Land: Homestead Entry Record for Mary Hawkins widow of John Hawkins,
Natchitoches Land Office, Natchitoches Parish Louisiana
Submitted by 
Danelli Weaver Faccone



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Homestead Certificate No: 4483
Application: 6898

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
TO WHOM ALL THESE PRESENTS COME, GREETING:

Whereas there has been deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United
States a CERTIFICATE of the Register of Land Office, Natchitoches Louisiana,
whereby it appears that, pursuant, to the Act of congress approved 20th May
1862 "To Secure Homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," and the
acts supplemental thereto, the claim of Mary Hawkins widow of John Hawkins 
has been established and duly communsuated in conformity to law of the:

North West quarter of the North West quarter of section eighteen in township
twelve North of range six West of Louisiana Meridian in Louisiana consisting
of forty five acres and twenty nine 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

Now Know Ye that there is therefore granted by the UNITED STATES unto the said
Mary Hawkins widow of John Hawkins, the tract of Land above described: TO HAVE
AND TO HOLD this said tract of land with the appurtenances thereof, unto the
said Mary Hawkins  and to her heirs and assign forever.

In testimony where of I, Theodore Roosevelt 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 nine hundred and four, and of
the Independence of the United States, twenty ninth.

By the President, T. Roosevelt (signed)

By F. B. McKean Sec'y (signed)

C. H. Brush, Recorder of the General Land Office (ad interim) (signed)