Hays Ray Webb Collection
The Hays Ray Webb digital collection is a collection of selected digitized materials from the Hays Ray Webb collection. The digtial collection contains family correspondence about the Civil War.
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Public Land Sale, Jackson, Mississippi Register of the Land Office to John L. Wilson , April 26, 1824
This document declares the approval of the sale of certain public land in the district of Jackson, Mississippi to John L. Wilson of Copiah County, Mississippi on April 26, 1824. The certificate of sale is signed by United States President, James Monroe.
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Public Land Sale, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Register of the Land Office to John Halbert, April 26, 1824
This document declares the approval of the sale of certain public land in the district of Tuscaloosa, Alabama to John Halbert of Monroe County, Mississippi on April 26, 1924. The certificate of sale is signed by United States President, James Monroe.
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Public Land Sale, West Pearl River, Mississippi Register of the Land Office to William Gibson, September 4, 1824
This document declares the approval of the sale of certain public land in the district of Washington County, Mississippi, west of Pearl River to William Gibson on September 4, 1824. The certificate of sale is signed by United States President, James Monroe.
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United States Land Patent, John Halbert, April 26, 1824
This United States land patent, certificate number 2439, grants John Halbert of Monroe County Mississippi, purchase of a tract of public land in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The tract is described in the patent as the west half of southwest quarter section twenty in Township nineteen of range seventeen west in the district of Tuscaloosa and State of Alabama containing eighty acres and fifteen and a half hundredths of an acre. The patent is signed by President James Monroe and George Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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United States Land Patent, John L. Wilson, April 26, 1824
This United States land patent, certificate number 241c, grants John L. Wilson of Copiah County, Mississippi, purchase of a tract of public land in the Choctaw District. The land patent describes the tract of land and as being in township one in Range two, west containing eighty acres and in the District of Choctaw and State of Mississippi. The land patent is signed by President James Monro and George Graham, Commissioner of the Genera Land Office.
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United States Land Patent, William Gibson, September 4, 1824
This United States land patent grants William Gibson, assignee of Sutton Byrd, purchase of a tract of land in the Washington District of Mississippi. The patent describes the tract of land as the northwest quarter section, one in township six if range four east in the district of Washington and State of Mississippi containing one hundred and fifty acres and sixty-eight hundredths of an acre. the patent is signed by President James Monroe and George Gibson, Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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The Old Year
In this essay, the unidentified author speaks of the passing of time, reflecting on the past and looking forward to the future and how the coming new year holds hope for some while it fills others with dread.
