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Chesnut, William, Land Grant in Buchanan County for Military Service in Infantry, 1848Entry/Object ID
AM1990.1.54Scope and Content
Chestnut, William, Land Grant in Buchanan County for Military Service in Infantry, 1848.
"Know Ye, That in pursuance of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to raise for a limited time an additional military force, and for other purposes," approved February 11th, 1847, William Chestnut late a private in Captain Holder's (Holden's?) Company, 12 Regiment United States Infantry having deposited in the General Land Office a Warrant in his favor, numbered 13189 for one hundred and sixty acres, There is Therefore Granted by the United States unto Said William Chestnut the West half of the South West quarter and lots numbered Six and Seven off Section Thirty five in Township Fifty Seven of Range Thirty Six in the District of Lands Subject to Sale at Plattsburg, Missouri, Containing one hundred and ninety one acres and eighteen hundredths of an acre, according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said Land returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tracts have been located in satisfaction of the above mentioned Warrant, in pursuance of the act of Congress above mentioned, approved February 11th, 1847. The excess over one hundred and sixty acres having been paid for as per Receivers Receipt 7288 to Have and to Hold the said parts of said section of land, with the appurtances thereof, untothe said William Chestnut and to his heirs and assigns forever."
Signed on behalf of President James K. Polk, Dec. 1, 1848
Recorded by Buchanan County Recorder, Book 511, Page 199., April 16, 1868.Lexicon
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