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Entered land 19 April 1830 · Section 11
The tie, exactly: settler, 1830 — one of the two men whose entries of 19 April 1830 are the first in St. Joseph County's land record, and Jacob Harris's son-in-law, who "came with his father-in-law" on Howard's telling. His forty was the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 11, Township 38 North, Range 3 East.
The course: the record gives Bell the entry, the marriage and the arrival, and no more — no sketch in either history, no later office, no death date in the sources read. He stands at documentary strength: the county's land record begins, in part, with his name, and the settler roll confirms he stayed at least long enough to be remembered as Harris's son-in-law and fellow-settler.
Sources:
- Chapman (1880), "First Entries of Land" — the 19 April 1830 entry, Section 11.
- Howard (1907), ch. V, §3 — Bell in the settler roll, as Harris's son-in-law.