Application for Land Patent, 2 August 1842

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JS by William Clayton, Application for Land Patent, to Register’s Office,
Quincy
Located on high limestone bluffs east of Mississippi River, about forty-five miles south of Nauvoo. Settled 1821. Adams Co. seat, 1825. Incorporated as town, 1834. Received city charter, 1840. Population in 1835 about 800; in 1840 about 2,300; and in 1845...
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, Adams Co., IL, 2 Aug. 1842; printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting; signature of William Flood; docket in unidentified handwriting; one page; Land Entry Case File 16591, Record Group 49, Records of the Bureau of Land Management, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington DC. Includes docket.

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1st 2nd day of August 18342

I Joseph Smith of
Hancock
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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Ill County, and State of
Illinois
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
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do hereby apply for the purchase of the South East qr of section numbered Twenty five in township numbered seven North of range numbered Eight West of the fourth principal meridian, containing one Hundred & sixty— ^/₁₀₀ acres according to the returns of the Surveyor General, for which I have agreed with the Register to give at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.

Jos Smith

By
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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I, WM. G. FLOOD, Register of the Land Office at
Quincy
Located on high limestone bluffs east of Mississippi River, about forty-five miles south of Nauvoo. Settled 1821. Adams Co. seat, 1825. Incorporated as town, 1834. Received city charter, 1840. Population in 1835 about 800; in 1840 about 2,300; and in 1845...
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, Illinois, do hereby certify that the [blank] section, above described, contains [blank] acres, as mentioned; and that the price agreed upon is $1 25 per acre.

Signature of William Flood.
William G. Flood Register. [p. [1]]
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