To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas Jonathan Kimble of Hocking County Ohio has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Chillicothe whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Jonathan Kimble 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 North East quarter of Section Four in Township Thirteen of Range Seventeen in the district of Lands subject to sale at Chillicothe, Ohio containing Fourty one Acres and fifty four hundredths of an Acre 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 Jonathan Kimble
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 Jonathan Kimble 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 Jonathan Kimble and his heirs and assigns, forever.
In testimony whereof, I, Martin Van Buren 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 twenty eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and of the Independence of the United States the sixty third.
By the President: Martin Van Buren
By M Van Buren Jr. Sec'y
Jos I Wilson acting recorder of the General Land Office
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
1790 - 1866 (75 years)