William A. Thorton, Vernon Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Bill McCullough
Date: January 2009

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74
The United States of America
To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:
Homestead Certificate No. 4217
Application 9576
Whereas there has been deposited in the General Land Office of the 
United States a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at
New Orleans, 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 William A. Thornton. has been established and duly
consummated in conformity to law for the South East quarter of Section
twenty-five in Township one South of Range Six West of Louisiana Meridan
in Louisiana containing one hundred and Sixty Six acres and thirty-five
hundredths of an acre according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the
said Land returned to the General Land Office by the Surveor General. 

Now know ye, That there is therefore granted by the United States unto
the said William A. Thornton, above described: To Have And To Hold the
said tract of Land, with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said William
A. Thornton andto his heirs and assigns forever.

In testimony whereof I, Benjamin Harrison 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 twentieth day of
December, in the years of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety
two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and 
Seventeenth

By the President: Benjamin Harrison
By E. Macfarland, asst Sec'y.
?R Cornwell, Recorder of the General Land Office
ad interim