ELISHA BOWLBY Land Patent : Indiana

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: This Land Patent information is from the Bureau of Land Management at www.glorecords.blm.gov/ . A scan of this image may be seen there as well as an order form for a certified copy if you wish to obtain one. : ELISHA BOWLBY : : Survey : State: INDIANA Acres: 40 : Title Transfer : Issue Date: 10/1/1840 : Land Office: Vincennes : Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) : Document Nr.: 24412 Accession/Serial Nr.: IN2310__.327 : Legal Land Description: : AliquotParts Sec./Block Twp. Range Fract.Sect. : SENE 28/ 12-N 6-W No : Meridian State Counties : 2nd PM IN Clay : ----------------------------------------------------------- : Transcription of the Patent : : Certificate No. 24412 : : The United States of America, : To all to whom these Presents shall come,Greeting: : Whereas Elisha Bowlby of Clay County Indiana has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register Of The Land Office at Vincennes whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Elisha Bowlby according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the South East quarter of the North East quarter of Section twenty eight in Township twelve North of Range six West in District of Lands subject to sale at Vincennes Indiana containing forty acres 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 Elisha Bowlby. : 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, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Elisha Bowlby and to his heirs, the said tract above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said Elisha Bowlby 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 hereunto affixed. : Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty and of the Independence of the United States the Sixty fifth. : : By The President: Martin Van Buren : By M. Van Buren Jr. Sec'y : Jos. L. Wilson acting Recorder of the General Land Office