Hi Dena and the list! I have sent off to DC for several land patent documents from the 1800's. Some were so helpful. Gave me copies of the news article requirement, original handwriting of the patentee, their family status at the time, number of children, how long they had lived there, witness testimony was sometimes other relatives, which gave me their residence at the time. The ones that were not any more helpful than the info you and I already had appeared to me to be the ones that did not get pursued to the issue of the final patent. This process apparently takes many years to complete until the land title is really clear to the patentee. It took mine about 4 mos to arrive after I waited several days to weeks for the special form from NARA it requires. The written apology for the long wait was related to the mail scrutiny in DC since 9-11. Hope this helps. Carolyn FLOWERS Tucker