St. Clair County
Land Deeds & Patents

John M. Harper
10 April 1843

The United States of America,
Certificate No. 15.71
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas John M. Harper of Benton County Missouri,
has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register Of The Land Office at Springfield, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said John M. Harper,
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 South East quarter of the North East quarter of section twelve, in Township Thirty Eight, of Range Twenty-four West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Springfield Missouri, containing Forty 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 John M. Harper,
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 John M. Harper,
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 John M. Harper,
and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony Whereof, I, John Tyler
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 tenth day of April
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three and of the Independence of the United States the Sixty Seventh
By The President: John Tyler
By R. Tyler Sec’y.
J. Williamson Recorder of the General Land Office.