1837 Land Patent of Tobias Gibson of Concordia Parish, Louisiana;
Catahoula Par., Louisiana
Typed and Submitted by Annette Womack of Winnfield, Louisiana, Aug 2006
Date: 29 Aug 2006
Donated by Sandra Tipton


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Certificate No. 796

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greetings:

Whereas Tobias Gibson of Concordia, Louisiana has deposited in the  GENERAL
LAND OFFICE of the United States,  A certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND
OFFICE  at Ouachita whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the
said  Tobias Gibson, 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 Lot number nine, in Township eight of Range ten
East, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Ouachita, Louisiana,
containing one hundred and fifty one acres and twenty six hundredths of an
acre 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 Tobis Gibson

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 Tobias Gibson, 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 Tobias Gibson, 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 fifteenth day of June in
the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and of the 
INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES the sixty first
BY THE PRESIDENT: Martin Van Buren
By A. Van Buren, Sec'y.
Hudson M. Garland, Recorder of the General Land Office.
{L.S.}