The below info was transcribed here on 25 July 2002 by Barbara Poythress Neal from info seen that date at the website for the General Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Division http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ This particular record was located by clicking on "Search Land Patents" in the left portion of the green band across the top of the initial page. One need enter only his/her zipcode (so they can see how many folks they are serving from various areas of the US), and then, for the below record, enter ARKANSAS in the search block for the state desired, and POYTHRESS in the search block for surname. I would encourage anyone interested to go to the website & check all the states listed for any surname of interest. Note that the original 13 states are NOT General Land Office states. Numerous Poythress individuals are found listed. The site is extremely easy to use, and after viewing the initial info that has been entered for the individual record in the searchable database, one can click to see an image of the original document, in a choice of formats -- a small GIF; a large GIF; PDF; or TIFF, and can easily print the image. The description at the opening screen of the website states in part that the site is designed to "provide live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States. We also provide image access to more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908. Images of Serial patents (land titles issued between 1908 and the mid-1960's) are currently being added to this web site. Due to organization of documents in the GLO collection, this site does not currently contain every Federal title record issued for the Public Land States." Names: Patentee: POYTHRESS, LILLY Warrantee: POYTHRESS, PETER Survey: State: Arkansas Acres: 160 Metes/Bounds: No Title Transfer: Issue Date: 11/27/1820 Land Office: Arkansas Cancelled: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: May 6, 1812: ScripWarrant Act of 1812 (2 Stat. 728) Document Numbers: Document Nr: 21831 Accession/Serial Nr. AR2960__.013 BLM Serial Nr: AR NO S/N Patent Description Legal Land Description: Aliquot Parts: NE Sec./Block: 27/ Township: 7-N Range: 13-W Fract. Section: No Meridian: 5th PM State: AR Counties: Faulkner Survey Nr: [blank] Below is Bpn's 25 July 2002 transcription of the associated Acrobat Reader image file (AR2960_.013.PDF) for the above-described document [note: portions below that are contained between asterisks (such as **) were filled in by hand in a pre-printed form]: **Ex'd, James Monroe, 13** President of the United States of America, TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: Know ye, That, in pursuance of the Acts of Congress appropriating and granting Land to the late Army of the United States, passed on and since the sixth day of May, 1812, **Lilly Poythress heir at law of Peter Poythress deceased** having deposited in the General Land-office a Warrant in **her** favor, numbered **21831** there is granted unto **the said Lilly Poythress heir at Law of Peter Poythress dec'd,** late a **private in Peyton's Comp'y, of the 20 Regimt, of Infantry** a certain Tract of Land, containing **One hundred & sixty Acres** being in the **NorthEast quarter** of Section **Twenty seven** of Township **Seven North** in Range **Thirteen West** in the Tract appropriated (by the Acts aforesaid) for Military Bounties in the Territory of **Arkansas** TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said **quarter** Section of Land, with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said **Lilly Poythress heir at Law of Peter Poythress dec'd** and to **her** heirs and assigns for ever. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused these Letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my Hand, at the City of Washington, this **twenty seventh** day of **November** in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and **twenty** and of the Independence of the United States of America, the forty- **fifth** By the President , **J M** **J M** Commissioner of the General Land-Office