St. Clair County
Land Deeds & Patents

John W. Walker
1 June 1859

The United States of America,
Certificate No. 51841
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas John W. Walker 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 Warsaw whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said John W. Walker
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 South East quarter of Section twenty two in Township thirty nine of Range twenty five in the district of lands Subject to sale at Warsaw 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 George W. Walker,
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 George W. Walker
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 George W. Walker
and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony Whereof, I, James Buchanan
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 fifty nine and of the Independence Of The United States the Eighty third
By The President: James Buchanan
By J.A.B. Leonard Secretary.
J.N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office.