United States    }
      to         }  Patent
Thomas B. Artope }           (4-406)
                     The United States of America
                    To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting:
Certificate } Whereas Thomas B. Artope of Macon Georgia has deposited in the
No 6442     } General Land office of the United States a certificate of the
Register of the Land office at Gainesville Florida whereby it appears that
full Payment has been made by the said Thomas B. Artope according to the
provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820 entitled "an act making
further provision for the sale of the Public Lands" and the acts supplemental
thereto for the east half of the South West quarter of Section three in Township
eight south of range fourteen east of Tallahassee Meridian in Florida
containing eighty 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 Thomas B.
Artope Now Know Ye that the United States 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 Thomas B. Artope 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 unto the said Thomas B. Artope
and his heirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony whereof I Grover Cleveland 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
              twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand
((Seal))      Eight hundred and Eighty five and of the Independence
              of the United States the one hundred and ninth
              By the President Grover Cleveland
                    By M. McKean   Secretary
               S.W. Clark Recorder of the General Land Office
Recorded Vol 11 Page 231

               Filed July 5th 1886
               Recorded July 7th 1886
                    J.A. Carlisle  Clerk
                      pr S.H. Wienges DC