Land Patent Rapides Par. LA- Smith W. Gordon and William M. Wilson
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The following transcribed by Gerald W. Mead from BLM images of original
documents

Certificate No. 7189
The United States of America,
To all to whom these presents shall come greeting:

Whereas Smith W. Gordon and William M. Wilson of Rapides Parish  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 Smith W. Gordon and William M. Wilson
according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820
entitled "An Act Making Further Provisions for the Sale of Public Lands"
for:  The Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section twentyfour
in Township thirteen Range ten East in the district of lands subject to sale
in Ouachita, Louisiana 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 Smith
W. Gordon and William M. Wilson
Now Know Ye, that the United States of America in consideration of the
promises 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 Smith W. Gordon and William M. Wilson and their heirs
the said tract above described to have and to hold the same, together with
all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtanences of whatever
nature, thereupon belonging, unto the said Smith W. Gordon and William M.
Wilson and to their heirs and assigns forever.

In Testimony whereof, I, James K. 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 K. Polk
							By   J. Knox Walker   Sec'y
			S. H. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office