i totally agree with the hunt close to home!
sounds like you are on the right track doing a deed search.
have you verified that the landowner existed during the time frames of the story yet?
i usually start there, because names will tend to get twisted a little, for example, if its a "John Smith"
i will search the some of the ancestry, and other sites for John, Jon, Jonathan, etc, Smith, Smythe, etc.. in that county during the time frame, death birth records and all
once i have found a close match or two, then searching under those names for deeds,etc.
sometimes they wont be under his or her given name, but a trust or something from either side of his or her family, so checking into wife's name, birth and married or mothers name helps too.
some of the counties will have that info via the web, but if youre local to it, even better to do the courthouse searches.
hope that helps, you may be well beyond my initial steps above
keep us posted!
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