Amanuensis Monday - Homestead Certificate for Raymond Emerson (1819-1904)

Dear FOLKS,

Today's transcription project is the Homestead Certificate that was issued to Raymond Emerson (1819-1904) in Irving Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. We learned about Raymond applying for this plat of land shortly after his discharge from his Civil War military service. If you would like to read more about that, here is a link to that article.

Raymond was one of my late cousin Ed Ostrom's great-grandfathers, his mother's father's father. Over the past few weeks we have been learning of Raymond's story.

This document is a fill-in-the-blanks form. I have used italics, bold red font to show the hand-written entries. My comments are surrounded in square-brackets [ ]. I hope this helps clarify the information provided.

IMAGE: Homestead Certificate #529,
Issued to Raymond Emerson. Citing
General Land Office records of the
Bureau of Land Management. [1]

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The United States of America,
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

Homestead Certificate No. 529.}
Application    1723.          }

        Whereas, there has been deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a CERTIFICATE of the register of the Land Office at St Cloud Minnesota, whereby it appears that pursuant to the Act of Congress approved 20th May, 1862, "To secure Homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," and the acts supplemental thereto, the claim of Raymond Emerson has been established and duly consummated in conformity to law for the South half of the South East quarter the North West quarter of the South East quarter, and the North East quarter of the South West quarter of section two, in Township one hundred and twenty-one, of Range thirty three, in the District of Lands subject to sale at St Cloud Minnesota, containing one hundred and sixty acres, according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said Land returned to the General Land Office of the SURVEYOR GENERAL.

        Now know ye, That there is therefore granted by the United States unto the said Raymond Emerson the tract of Land above described; To Have and to Hold the said tract of Land, with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said Raymond Emerson and to his heirs and assigns forever.

        In Testimony whereof, I, Ulysses S. Grant, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.

[Seal]

Given under my hand, at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the eighteenth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States the Ninety-Sixth,

By the President: U.S. Grant
By J. Parrish, Sec'y.
CB Boynton, Recorder of the General Land Office.

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Source:

1.) U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, online database with images, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 09 May 2017), entry for Homestead Certificate No. 529 for Raymond Emerson, 18 August 1871, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.

After recently writing about Raymond's homestead, I decided it prudent to share that actual document with you.

Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as, "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings.Thanks guys.

Transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down and "smell the flowers," and to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.

Hope you enjoyed today's project and that your week is off to a good start. Thank you for stopping by.

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