March 3rd, 1849- Minnesota Territory is established from lands left over from IOWA and WISCONSIN Territories. Alexander Ramsey appointed first Governor.
1849- Captain Lee set the first survey monument in Minnesota Territory in the very southeast corner of the state. Known as "Lee's Monument", it can still be seen today near New Albin, Iowa.
March 5th, 1853- Fillmore County is established. The first county seat is located in Chatfield, then Carimona and finally Preston.
May 11th, 1858- Minnesota becomes the 32nd State.
1852- 1854 ORIGINAL PUBLIC LAND SURVEYORS IN FILLMORE COUNTY:
MINNESOTA-IOWA STATE LINE:(JUNE 1852) ANDREW TALCOTT
TOWNSHIP LINES:(JUNE 1854)
W.A. JONES
E.S. NORRIS
JOHN BALL
SECTION LINES: (JUNE 1854)
WILLIAM B. YERBY
LEWIS W. CARTER
CHARLES PHIPPS & EDWARD FITZPATRICK (TOGETHER AS DEPUTY SURVEYORS)
EARLY LAND SURVEYORS IN FILLMORE COUNTY-
1860 WALLIS BOOTH
1860-1869 EPHRAIN MCMURTRIE
1867-1869 O.H. CASE
1869, 1871-1874, 1876 JOHN GREGOR
1869-1870 E. NEWTON
1870 F. N. GOODRICH
1872 R. P. OSBORNE
1874 O.H. CASE
1877-1878 S. FRERMAN
1879-1881 O.H. CASE
1881-1882 WILLIAM THACHER
1883-1884 C. H. BROWN
1894 WILLIAM THACHER
FILLMORE COUNTY SURVEYORS:
1892-1913 O.H. CASE (SET SOLID IRON MONUMENTS )
1915-1926 W. H. WILLIAMS
1927-1966 IRVING BACON
1974-2009 DAVID KNUTSON
2009-2021 JEFFREY R. BRAND
2022-Present JOEL THORESON
