THE DOCUMENT READS: FARM OR BOUNTY LAND UNDER ACT OF 1855 STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY-----THOMAS ON THIS TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH A. D. ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME, A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, ISAAC SPENCE, AGED 78 YEARS, A RESIDENT OF THOMAS COUNTY IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA WO BEING DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO LAW, DECLARES THAT HE IS THE IDENTICAL ISAAC SPENCE WHO RECEIVED, UNDER THE ACT OF 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1850, A LAND WARRANT FOR EIGHTY ACRES FOR SERVICES IN CAPTAIN GAMBOL COMPANY IN THE PORT (THE NEXT LINE IS NOT READABLE). HE MAKES THIS DECLARATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING THE BOUNTY LANDGRANTED BY THE ACT PASSED AND APPROVED MARCH 3RD 1855, AND HE HEREBY DECLARES THAT HE HAS NOT APPLIED FOR, NOR RECEIVED, AND HE BELIEVES HE IS ENTITLED TO, BOUNTY LAND EXCEPT AS ABOVE STATED., AND HE HEREBY APPOINTS JOHN J. RAGANS THOMAS COUNTY TO PROSECUTE HIS CLAIM AND RECEIVE HIS WARRANT WHEN ISSUED. HIS I SAAC (X) SPENCE MARK SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THE DAY AND YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN, AND I CERTIFY THAT I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THE ABOVE CLAIM , AND AM NOT CONCERNED IN ITS PROSECUTION. JOHN J. RAGANS, J. P. STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF THOMAS PERSONALLY APPEARED THARPE SPENCE AND ALEXANDER SINGLETARY , RESIDENTS OF THOMAS COUNTY, PERSONS WHOM I CERTIFY TO BE RESPECTABLE AND ENTITLED TO CREDIT, AND WHO BEING DULY SWORN , SAY THAT THEY WERE PRESENT AND SAW ISAAC SPENCE SIGN HIS NAME TO THE FOREGOING DECLARATION; AND THEY FURTHER SWEAR THAT THEY HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE FROM THE PPEARANCE OF THE APPLICANT THAT HE IS THE IDENTICAL PERSON HE REPRESENTS HIMSELF TO BE; AND WHO HAS RECEIVED 80 ACRES OF LAND FOR HIS SERVICES IN THE WAR AND THEY DEPONENTS DO RESIDE IN THE COUNTY OF THOMAS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA . THEY ALSO SWEAR THAT THEY ARE DISINTERESTED WITNESSES. SIGNATURE OF WITNESSES; ALEXANDER SINGLETARY THARPE SPENCE JOHN J. RAGANS, JP SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 20TH DAY OF MARCH 1855.