United States Land Patent, Martan J. Sims, October 1, 1859

Authors

Files

Description

This United States land patent, certificate number 38814, grants Marten J. Sims of Attala County, Mississippi purchase of a tract of public land in Columbus, Mississippi. The tract is described in the patent as the southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section twelve in Township fourteen north of range nine east in the district of lands subject to the sale at Columbus, Mississippi, containing forty-one acres and forty-six hundredths of an acre. The patent is sighed by President James Buchanan and J. A. Granger, recorder of the General Land Office.

Publication Date

10-1-1859

Time Period

1850-1859

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_1859-10-01-Land-Patent-Martin-J-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

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