Martha Kirmse - Shattuck Property

Deed Record - John E Williams to Martha Kirmse

Who

• Martha Kirmse = Martha Margaretha (Cordes) Kirmse, purchaser
• John E Williams, seller

Story

This Deed Record shows the transfer of land (The East one half of the South West one Fourth of Section Nineteen (19) Township Twenty (20) North of Range Twenty Five (25) West) to Martha Kirmse from a John E Williams on April 25 1906 for the sum of $1200.

This property was located in section 19 adjacent to the Wilhelm Kirmse homestead.

A search of the Bureau of Land Management database for Land Patents in section 19 of township 20 north of range 25 found the following:

According to this, John E Williams received his Land Patent for this property on August 10, 1906.

Date

April 25 1906 [1]

Location

Goodwin, Ellis County, Oklahoma - The Wilhelm Kirmse homestead was about 1 mile east Goodwin, Oklahoma and about 7 miles southwest of Shattuck, Oklahoma.

Ownership map of  Ohio Township (Township 20 North Range 25 West of the Indian Meridian, Oklahoma).  The Wilhelm Kirmse and Martha Kirmse[2] properties are noted in section 19[4].

A Google Earth map showing the location of the Wilhelm Kirmse homestead outlined in red and the Martha Kirmse property outlined in blue.  The blue pen shows where the town of Goodwin was located.

Notes

1. The property ownership was transferred to Martha Kirmse almost four months before John E Williams obtained his Land Patent to the property on August 10, 1906. 
2. As John Krueger pointed out in previous discussions about this property, this deed transfers only half of Williams Land Patent.  Yet, the map shows that Martha Kirmse owns the whole quarter(160 acres).  There must have been a separate deed of property transfer[3].
3. These various questions about the transfer timing and why the purchase was done Martha's name provide an opportunity for future research of the Ellis County property records.
4. On the land ownership map, John E. Williams owns a quarter of land in section 18 which is just north of the Kirmse properties.