____________________________________________________________________________ Preemption Proof Be it remembered, that, on the 13th day of January in the year 1840, Isaac White of the County of Pike in the State of Arkansas, personally came before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hempstead in the State, aforesaid; and being by me duly sworn, Deposeth and says: That, in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, he cultivated a portion of the public Lands of the United States upon a tract known and designated as the South East quarter of Section twenty, in Township Eight, South of Range twenty five, West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Washington, Arkansas; and that at that time he resided with his family upon an adjoining tract known and designated as the South West quarter of Section twenty one, in the same Township and Range; and that in same year he cultivated on said First described tract about fifteen acres principally in corn; and that he still resided as above stated, had possession of, and resid(ed), occupied, and cultivated the tract first above named on the twenty ninth day of May, 1830; and that he still continues to have possession of, use, and cultivates the same. And further says not. Isaac White Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th January, 1840. R.L. Phillips, J.P. ____________________________________________________________________________ And at the same time and place, personally came Rice Stringer and John Hughes, who being duly sworn state on oath: that they are personally well acquainted with the above name affiant, Isaac White, and that they know the matters and things set forth in his above affidavit to be true in substance and in fact, and further say not. Rice Stringer John Hughes Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 13th January, 1840. R.L. Phillips, J.P. ____________________________________________________________________________ Land Office, Washington, Arks. Feb. 13th 1840 We are personally acquainted with Rice Stringer & John Hughes who signed as witnesses to the foregoing deposition & know them to be respectable & entitled to credit. D.T. Witter, Recr. R.L. PHILLIPS, J.P. ____________________________________________________________________________ Certificate 4305, Washington, Arkansas Land Office, Record Group 49, National Arhives, Washington, D.C. ____________________________________________________________________________ HTML file and design by David Kelley, 1997. All rights reserved.