Notes for Wilhelm "William" Govert

Notes for Wilhelm "William" Govert

These early settlers all came to Dyer, lived on farms south of Dyer. Wilhelm and Mary moved to a farm in Lowell around the turn of the century as several of Wilhelm's brothers resided there.

Land Deed of William Govert from the General Land office: Certificate No. 21666, January 3, 1855
To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas William Govert, of Lake County, Indiana, has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Winamac, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said William Govert, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An acto making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands" for the North East quarter of the North East quarter of Section twenty-nine, in Township thirty-six, of Range eight west, in the District of (illegiable...maybe Sea...) subject to Sale at Winamac, Indiana, containing Fourty acres. According to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said William Govert. Now Know Ye, That the United State of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said William Govert and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To Have and to Hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, until the said William Govert and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, 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, the Third day of January, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the Seventy-ninth.
By the President: Franklin Pierce
By H. E. Baldwin, Assistant Secretary
F? N. Granger, Recorder of the General Land Office