____________________________________________________________________________ Certificate No. 246 The United States of America. To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Elijah Kelley has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Little Rock whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Elijah Kelley according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled, "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the West half of the North West quarter of section twenty nine, in Township eight South, of range twenty three West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Little Rock, Arkansas Territory, containing eighty acres, according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Elijah Kelley. Now Know Ye, That the United States Of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided, have Given and Granted, and, by these presents do give and grant, unto the said Elijah Kelley and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To Have and to Hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said Elijah Kelley, and to his heirs and assigns, forever. In testimoney whereof, I, Andrew Jackson, 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 first day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, and the Independence of United States the fifty seventh. By the President, Andrew Jackson by A.J. Donelson, Secy. Elijah Haywood, Commissioner of the General Land Office. ____________________________________________________________________________ Arkansas, Little Rock, Patent C-246, Volume 1, page 217. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office, Silver Spring, Maryland. ____________________________________________________________________________ HTML file and design by David Kelley, 1997. All rights reserved.