Date Original
1860
Description
This collection contains a land grant signed by President James Buchanan. This land patent is for section one, township five south, range eleven west, which lays in modern day Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Biographical/Historical Note
The United States Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office (GLO), transferred millions of acres of land from the federal government to private ownership between 1820 and 1908. Congress authorized disposal of these lands through various means and for various reasons, largely to encourage Americans to move west. Worden Pope received this land grant for 313 acres of land in Jefferson County, Arkansas, July 2, 1860.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Jefferson County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.013.021
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Worden Pope land grant, SMC.013.021
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Worden Pope land grant, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
