Wilhelm Homesteads in Vernon, Arizona

==Map of homesteads in the main part of Vernon==

[[File:Vernon Homesteading.jpg|600px]]

==Wilhelm homesteads in Vernon and the surrounding area, by year==

===1908 - [[Zemira George Wilhelm|Zemira G. Wilhelm]] - 160 acres [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=29309&docClass=SER&sid=nm4awdhl.hsj]===
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	SW¼SW¼	 of Section 15	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	N½NW¼	 of Section 22	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	SE¼NW¼	 of Section 22


===1909 - [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm, Jr.|Bateman H. Wilhelm, Jr.]] - 160 acres [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=67628&docClass=SER&sid=nm4awdhl.hsj]===
*Township 010N - Range 025E, W½SW¼ of Section 22	
*Township 010N - Range 025E, SW¼NW¼ of Section 22	
*Township 010N - Range 025E, NW¼NW¼ of Section 27


===1912 - [[John Benjamin Wilhelm|John B.]] and Luella Wilhelm - 160 acres [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=265258&docClass=SER&sid=nm4awdhl.hsj]===
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	NE¼	 of Section 21


===1913 - [[Lydia Hannah Draper|Lydia H. Wilhelm]] - 160 acres [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=364827&docClass=SER&sid=nm4awdhl.hsj]===
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	S½NW¼	 of Section 21	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	NE¼NW¼	 of Section 21	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	NW¼SW¼	 of Section 21


===1922 - [[Zemira George Wilhelm|Zemira G. Wilhelm]] - 160 acres [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=29309&docClass=SER&sid=nm4awdhl.hsj]===
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	S½NE¼	 of Section 22	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	S½NW¼	 of Section 23
*(George also leased the 160 acre parcel directly to the North of his 1922 homestead)


===1923 - [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm, Jr.|Bateman H. Wilhelm, Jr.]] - 160 acres (North of Vernon) [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=899342&docClass=SER&sid=nm4awdhl.hsj]===
*Township 011N - Range 025E,	NW¼	 of Section 12


===1932 - [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm, Jr.|Bateman H. Wilhelm, Jr.]] - 80 acres [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=1056606&docClass=SER&sid=nm4awdhl.hsj]===
*Township 010N - Range 025E, N½NE¼ of Section 28


===1934 - [[Clyde Irving Wilhelm|Clyde I. Wilhelm]] - 430 acres (Southwest of Vernon) [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=1069592&docClass=SER&sid=nm4awdhl.hsj]===
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	E½SE¼	 of Section 29	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	E½NW¼SE¼	 of Section 29	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	E½SW¼SE¼	 of Section 29	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	W½SW¼NW¼	 of Section 29	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	SE¼SW¼NW¼	 of Section 29	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	W½SW¼	 of Section 29	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	W½SE¼SW¼	 of Section 29	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	SE¼SE¼SW¼	 of Section 29	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	SW¼SW¼SE¼	 of Section 29	
*Township 010N - Range 025E,	E½NE¼	 of Section 32

==Calculating Acreage==

The legal descriptions are read left to right like so:
*'''E½NE¼ of Section 32''' = "the East half of the Northeast quarter of Section 32"  
*'''E½SW¼SE¼ of Section 29''' = "the East half of the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 29"
Plotting this to a map and calculating acreage, however, is done backwards.  First look-up the township and range on a topographic map or other suitable source, and locate the referenced section.  The sections are one square mile, which is 640 acres.  Once you have located the section, divide it up as indicated in the legal description, working right to left.  For the above example, '''E½NE¼ of Section 32''' you would first mark off the Northeast quarter of section 32.  This is 160 acres.  Next mark off the East half of that quarter and you have an 80 acre plot.  Most homesteads are made up of 40 acre squares and/or 80 acre rectangles adding up to 160 acres total.

This can best be illustrated by taking a closer look at [[Zemira George Wilhelm|Zemira George Wilhelm's]] 1908 homestead:

[[File:ZGW 1909.png|300px]]


==Sources==
[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=AZ|cty=001|ln=Wilhelm|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false BLM GLO Records]

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