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Francis Bittick, Certificate 1947
Preemption Proof
Be it remembered, that on the third day of March,
1836, Francis Bittick of Pike County, Arkansas Territory, personally came and
appeared before the undersigned, an acting justice of the peace, within and for
the County of Hempstead, in the Territory of Arkansas, and being first duly
sworn,
deposeth and says:
That, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred
and thirty-three, he cultivated a portion of the public lands of the United
States known and designated as the west half of the southeast quarter of section
numbered seven, and the east half of the southwest quarter of said section, in
township numbered nine, south of the base line range, numbered twenty-three,
west of the fifth principle meridian, in the district of lands subject to sale
at Washington, Arkansas; and, that in said year he had in cultivation and under
fence on said tract, about twenty-five acres, and that he resided thereon and
had possession of the same on the nineteenth day of Jan., 1834.
Francis Bittick
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3rd. day
of March, 1836.
G.W. Conway, J.P.
This day, John Speer, Samuel Hasley and Thomas
Milson, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, an acting justice of the
peace, within and for the county, aforesaid, and being duly sworn, depose and
say, that they believe the matters and things stated and set forth, in the
foregoing affidavit of Francis Bittick, to be true in substance and fact.
John Speer
Samuel Hasley
Thomas Milson
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3rd. day
of March, 1836.
G.W. Conway, J.P.
The Preemption in this case has been approved and
this office advised thereof by letter of the Comr., G. L. Office, of the 15th.
Decr., 1837, and repayment ordered to be made to the original purchaser, which
has been done long since.
Saml. C. Wheat, Regr.
D.T. Witter, Recr.
Francis Bittick to Solomon Melson, Certificate
1947
For value received, I, Francis Bittick, of the
County of Pike and Territory of Arkansas, do hereby transfer, assign, and set
over unto Solomon Melson, of the County and Territory aforesaid, all my title,
claim and demand, to a tract of land purchased by me this 3rd day of
March, 1836, as per Receiver’s Receipt numbered 1947, designated as the West
half of the Southeast Quarter of Section Seven, in Township Nine, South of Range
Twenty-three, West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Washington, in
the Territory of Arkansas, and do hereby request that a patent, therefor, may be
issued to the said Solomon Melson, his heirs or assigns.
Witness my hand, this 3rd day of
March, 1836.
Francis Bittick
Acknowledged before me, the 3rd.,
March, 1836.
D. T. Witter
Receiver Pub. Mon.,
Source:
Cash Certificate 1947, Proof of Preemption under
the Act of 1834, Francis Bittick.
Record Group 49