He may have privately purchased other land after the U. S. Land Patent described was issued 1859: The "Hugh Allison Estate" is listed in the 1868 Benton Co. Tax List, but in the 1 December 1869 Delinquent Tax List the location is listed as Township 39 Range 21, which would place it in northwest Union Township, the next area south and west of above.

Odd that "Bitter Ground" missed this episode.