T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S O F A M E R I C A

To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Whereas (Name) has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a Certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at (Place), whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said (Name), according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making furher provision for the sale of the Public Lands", for (Description) according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said (Name),

NOW KNOW YE, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration of the Premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided, HAS GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these Presents, DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said (Name) and to his heirs, the said tract above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the rights, priveleges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said (Name) and to (his) heirs and assigns forever.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, (Martin Van Buren) PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these letters to be made PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be herunto affixed.

GIVEN under my hand, at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the (day) day of (Month) in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and (forty-one) and of the INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES, the (sixty fifth).

BY THE PRESIDENT: (Martin Van Buren)
(by N. N. Causen, Jr, Sec.)
(J. Williamson) RECORDER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
(Signed by the Recorder,13 July 1841)

(S E A L)

Recorded, Vol. (10), Page (317)

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The basic form is printed on very heavy paper (parchment ?) and the parts in parenthesis were handwritten. The Seal, about 2.5 inches in diameter, is of a sun-burst design with an eagle above a plow and the words "United States General Land Office" around the perimeter. Though badly faded, the seals seem to have been red.

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(1) CHARLES B. AMES of Noxubee County, Mississippi, Columbus, SEQ, S26 T15N R16E, 160.45A, 26 FEB 1841, 65, V37 P337, C22582

(2) CHARLES B. AMES of Noxubee County, Mississippi, Columbus, SWQ, S36 T15N R16E, 151.27A, 27 FEB 1841, 65, V37 P338, C22583

(3) JOHN BARTLETT, Assignee of John C. Brown, Columbus, EH SWQ, S25 T14N R15E, 79.84A, 27 FEB 1841, 65, V33 P385, C21?82

(4) CHRISTOPHER A. CARTER of Noxubee County, Mississippi, Columbus, SWQ, S17 T14N R17E, 161.27A, 27 FEB 1841, 65, V10 P224, C7300 Pre-emption

(5) JOSEPH H. FRITH of Noxubee County, Mississippi, Columbus, SEQ, S20 TT14N R17E, 160.97A, 27 FEB 1841, 65, V37 P403, C22648

(6) CALEB B. GREENWOOD of Georgia, Columbus, WH NWQ,S6 T13N R17E, 79.33A, 27 FEB 1841, 65, V12 P457, C8619

(7) ALBERT G. HAYNES of Noxubee County, Mississippi, Columbus, EH NEQ, S34 T15N R16E, 79.17A, 27 FEB 1841,65, V12 P136, C8296

(8) ALBERT G. HAYNES of Noxubee County, Mississippi, Columbus, WH NEQ, S34 T15N R16E, 79.17A, 27 FEB 1841, 65 V12 P137, C8297

(9) ALBERT G. HAYNES of Noxubee County, Mississippi, Columbus, NEQ, S33 T15N R16E, 158.56A, 27 FEB 1841, 65, V10 P189, C7254 Pre-emption

(10) ALBERT G. HAYNES, Assignee of Benjamin Robertson, Columbus, WH SWQ, S27 T15N R16E, 80.07A, 27 FEB 1841, 65, V10 P317, C7425 Pre-emption

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DESCRIPTION: Land is described in quarters and half of Sections which are located by numbered Townships (North and South) and by Range (East and West) from certain Baselines and Meridians.

In (1) for example, the land is described as: "the south east quarter of Section twenty-six, in Township fifteen North, of Range sixteen East in the District of Lands subject to Sale at Columbus, Mississippi, containing one hundred and sixty acres, and forty-five hundredths of an acre."

In (10) the description reads: "the west half of the southwest quarter in Section 27, in Township fifteen North of Range sixteen East in the District of Lands subject to Sale at Columbus, Mississippi, containing eighty acres, and seven hundredths of an acre." It is dated 27 Feb. 1841, in the 65th year of our Republic, and is recorded in Volume 10, page 317. The Certificate is #7425 and is marked "Pre-emption".

See: Graphic Display and Townships.

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