Kate’s Notes: The published notice below is reflected in the General Land Office record for 1883 (see list of Thomas J. Gilliland’s land claims). Thomas made his first land claim in Boone County in 1861, some twenty years prior.
    For more information on Arkansas land claims, please follow these links:
http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/arkland/arkland.pl
and
http://www.land-records.com/land-records/arkansas-land-records.htm

The Times
Harrison, Arkansas
11 November, 1882

Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT HARRISON, ARK.
November 1, 1882.

   Notice is hereby given that the following settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver, at Harrison, Ark., on Dec. 8th, 1882, viz:
    Thos. J. Gilliland, Hd. Entry No. 5729, For the e 1/2 se 27, 19n, 21w. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: W. C. Denning, J. M. Watkins, T. A. Watkins and J. S. Tye, all of Harrison, Arkansas.
    Josiah F. Harris, Hd. Entry, No. 4012, for the nw 1/4 22, 19n, 21w. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: T. J. Gilliland, J. N. Hill, Joel Sanders and W. C. Denning, all of Harrison, Ark.

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Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents from the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Automated Records Project

Last name        First        Init   County     Sec Twp Rng   Acres    ---Date--- 

GILLILAND  THOMAS   J     Boone      27 19N 21W     0         1876/05/15 
GILLILAND  THOMAS   J     Boone      27 19N 21W    80        1861/05/01 
GILLILAND  THOMAS   J     Boone      27 19N 21W    73.19    1883/03/10 
GILLILAND  THOMAS   J     Boone      27 19N 21W    73.72    1876/05/15 
GILLILAND  THOMAS   J     Boone        7 19N 21W    40        1888/02/16

-- transcriptions by Kate Maynard, 2010