
Folder   6
Iron County, 1890-1905
Box   153
Folder   7
Langlade County, 1882-1896
Box   153
Folder   8
Oneida County, 1888-1903
Box   153
Folder   9
Price County, 1888-1902
Winnebago County
Box   154
Folder   1
1858-1869
Box   154
Folder   2
1870-1874
Box   154
Folder   3
1875-1879
Box   154
Folder   4
1880-1889
Box   154
Folder   5
1890-1897
Box   154
Folder   6
Miscellaneous Counties, 1883-1903
Sales
Box   154
Folder   7
1861-1890
Box   154
Folder   8
, 1874-1890 (unrecorded)
Box   155
Folder   1
1889-1895
Box   155
Folder   2
1895-1898
Box   155
Folder   3
1898-1901
Box   155
Folder   4
1901-1904
Box   156
Folder   1
1904-1909
Box   156
Folder   2
1909-1917
Box   157
Folder   1
1917-1932
Box   157
Folder   2
1933-1943
Box   158
Folder   1
1943-1956
Miscellaneous (primarily non-Sherry family), 1853-1900
Box   158
Folder   2
Ashland-Marathon Counties
Box   158
Folder   3
Oconto-Waupaca Counties
Box   158
Folder   4
Winnebago-Wood Counties
Box   158
Folder   5
Out of State
Box   159
Folder   1
Unrecorded
Box   159
Folder   2
Satisfaction of Mortgages, 1860-1904
U.S. Land Office Grants, 1865-1921
Box   181
Folder   1
Range 1, 2, 3W, 1868-1926
Box   181
Folder   2
Range 1E, 1903-1926
Box   181
Folder   3
Range 2E, 1875-1921
Box   181
Folder   4
Range 3E, 1885-1921
Box   181
Folder   5
Range 4E, 1875-1888
Box   181
Folder   6
Range 4W, 1874-1925
Box   181
Folder   7
Range 5, 6E, 1885-1906
Box   181
Folder   8
Range 7, 1883-1886
Box   181
Folder   9
Range 8, 1885-1905
Box   181
Folder   10
Range 9, 1882-1902
Box   181
Folder   11
Range 10, 1873-1916
Box   182
Folder   1
Range 11, 1870-1915
Box   182
Folder   2
Range 12, 1871-1914
Box   182
Folder   3
Range 13, 1906-1913
Box   182
Folder   4
Range 14, 15, 1856-1907
Box   182
Folder   5
Range 15-18W, 1875-1905
Box   182
Folder   6
Range 16-19E, 1865-1902
State of Wisconsin Land Patents, 1864-1934
Box   183
Folder   1
Range 1, 2E, 1869-1928
Box   183
Folder   2
Range 3E, 1884-1923
Box   183
Folder   3
Range 4-7E, 1882-1910
Box   183
Folder   4
Range 8E, 1882-1903
Box   183
Folder   5
Range 9E, 1880-1897
Box   184
Folder   1
Range 10E, 1871-1906
Box   184
Folder   2
Range 11E, 1870-1915
Box   184
Folder   3
Range 12E, 1870-1929
Box   184
Folder   4
Range 13E, 1871-1903
Box   184
Folder   5
Range 14E, 1870-1905
Box   184
Folder   6
Range 15E, 1863-1888
Box   184
Folder   7
Range 16-18, 20E, 1868-1934
Box   184
Folder   8
Range 1-5, 10, 18-20, 1860-1934
Articles of Agreement
Box   159
Folder   3
1894-1900
Box   159
Folder   4
1901-1903
Box   159
Folder   5
1904-1908
Box   159
Folder   6
1909-1916
Box   160
Folder   1
Timber Contracts and Deeds, 1890-1899
Land Record Books
Box   185
Folder   1
Gerry Lumber Real Estate, 1892-1908
Box   186
Folder   1
Henry Sherry, 1888-1898
Box   186
Folder   2
Ingersoll Land and Lumber Company, 1892-1908
Unidentified
Box   160
Folder   2-3
circa 1870-1880
Box   160
Folder   4
1882-1900
Box   161
Folder   1
1901-1913
Box   161
Folder   2
1901
Box   161
Folder   3
1902-1905
Land and Timber Records
Box   187
Folder   1
Several Companies, undated
Unidentified
Box   161
Folder   4
1900-1913
Box   187
Folder   2
undated
Examiner's Reports
Box   162
Folder   1
1902-1904
Box   162
Folder   2
1906-1908, 1916
Box   162
Folder   3
Journal, Unidentified, 1902-1918