United States Land Patent, James T. Sims, February 27, 1841

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Description

This United States land patent, certificate number 25546, grants James T. Simms of Attala County, Mississippi purchase of a tract of public land in Columbus, Mississippi. The patent describes the tract as bring the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section six, in township fifteen north of range seven east, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Columbus, Mississippi, containing forty acres and twenty-two hundredths of an acre. The patent is signed by President martin Van Buren via M. Causin Jr., Secretary and J. Williamson, recorder of the general land office.

Publication Date

2-27-1841

Time Period

1840-1849

Subjects

Land patent; Public lands; Public land sales

Keywords

land patents; land sales; public lands

Geographic Location

Washington (D.C)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1841-02-27-Land-Patent-James-T-Sims

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 2, Folder 47

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University