{"product_id":"1860-james-buchanan-u-s-general-land-office-bounty-land-patent-war-of-1812-widow-eliza-frazier-120-acres-in-wisconsin-embossed-seal","title":"1860 James Buchanan U.S. General Land Office Bounty Land Patent – War of 1812 Widow Eliza Frazier – 120 Acres in Wisconsin – Embossed Seal","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1v3nf9r\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"17\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"75\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eUnited States General Land Office Bounty Land Patent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"370\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"92\"\u003ePresident:\u003c\/strong\u003e James Buchanan (printed presidential signature)\u003cbr data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"143\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"159\"\u003eDate Issued:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 3, 1860\u003cbr data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"177\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"193\"\u003eWarrant No.:\u003c\/strong\u003e 69,924\u003cbr data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"203\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"231\"\u003eOriginal Bounty Warrant:\u003c\/strong\u003e Issued under the Act of March 3, 1855, granting military bounty land to veterans of the War of 1812. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"xlnn5p\" data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"385\"\u003eRecipient\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"547\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"17ovzbw\" data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"433\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"405\"\u003eEliza Frazier\u003c\/strong\u003e, widow of \u003cstrong data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"433\"\u003eHenry Frazier\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"58mcey\" data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"547\"\u003eHenry Frazier served as a \u003cstrong data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"519\"\u003ePrivate in Captain Stuart's Company, Virginia Militia\u003c\/strong\u003e during the \u003cstrong data-start=\"531\" data-end=\"546\"\u003eWar of 1812\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"13vu9da\" data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"565\"\u003eLand Granted\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"778\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1obhujh\" data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"581\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"568\" data-end=\"581\"\u003e120 acres\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"r19t26\" data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"778\"\u003eLocated at \u003cstrong data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"619\"\u003eLa Crosse, Wisconsin\u003c\/strong\u003e, described as:\n\u003cul data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"778\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1vz956q\" data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"683\"\u003eSouth East Quarter of the North East Quarter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"os88fq\" data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"723\"\u003eWest Half of the North East Quarter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1h5rczk\" data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"738\"\u003eSection 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"iu2qwk\" data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"761\"\u003eTownship 102 North\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"l2tq38\" data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"778\"\u003eRange 6 West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"902\"\u003eThe patent notes that Eliza Frazier assigned her claim to \u003cstrong data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"859\"\u003eLewis Worthington\u003c\/strong\u003e, to whom the patent was ultimately issued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1mk0lzl\" data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"918\"\u003eSignatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"1135\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"8s93vc\" data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"1015\"\u003ePrinted presidential signature of \u003cstrong data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"973\"\u003eJames Buchanan\u003c\/strong\u003e (standard on General Land Office patents)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1r7fv89\" data-start=\"1016\" data-end=\"1075\"\u003eCountersigned by the Recorder of the General Land Office.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1gw0xyk\" data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1135\"\u003eOriginal embossed General Land Office paper seal present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1137\" data-end=\"1140\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"hlyorq\" data-start=\"1142\" data-end=\"1168\"\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1565\"\u003eThis document represents the federal government's fulfillment of military bounty land legislation enacted to reward veterans and their widows. 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