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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 day of June in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun--
dred and twenty three, and of the Independence
of the United States the forty-seventh.
L.S. By the President James Monroe.
John McLean Commissioner of the General Land
Office. Recorded Vol. 2, Page 218.
State of Alabama }
Shelby County } County Clerk's Office. The
foregoing was recorded April 19^th 1825
Joab Lawler Clk.

The United States of America. Certificate No. 704.
To all to whom these presents shall come, greetings.
Whereas James S. Walker of Coosawda, A. has de--
posited in the General Land Office of the United
States a certificate of the Register of the Land
Office at Tuscaloosa in Alabama, whereby it
appears that full payment has been made
by the said James S. Walker according to the
provisions of the Acts of Congress of the 24^th of
April 1820 entitled An Act Making Further
Provisions For the Sale of the Public Lands for
the west half of the north east quarter of
section twelve of township twenty two of
range two west in the district of Tuscaloosa
and state of Alabama, containing seventy
nine acres, and eighty hundredths of an
acre, according to the official plat of the survey
of the general said lands returned to the General
Land Office by the Surveyor General which
said tract has been purchased by the said
James S. Walker. Now know ye that the United
States of America in consideration of the prev--
ious 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 James S. Walker 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 James S. Walker
and his heirs & assigns forever. In testimony
whereof I James Monroe, President of the