Copy of a 1800 land patent to William Lytle, General Land Office, Washington, D.C.
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- Box 2, Folder 3
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Scope and Contents Copied by Elijah Haywood, commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington D.C., on June 14, 1832. Original document a land patent for William Lytle dated December 19, 1800, Washington, D.C. Land awarded for the Revolutionary War service of David Stephenson, a major for seven years, and William McEliay, a soldier for three years, both in the Virginia Continental Line. William Lytle, an asignee, is given three hundred and ninety acres. Other names mentioned include Evan Francis and Leroy Edwards. Original signed by John Adams, President, John Marshall, Secretary of State, and Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War.
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