Silverhill

Saint Stephens Meridian Township 6 South Range 3 East Section 2

The land in Section 2 remained in the possession of the United States government until 1857 when the United States government sold 320 acres to Jane Kennon on June 10, 1857.

Jane Kennon 320 acres in Township 6 South Range 3 East Section 2

Patent Land of 320 acres to Jane Kennon, paid $160.86 on June 10, 1857, filed December 15, 1893. View PDF File of the Document

Mrs. Jane Kennon sold 320 acres to James C. Rupert and John G. Williams for $804.30 on November 1, 1858, filed December 14, 1893. View PDF File of the Document This is the same area of land as above.

Patent Land of 320 acres to Jane Kennon, patentee on October 4, 1898. View PDF File of the Document This is the same area of land as above.

Patent Land of 320 acres to Jane Kennon, patentee on October 4, 1898, filed February 9, 1900. View PDF File of the Document This is the same area of land as above.

The United States sold the remainder of section 2, 320 acres, to George W. McAlister on June 1, 1860.

George W. McAlister 320 acres in Township 6 South Range 3 East Section 2

Patent Land 320 acres to George W. McAlister, patentee June 1, 1860. View PDF File of the Document

Patent Land 320 acres to George W. McAlister, patentee June 1, 1860. Filed July 4, 1894. View PDF File of the Document This is the same area of land as above.

Patent Land 320 acres to George W. McAlister, patentee on June 1, 1860 for $160.36. Filed December 15, 1893. View PDF File of the Document This is the same area of land as above.

Visit the pages below to continue reading about the Svea Land Colony.

The Svea Land Colony

The Company

The Idea

The Men

The Land

Written by Debbie Owen
December 2022

Ancestry website. Census records. Family trees.
https://www.ancestry.com/

Baldwin County, Alabama Online Record Search. Deeds and Records.
https://baldwin.al.publicsearch.us/

Baldwin County, Alabama Online Record Search. All Records.
https://open.baldwincountyal.gov/

Ernst Wilhelm Olson, History of the Swedes of Illinois, Part II. (Engberg Holmberg Pub. Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908)

Find a Grave website. Dates of birth and death.
https://www.findagrave.com/

Lilly Setterdahl, Memories Preserved, Scandinavians in Alabama, Vol. II. (Johnson's Valley Printers Verona, MO 65769, 1992)
https://www.silverhillala.com/memories.html

Newspapers website. The Fairhope Courier, and The Onlooker.
https://www.newspapers.com/

U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, The Official Federal Land Records Site. Images of federal land title records issued since 1820.
https://glorecords.blm.gov/