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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.
James N. Bowlby
Survey
State: Illinois Acres: 40
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 12/1/1846
Land Office: Kaskaskia
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Nr.: 10420 Accession/Serial Nr.: IL1470__.366
Legal Land Description:
AliquotParts Sec./Block Twp. Range Meridian State Counties
SWNE 20/ 8-S 2-W 3rd PM IL Jackson
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Transcription of the Patent :
Certificate No. 10420
The United States of America,
To all to whom these Presents shall come,Greeting:
Whereas James N. Bowlby of Jackson County Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register Of The Land Office at Kaskaskia whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said James N. 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 West quarter of the North East quarter of Section twenty in Township Eight South of Range two West in District of Lands subject to sale at Kaskaskia Illinois 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 James N. 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 James N. 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 James N. Bowlby and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony Whereof, I James R. Polk 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 December in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-six and of the Independence of the United States the Seventy first.
By The President: James R. Polk
By (illedgible) Walker, Sec'y
S.N. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office