Contributed by Ann Pearson ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Certificate No. 13462 Whereas, GEORGE W. PIERCE, of Union Parish, Louisian__has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States , a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office, at Monroe __whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said GEORGE W. PIERCE__according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820,entitles "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the Southwest quarter, of the Northeast quarter, of Section eight, in Township Twenty one, North of Range, three, West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Monroe, Louisiana, containing, Forty acres, and sixteen 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 __GEORGE W. PIERCE__NOW, KNOW YE, That the UNITED TATES OF AMERICA, in consideration of the premises,and in conformity with the several Acts of Cogress, in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, nto the said__GEORGE W. PIERCE:_ and to HIS heirs and assigns forever. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, __FRANKLIN PIERCE;__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 __September__in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and __fifty four__ and of the INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES the seventy-ninth__ BY THE PRESIDENT: FRANKLIN PIERCE by_ H E Baldwin, Asst. Sec'y. Seal of UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE RECORDED, VOL. 25. PAGE 118. _acting_RECORDER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. ad interim # # #