<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196094">A&amp;M 3554</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Bill Dixon and Forest McClung, Collectors, Johnson and Simpson Family Land Deeds, 1829-1843 <num>A&amp;M 3554</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-08-30 07:28:18 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.01 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 10 items</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_db78508d75b96cff58170a95a943c89f">Lands deeds assigned to William Simpson, William Johnson, and Benjamin Johnson in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri by U.S. Presidents Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, and Martin Van Buren. These items were found in the desk of E.W. McClung in a residence in Sinks Grove, West Virginia. One deed has an original signature of President Andrew Jackson.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Bill Dixon and Forest McClung, Collectors, Johnson and Simpson Family Land Deeds, A&amp;M 3554, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>One land deed for Benjamin Johnson of Lafayette County, Missouri signed by Andrew Jackson in 1829 separated to the Rare Signature Collection, A&amp;M 435.</p>  </separatedmaterial>
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    <subject source="ingest">Land - deeds and grants.</subject>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79088888" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845</persname>
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