Land certificate granted to John Bourland by President John Tyler's signed by son and secretary Robert Tyler, 1843
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- Box Small Collections Oversize Box 5, Folder 22
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Land certificate granted to John Bourland of Hardin County, Tennessee with President John Tyler's name signed by son and secretary Robert Tyler. John Bourland was granted 159.80 acres of land in Pontotoc, Mississippi. The certificate was granted in adherence to several treaties between Chickasaw Native Americans and the United States including those dated October 20, 1832, May 24, 1834 and the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands." President John Tyler is listed as the conferrer of the certificate and it is affixed with the seal of the general land office.
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