Hadn’t seen this annotation before

Do you mean the water grant? Or All the World grant?

I'm guessing 

All the world… I’d only seen “public”

Yup.  Never have seen that term used.

I recall from deeds cited here at some time in the past that some conveyors in the Old South specifically excluded anyone with Lincoln or Grant for a surname.

I believe I get it now, it's a declaration of occupancy, so it's not a grant of rights, but the land owners are decelerating that they are occupying these properties and letting the whole wide world know about it. Not something I've ever noticed before. It would be interesting to see the instrument. 

Interesting also that there is only one entry in the book between September and April. Around here, today, there would be mere minutes, at most, between entries.   

Posted by: @norman-oklahoma

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Interesting also that there is only one entry in the book between September and April. Around here, today, there would be mere minutes, at most, between entries.

Those entries can't be chronological. Or does everybody who lives in this county have a last name that begins with M? They're not listed alphabetically either.

Is it the M book and they are listed chronologically?

@lurker - you are correct this is the “M” tab, listed chronologically. To further clarify. These are transcrbed entries. That is why they are typewritten. Not hand written. Phillips county was created in 1915 from parts of Blaine county to the east and Valley county to the west. So this index only has names appurtenant to the portion being separated off.

The attorney's note made me smile;

he definitely wasn't pleased with the lack of common sense. 

@sluggo 

Oh, now, that is just precious.  It's nice to see someone point out the foolishness involved.

All the world?  That's a lot of interested parties.

Because of the era, I'm guessing, without seeing the instruments, they are to prove up patents 

@mightymoe I’ll be over there again next month and will try to post one. I’m interested in seeing one. I’m think you’re right that it’s a declaration of occupancy, possiblly to prove up or because the PLSS wasn’t in some of that country until 1916ish.

Does this area have some of those "whatsit's" that predate the PLSS surveys?  You know "something something claim".

Kansas doesn't have those or any Spanish or French tracts like Missouri does.  We don't have ranchos.

ODC ---??

@holy-cow there are a few Donation Land Claims but they are rare. We also have tribal and military reservations but I don’t think these pertain to any of that.

@holy-cow They call them homestead entry surveys in Idaho and donation land claims in Oregon and Washington I believe.

Posted by: @rankin_file

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there are a few Donation Land Claims but they are rare.

Donation land Claims are a major thing in the Greater Portland area. Maybe half of the boundaries in my fair city, by land area, originate from them.   

@norman-oklahoma in regard to rarity, I was speaking of MT. I’d think they’d be more prevalent in OR, UT and states with high immigration rates in the 1840s to late 1860s

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in regard to rarity, I was speaking of MT.

Understood.

My father in law filed an "Affidavit of Possession" when he signed the purchase contract for the farm in the 1960's. I never figured out what his reason was, but guessed he was worried about something in the chain of title and was starting the clock against possible far future claims.