St. Clair County
Land Patents

Henry C. Hoover
1 December 1849

The United States of America,
Certificate No. 29.170
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas Henry C. Hoover, of St. Clair County, Missouri,
has deposited in the General Land office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register Of The Land Office at Clinton, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Henry C. Hoover,
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 North West fractional quarter of the North East quarter, and the South East fractional quarter of the North West quarter of Section five on the left Bank of Osage River, in Township Thirty eight, of Range Twenty four, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Clinton, Missouri, Containing Forty five Acres and Eighty five Hundredths of an Acre;
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 Henry C. Hoover,
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 Henry C. Hoover,
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 Henry C. Hoover,
and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony Whereof, I, Zachary Taylor,
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 December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Forty nine and of the Independence of the United States the Seventy Fourth.
By The President: Z. Taylor.
By Tho. Ewing Jr., Sec’y.
N. Sargent, Recorder of the General Land Office.