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twenty nine 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 is and has been purchased by the said
Samuel W. Mardis. Now know ye, that the United
States of America in consideration of the previous
and in conformity with the several Acts of Congress
in such case made and provided have given &
granted and by these presents do give & grant unto
the said Samuel W. Mardis the said tract above de--
scribed. To have and to hold the same together together with all
the rights & privileges and appurtenances of whatsoever
nature thereunto belonging unto the said Samuel W.
Mardis, and his heirs & assigns forever.
In testimony whereof I James Monroe 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 ninth day
L. S. of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty three, and of the
Independence of the United States the forty
eighth. By the President James Monroe,
Geo. Graham Commissioner of the General Land Office
Recorded Vol. 2 Page 379.
{Mardis S. W.
To
H. B. Robinson
Page 51}
The State of Alabama } For value received I do hereby
Shelby County } transfer all the interest, title
and claim, that I have in & to the within dis--
trict described tract of land to Henry B. Robinson
Nov. 7^th 1824.
Test. Sam W. Mardis seal
Joab Lawler Clk. S. C. C. Rec Nov 7^th 1824 & recorded
Nov. 10^th 1824
Joab Lawler Clk. S. C. C.

{United States
To
S. W. Mardis
Page 52}
The United States of America
Certificate } To all to whom these presents shall come
No. 864 } Greetings,
Whereas Sam W. Mardis of Shelby County has deposit--
ed in the General Land Office of the United States
a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, whereby it appears that full
payment has been made by the said Samuel W.
Mardis according to the provisions of the Acts of
Congress of the 29^th of April 1820 entitled, An
Act Making Further Provisions for the Sale of