My gg grandfather Harvey Anway came to Colorado City (now part of Colorado Springs) in 1865. A few years later he acquired a farm near Florissant, that was the post office for his letters. He lived there until 1880-81, and perhaps later, but he married his third wife in Ohio in 1881. Is there any way to locate his farm? There is a historical marker in Colorado Springs where he lived there, but I would like to locate his land near Florissant, and visit it if possible. I live in Alabama, so visiting the librairies there will only be possible at a later time.

He had a daughter that he gave away in marriage in Feb. 1876. He was also an election judge in precinct #10.
And he settled on NE1/4 NE1/4 SEC 31 N1/2 NW1/2 and SW1/2 NW 1/4 SEC 32 TP 12 SR 71 W.
And his brand was 7P.
Good Hunting,
Frank

Harvey Anway settled on NE1/4 NE1/4 SEC 31 N1/2 NW1/2 and SW1/2 NW 1/4 SEC 32 TP 12 SR 71 W.
And his brand was 7P.

Above is circa 1870-1880

Can anyone tell me where this is relative to landmarks, highways or GPS Latitude Longitude?

I'll be there Wed Jun 3rd, and would like to know the location.

The bride in the previous post is Joanna aka Joan see
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

You should first do a search of the land patent records at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ You will see that there are two listings for Harvey Anway. He owned land in Sections 31, 32 and 33, 320 acres in all. In Block #33 his land was in both Teller and Park County.

Then go to website http://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html

Put in the following information
Drag down menu to show Colorado, Sixth Principal Media
Township 12
Drag Down menu to show South
Range 71
Drag down menu to show West
Section 31
SUBMIT

This will give you information of the area as well as places nearby. The closest nearby place is the Riverside Campground to help you locate Block 31.

In the third paragraph, look for the blue letters that says Switch to Terra Server. Click on those words. Then click on the Topo Map in the upper right hand corner. You will see the block #31 about in the middle. That is Harvey's land section. Blocks 32 and 33 are to the right of this block. A section is 640 acres, he had 160, or 1/4th of the section of block 31 in the Northeast corner. If you click the "in" button to zoom in you will see the names of nearby places. You will see the words Pumping Station in this area of Harvey's land.

Another good site for help in reading a land patent survey is \http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.html

I hope this helps you to locate the area that he ownes.
Eellitta