1861 John Davis Located Military Warrant On November 11, 1861 President Abraham Lincoln issued John Davis and Lewis Heatt a military warrant (Patent No. 41877) for 160 acres in Josephine County, Oregon.^{1 - 3}

Natural Prairie & Pasture^4-5 The warrant lands included most of the open wetlands of what would later become part of the 240-acre J. C. Cochrane ranch. The ranch’s location had a reason: natural sub-irrigation for pasture during the winter, spring, and early summer.

It is unknown whether John Davis farmed and/or ranched the warrant. He could have been like Anson Turner to the north who soon sold his warrant the day after it was issued.

Applegate Trail (Trail) While being adjacent to the wetland, the permanent Trail avoided it where possible, and it was generally located in the higher elevation ground next to the tree line. The Trail is clearly depicted on 2007 Josephine County Assessor maps for the warrant lands (i.e., 1856 GLO surveyed points JA-6 and JA-7 are on lands managed by the Josephine County Sportsman Association.

"Approx. Center Line Territorial Road

Willamette Valley to Jacksonville."

This same Trail location is almost exactly the title used on the 1856 GLO map.

"Road from Willamette Valley to Jacksonville"

Hall Tombstone There is a grave with tombstone at the entrance to the Josephine County Sportsman Association Park with the following information.

"J. L. Hall, Died Sept 22 1867, Aged 40 years"

Local anecdotal information is that this grave was previously located in or near the I-5 right-of-way and moved to its present location during ca., 1958 - 1960 when I-5 was being built through the area. A speculative hypothesis is the J. L. Hall is the Lewis Heatt identified in the military warrant.⁶