Austin Co., TX - Deed: Grimes, Frederick - Land Grant 1838
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Written: 1838

1st Class No 247

Frederick Grimes presented a claim for one league & one labor of land as the
administrator of the estate of Henry Farley dec'd for the said estate & took &
subscribed the following oath.  I do solemnly swear that Henry Farley dec'd
arrived in this Country previous to the Declaration of Independence, that he
died previous to that time, that I conceive his estate justly entitled to the
quantity of land for which I now apply under the Constitution and Laws of this
Republic & that the said Henry Farley dec'd has never received a title for his
quantity of land.

(signed)  F. Grimes

N. Whitehead & Isaac M. Pennington being sworn deposed that Henry Farley dec'd
arrived in this Country since 6 or 7 years, that he was a man of family and
that he died previous to the Decl of Ind & that he was a Citizen of this
Country.

Whereupon the Board after having investigated said claim issued to the
claimant a certificate for one league & one labor of land.

Additional Comments: Frederick Grimes was married to Elmira Susan Farley one
of the heirs of Henry Farley.  Her sister, Mary Jane Farley, who married
Thomas Harper Booth, also was an heir.

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