Transcribed and submitted by Barbara Hale Reynolds

Land Office
At Dardenelle, Ark
November 27, 1874
Sect 26, Town 3N Range 26W
Approved December 29, 1874
Pat. - January 1, 1875
Rec. Vol. 1, P145

Land Office at Dardanelle, Ark
November 27, 1874

Final Certificate No. 469
Application No. 2924

It is hereby certified, that, pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An Act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain,"

Andrew Welch has made payment in full for E1/2 of the SW1/4 of section No. 26 in township No. 3N of range No. 26W containing 80 acres.

Now, therefore, be it known, that on presentation of this Certificate to the COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, the said Andrew Welch shall be entitled to a Patent for the Tract of Land above described.

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$2.00
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Receiver's Office, Dardenelle, Ark
November 27, 1874

Received of Andrew Welch the sum of Two dollars and _____ cents; being the second half of compensation of Register and Receiver, and balance of payment required by law for the entry of E1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 26 in Township 3N of Range 26W containing Eighty acres, under the act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain."

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$2.00
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W.M. Sand
Receiver

HOMESTEAD
Receiver's Office, Clarksville, Ark. Oct. 30, 1869

Final Certificate No. 2924
Application No. 2924

Received of Andrew Welch, the sum of Seven dollars and ____cents, being the amount of fee and compensation of Register and Receiver for the entry of E1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 26 in Township 3N of Range 26W containing Eighty acres, under the acts of Congress approved May 20, 1862, and March 21, 1864, entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain."

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$7.00 Duplicate
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Wm. Hutchison
Receiver

AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED OF HOMESTEAD CLAIMS
Acts of May 20, 1862 and June 21, 1866

I, Andrew Welch, having made a Homestead entry of the E1/2 of the SW 1/4 Section No. 26 in Township No. 3N, of range No. 26W, subject to entry at Clarksville Ark, under the first section of the Homestead Act of (blank), do now here apply to perfect my thereto by virtue of the first proviso to the second section of said act; and for that purpose do solemnly swear that I have made actual settlement upon and have cultivated said land, having resided thereon since the 30th day of October, 1869, to the present time; that no part of said land has been alienated, but that I am the sole bona fide owner as an actual settler; and that I will bear true allegiance to the Government of the United States. That I have not heretofore perfected title or abandoned an entry made under this act.

Andrew Welch
(His signature)

I, Robert I. Naylor, Register, of the Land Office at Dardanelle Ark, do hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before me this 27th day of November, 1874.

Robert I. Naylor, Register
(His signature)

Affadavit 2924 Land Office at Clarksville, Ark

Oct 30, 1869

I, Andrew Welch of Scott County, Ark, having filed my Application No. 2924, for an entry under the provisions of the act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An Act to secure Homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," do solemnly swear that I am the head of a family, a citizen of the United States, that I make my application no. 2924 for my exclusive use and benefit for actual settlement and cultivation and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whatsoever and that I have never heretofore had the benefit of this act.

Andrew Welch
(His signature)

Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of October before Jas Ashingley, Reg of the Land Office.

WE, George Garner and Thomas M. Bean do solemnly swear that we have known Andrew Welch for 8 years last past; that he is the head of a family consisting of wife and four children, a citizen of the United States; that he is an inhabitant of the E1/2 of SW 1/4 of section No. 26 in Township No. 3N of Range No. 26W and that no other person resided upon the said land entitled to the right of Homestead or Pre-emption.

That the said Andrew Welch entered upon and made settlement on said land on the 30 day of October, 1869, and has built a house thereon, and has lived in the said house and made it his exclusive home from the 30th day of October, 1869 to the present time, and that he has, since said settlement, plowed, fenced, and cultivated about 33 acres of said land, and has made the following improvements thereon to wit: Dwelling house, and crib, and other out buildings.

George Garner (his signature)
Thomas M. Beane (his signature)

I, W.M. Sand, Reg, do hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before me this 27 day of November, 1874.

We certify that George Garner and Thomas M. Bean whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, are persons of respectability.