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the public lands: for the west half of the north
west quarter of section thirteen of township
twenty one of range one east in the district
of Tuscaloosa and state of Alabama, contain--
ing seventy nine acres, and fourteen 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
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 cases
made and provided have given and granted
and by these presents do give and grant unto
the said Samuel W. Mardis the said tract above
described, to have and to hold the same together
with all the rights, privileges and immunities
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 have hereunto caused this letter
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 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-eigth.
By the President James Monroe
Geo. Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office
Recorded Vol. 2 Page 880
{Mardis S. W.
To
H. B. Robinson
Page 53}
The State of Alabama } For value received I
Shelby County to wit } do hereby transfer
all the right, interest & claim that I have in
& to the described tract or parcel of land to
Henry B. Robinson Nov. 7 1824
Test. Joab Lawler Sam W. Mardis seal
Recorded 10^th Nov 1824
Joab Lawler, Clk. S. C. C.

{Moor ^Moore John
To
Jonathan Musick
Esq. Powr. Atty.
Page 54}
The State of North Carolina, Rutherford County.
Know all men by these presents that I John
Moore of the State & County aforesaid have
nominated, constituted, and appointed and