1849 Land Grant During Presidency Of Zachary Taylor
This document is an original United States Land Patent (Certificate No. 13429), a deed that transferred ownership of public land from the federal government to a private individual.
Document Details
Grantee: Philemon Bryant of Lawrence County, Ohio.
Land Office: The transaction was processed at the Land Office in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Property Description: Approximately 37.75 acres described as the "South East quarter of the South West quarter of Section twenty-one in Township twelve of Range seventeen" in the District of lands subject to sale at Chillicothe.
Authority: Issued under the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, which provided for the cash sale of public lands.
Date: Issued on April 10, 1849.
Signatures and Authenticity
While the document bears the name of Z Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, it was perhaps signed by a designated secretary rather than the President himself. By 1833, the volume of land patents became so large that Congress authorized presidents to appoint secretaries to sign these documents.
Recorder: Co-signed by J. Williamson, the Recorder of the General Land Office.
Historical Context
These certificates were the "first-title deeds" for land in the public domain. Today, official digital records of these patents, including this specific one, are maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and can be searched on their General Land Office Records website.
This document is an original United States Land Patent (Certificate No. 13429), a deed that transferred ownership of public land from the federal government to a private individual.
Document Details
Grantee: Philemon Bryant of Lawrence County, Ohio.
Land Office: The transaction was processed at the Land Office in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Property Description: Approximately 37.75 acres described as the "South East quarter of the South West quarter of Section twenty-one in Township twelve of Range seventeen" in the District of lands subject to sale at Chillicothe.
Authority: Issued under the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, which provided for the cash sale of public lands.
Date: Issued on April 10, 1849.
Signatures and Authenticity
While the document bears the name of Z Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, it was perhaps signed by a designated secretary rather than the President himself. By 1833, the volume of land patents became so large that Congress authorized presidents to appoint secretaries to sign these documents.
Recorder: Co-signed by J. Williamson, the Recorder of the General Land Office.
Historical Context
These certificates were the "first-title deeds" for land in the public domain. Today, official digital records of these patents, including this specific one, are maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and can be searched on their General Land Office Records website.
