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I believe the marriages came from the Indiana State Genealogy site - Indiana Marriages to 1850
I am not entirely sure from whence the land records came (sorry)

La Porte County formed 1832 from Indian lands.
Transcription available for 1850
Marriages
        Bothwell Susan  - Hill Joseph Laporte 4/1/1839

Morgan County -formed 1821 from Monroe; Brown formed 1836  
Transcription available for 1830 and 1840    -    Sw of Indianapolis, pretty central
1840 Census
      131 - Bothwell, John 0000100000000 2000100100000
                        1m 40-50, 1f 30-40, 2f under 5, 1 F 60-70
1850 Census Index
      Bothwell 29a
1870 - John & David from Ireland - Jeff 45, Wash 514
1880 - John 67

Morgan County Indiana Original Land Sales From U.s. Government
      Bothwell John 14 May 1845 11 1e 24 Sw Qtr of Se Qtr 40
      Bothwell John 29 Jan 1846 11 1e 24 Se Qtr of Se Qtr 40
      Bothwell John 14 Feb 1846 11 1e 24
      Bothwell John 14 Feb 1846 11 1e 25

Marriages
      Bothwell John M - Weathers Martha Morgan 3/11/1846

Counties of Morgan, Monroe & Brown, Indiana. Historical And Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co. Publishers. 1884. F. A. Battey. F. W. Tepple

"Washington Township And Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana" - Page 173
JOHN BOTHWELL was born in County Moneghan, Ireland, March 17, 1803, and is a son of
Charles and Mary Bothwell, also native of County Moneghan, Ireland. The [me - grandfather???] father of our subject, John Bothwell, Sr., was a native of Ireland, where he married and died, having reared five children--James, David, Mary, Margaret and Charles. Charles Bothwell, while in Ireland, married Mary Gordon; emigrated in 1809 to America, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he closed his life. He was the parent of the following: Samuel,William, Ann J. and John. Our subject, John Bothwell, married, January 14, 1832, Miss Nancy, daughter of John and Elizabeth Loraign. The following spring Mr.Bothwell moved to Montgomery County, Penn., and in 1838 to Morgan County, Ind., when he settled in this township, which has since been his home. Mrs. Bothwell died April, 1856, and some time after Mr. Bothwell wedded Mrs. Weathers, widow of Richard Weathers, who died February 1, 1883. Mr. Bothwell has been father to the following children: Samuel, Anna, Mary, David, John, Hugh, Sarah, James, Ann J., Isabel, Martha and Margaret.

I found this a little difficult to follow, but I think it says:
      Unknown (John Bothwell sr???) Bothwell
           children: James, David, Mary, Margaret and Charles
        Charles Bothwell (son of unknown) b. Co Moneghan, Ireland
             married Mary Gordon
             emigrated to US 1808, settled in PA
             children: Samuel, William, Ann J. and John.
        John Bothwell (son of Charles and Mary Gordon Bothwell) b. 17 Mar 1803 Co Moneghan, Ireland
            emigrated with parents in 1809
            married (1)14 Jan 1832 - Nancy Loraign (d/o John & Elizabeth) who died 1 Feb 1856 (sic)
            1833 moved to Montgomery Co, Pa
            1838 moved to Morgan Co, Ind
            married (2) 11 Mar 1846 Martha Weathers (widow of Richard Weathers) who died 1 Feb 1883
            children: Samuel, Anna, Mary, David, John, Hugh, Sarah, James, Ann J., Isabel, Martha and Margaret.

Same Book as above "Morgan County Jefferson Township" - Page 327

DAVID BOTHWELL was born in Ireland June 9, 1815, and is a son of Hugh and Ann J. (Gordon) Bothwell, both natives of Ireland, the former born in 1788, the latter in 1796. They were married and died in Ireland, he in September, 1854, and she eight years later. Their family was Mary, David, Jane, Sarah A., Samuel, John, Elizabeth, Martha, Henry, James, Margaret and two which died in infancy. David Bothwell emigrated toAmerica in 1841, visited Ireland in 1846, returned to this country in 1852, settled in New Orleans, and shortly afterward removed to this county, where April 8, 1855, he married Miss Letitia, daughter of Robert and Jane Wilson, and born in Ireland in 1825, who died September 18, 1878, the mother of eight children--Ann J. (deceased), Hugh H., John J., Mary, David, Charles, William and Andrew. Mr. Bothwell is a highly respected citizen.

Hugh Bothwell b. 1788 d. Sept 1854 in Ireland
      married Ann J. Gordon b. 1796 d. 1862 in Ireland
      children: Mary, David, Jane, Sarah A., Samuel, John, Elizabeth, Martha, Henry, James, Margaret and two (died in infancy)
David (son of Hugh and Ann J Gordon Bothwell)
      emigrated to US 1841
      back to Ireland 1846
      back to US 1852 - settled in New Orleans
      moved to Morgan Co, Ind between 1852-1855
      married Letitia Wilson (so Robert and Jane Wilson) b. 1825 Ireland, d. 18 Sep 1878
      children: Ann J. (deceased), Hugh H., John J., Mary, David, Charles, William and Andrew

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