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Land tenure -- Oregon -- Multnomah County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Sale of land title from Amelia Cowaniah and Charles Cowaniah to Thomas Stephens and James Terwilliger

 Collection
Identifier: Coll875
Abstract Document regarding the sale from Amelia Cowaniah and Charles Cowaniah to Thomas Stephens and James Terwilliger of four-fifths of title for 640 acres in Multnomah County, Oregon. Amelia Cowaniah (later Amelia Clemens) was the daughter of William Johnson, whose land at what would become Portland, Oregon, was claimed by Elizabeth Caruthers Thomas and her son Finice Caruthers after Johnson's death. Amelia Cowaniah unsuccessfully sued to be regarded as the rightful title holder to the land...
Dates: 1867 November 7-8

Hall Land Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1452
Abstract

Collection consists of legal documents relating to the purchase of lands in Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Multnomah, Tillamook, and Washington counties, Oregon, by the Edmund Hall Land Co. of Detroit, Michigan, 1860-1910.

Dates: 1860-1910

F. M. Heidel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2499
Abstract

F. M. Heidel was a realty agent in Hillsboro, Oregon. Collection consists of business correspondence; advertisements; land deeds for Washington and Multnomah counties, Oregon; agreements; building specifications; and miscellaneous documents.

Dates: 1896-1914

Misenheimer deed to Kuhns

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 890
Abstract

Warranty deed from Joshua and Nancy Misenheimer to Jacob and Lucy Kuhns, conveying property in Multnomah County, Oregon.

Dates: 1906 August 18

Ukase Investment Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1810
Abstract

Ukase Investment Company was incorporated in 1910 with William Kanan Smith as president. Records include correspondence; homestead certificate; property lists; agreements; deeds; promissory notes; and mortgages.

Dates: 1856-1946