Horn, John W. ~ Land Patent

Land: Homestead Entry  for John W. Horn Natchitoches Parish Land Office,
Natchitoches Parish Louisiana.  Land in Grant Parish
Submitted to USGENWEB by
Gaytha Thompson
LaFamTree@aol.com
540 May Drive
Madison, Tn 37115

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Homestead Certificate No: 4447
Application: 7017

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 John W. Horn has been established and
duly communsuated in conformaity to law of the:

South East quarter of the South West Quarter of the South West quarter of
Section 22 on township twelve North of Range sixteen West of Louisiana
Meridian in Louisiana containing thirty nine acres and eighty 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
John W. Horn, the tract of Land above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD this
said tract of land with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said John W. Horn
and to his 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 seventeenth day of
October ,  in the year of Our Lord One Thousand nine hundred and four, and of
the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and twenty ninth

By the President, T. Roosevelt (signed)

By M. M. McKearn Sec'y (signed)

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