http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ <http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/>I did a copy/paste from the website. Looks good now but it may be hard to read when you get it. I think this must be John 1826 of Lockport. I'm not sure whether "late" below means *dead *or* in the near past.* I guess the latter. But would like input from someone with more experience in these records/language. Transcribed from the deed: "John Van Arman, late a musician in Captain Singleton's Company Sixteenth Regiment United State Infantry having deposited in the General Land Office a warrant in his favor numbered 38.569, there is therefore granted by the United States unto Benjamin Worden, assignee of said John VanArman and to his heirs [land description] ...." dated 20 December 1850 Aliquot Parts Sec./ Block Township Range Fract. Section Meridian State Counties Survey Nr. E½NE 22/ 41-N 3-E No 3rd PM IL Dekalb W½NW 23/ 41-N 3-E No 3rd PM IL Dekalb Patentee: BENJAMIN WORDEN Warrantee: JOHN VAN ARMAN Military Rank: MUSICIAN *Survey* State: ILLINOIS Acres: 160 Metes/Bounds: No *Title Transfer* Issue Date: 12/20/1850 Land Office: Dixon Cancelled: No U.S. Reservations: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: February 11, 1847: ScripWarrant Act of 1847 (9 Stat. 123) Linda Schwenn