Surveyor's Office surveys, 1861.

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Surveyor's Office surveys, 1861.

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Consists of two surveys by Duncan Beaumont, San Joaquin County Surveyor, of Swamp and Overflow Lands Nos. 743 and 745 (September 19, 1861) south of Disappointment Slough (northwest Rindge Tract).

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University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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Beaumont, Duncan.

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San Joaquin County (Calif.)

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Lands represented by these surveys were true swamp lands in 1861. They were not consistently protected by levees until first decade of 20th century, when they became productive potato lands known as Rindge Tract after millionaire owner, Frederick Rindge (1857-1905), also owner of Rancho Malibu in southern California. Surveys were carried out for W. Harper and P.L. Shoaff, both of whom probably ran cattle on these lands (1861-1865) when they were not under water. P.L. Shoaff was resident in Stock...

Shoaff, P. L.

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Harper, William

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William Harper was born in Indiana around 1834. In 1861, he was living in Nottingham, Wells County, Indiana, when he enlisted in Company A of the 47th Indiana Regiment. Harper was mustered out of the regiment as a sergeant on 23 October 1865. In 1880, he and his wife, Lidia, were living in Indianapolis where he was working as a cooper. From the description of William Harper letter, 16 March 1862. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 192099581 ...