Abbreviations Used in the
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database

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Numbers

A ..... B ..... C ..... D ..... E ..... F ..... G ..... H ..... I ..... J ..... K ..... L ..... M.....

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Numbers
3	Third Principal Meridian (3rd P.M.) or one third
2	Second Principal Meridian (2nd P.M.) or one half
4	Fourth Principal Meridian (4th P.M.)
A
A	assumed	APR	Apple River
AA	acres assumed	AR	Army
AB	Alton & Shelbyville Railroad	ART	artillery
AC	act	AS	assignee
AD	addition	ASC	associate
AG	Agricultural College	ASM	assemble
AI	alias	ASS	association
AL	others	AT	attorney (lawyer)
AM	Alton & Mt. Carmel Railroad	AW	Alton & Shawneetown Railroad
AN	Administrator
B
B	block, outblock, inblock, bank	BO	board
BAP	Baptist	BR	British
BET	between	BRO	brothers
BL	block, outblock, inblock, boundary line	BT	Baptist
BMR	Big Muddy River	BUXTON ISL	Buxton Island
BNK	bank
C
C	claim	CK	creek
CA	Catholic	CL	college
CALR	Calumet River	CM	Commerce Street, County Microfilm
CARB	carbon	CN	canal
CE	center	CNTY	county
CEM	cemetery	CO	company
CEN	central	COM	Commission(er)(s)
CENT or CI	Centralia	COR	corner
CFT	counterfeit	CP	captive
CG	Congregation(al)	CPE	cape
CH	Church	CR	corner
CHI	Chicago	CT	cattle
CHR	Christian	CY	city
D
D	deceased veteran of War of 1812	DIV	division
DANE CNTY	Dane County	DO	donation
DD	date-of-deed	DP	date-of-purchase
DE	date	DPT	detached part
DESR	Des Plaines River	DQ	DuQuoin
DG	DuPage	DR	doctor
DH	detached	DS	discount
DI	description	DT	district
DIIO	description incomplete	DU	Dutch
DINT	description notation
E
E	East	ES	estate
E2	East half	ET	and
EC	excess	ET AL	and others
EDGE	Edgewood	ETG	unknown symbol meaning
EL	Eldena	EV	Evangelical
EMP	emporium	EX	executor
END	end	EXCPT	except
EP	Episcopal
F
F	feet	FO	forgery
FD	federal	FOR	Forrestor
FEED	feeder	FR	fractional
FEL	Fellons	FS	forfeited land stock
FFR	forfeited land redeemed	FT	first
FK	Franklin Street	FUL	Fulton
FL	float	FV or FX	Fox River
FNB	First National Bank
G
GAL	Galena	GLD	gold
GD	guard	GN	guardian
GEN	General	GR	grand
GER	German	GT	Gratiot Street
GIR	Girardeau
H
H	heir of deceased veteran of War of 1812	HR	heir or heirs
HEG	Hegeler	HS	Homestead
HO	house
I
I	initials	IM	improvement
IBL	Indian boundary line	IN	Indian
IC	included	INST	institute
IL	inlot	IO	incomplete
ILL	Illinois	IR	Iroquois River
ILLR	Illinois River	ISL	island
J
JL	Joliet	JR	Junior
JOHNS ISL	Johns Island
K
KA	Kankakee	KP	Kappa
KANKR	Kankakee River	KSRR	Kaskaskia River
KNOX CNTY	Knox County
L
L	lot, outlot, inlot, line	LNT	Lieutenant
LA	Loda	LO	lot, outlot, inlot
LD	land	LOC	locust
LG	lodge	LOCK	lock
LI	listed	LP	Lockport
LIB	liberal	LS	(military) land scrip or LaSalle
LK	Lake	LT	left
LL	little	LU or LUT	Lutheran
M
M	money	MID	middle
MA	money assumed	MIN	mining
MAIN	main	MISSR	Mississippi River
MANT	Manteno	MLK	Milwaukee
MANUF	manufacture(r)(s)(ing)	MO	Missouri
MARS	Marshal(l)	MU	Minuscule
MATT	Matthiessen	MNLD	mainland
ME	Methodist	MT	military tract
N
N	North	NO	number
NAT	national	NR	Nora
NE	Northeast	NT	note
NEG	Negro	NW	Northwest
NM	name	N2	North half
NMA	name assumed
O
OA	Ottawa	OL	outlot
OD	Odin	OT	original town
OF	office
P
P	[unknown currency]	PNT	patent
PA	paper	PR	Plum River
PE	Presbyterian	PRA	prairie
PECK	Pecatonica River	PRE	pre-emption
PEN	Pennsylvannia	PRES	president
PET	petroleum	PT	part
PLK	plank	PY	payment
PM	[unknown currency]
R
R	river	RL	release
RAILRD	railroad	RM	redeemed
RC	recorded	RO	Roman
RD	railroad	RP	receipt
RE	reservation	RQ	relinquished
REL	real	RR	Rock River or railroad
REV	ecclesiastical title, Reverend, Bishop, etc.	RS	residence
RI	reinstated	RT	right
RIC	Richview	RTW	right of way
RIP	ripple	RV	reserved
S
S	South	SPR	Spoon River
SA	saline	SR	Sugar River
SAND	Sandoval	ST	state
SANGR	Sangamon River	STC	St. Charles
SC	section or school	STCK	Stillman Creek
SD or SIDE	side	STIS	St. Isadore (Church)
SE	Southeast	STP	St. Paul
SECT	section (640 acres)	STPET	St. Peter
SEN	senior	SUBD	subdivision
SH	Shawneetown	SUP	Superintendent
SIL	silver	SURV	survey
SK	stock	SW	Southwest or swamp
SL	saline, slough or sublot	SX	settlement
SM	seminary	SY	sale
SN	senior	S2	South half
SOC	society
T
TAB	tabernacle	TOW	tower
TB	timber	TR	trustees
TE	treaty	TRA	transportation
TF	transferred	TS	township
TIMLT	timberlot	TT	tract
TN	town	TY	treasury
TOL	Tolono	TX	tax
U
UN	Unitarian	UNKWN	Unknown
V
V	void, canceled, etc.	VI	village
VC	Vincennes	VO, VOID	void, canceled, etc.
W
W	West	WP	Wapella
WA	warrant	WT	Water Street
WAR CNTY	Warren County	W2	West half
WB	Wabash
X
X	exclusive
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