St. Clair County
Land Patents

Josephus Winchester
15 November 1854

The United States of America,
Certificate No. 37878
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas Josephus Winchester 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 Josephus Winchester
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 West quarter of the South East quarter, of Section four in Township thirty eight of Range twenty seven, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Clinton, 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 Josephus Winchester
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 Josephus Winchester
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 Josephus Winchester
and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce
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 fifteenth day of November
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four and of the Independence of the United States the Sixty ninth
By The President: Franklin Pierce
By H.E. Baldwin asst Sec’y.
J.N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office.