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William Osteen }
Homestead Certificate No 103 }  The United States of America
Application 3359             }  To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting
                       Whereas there has been deposited in the General Land Office of
the United States a Certificate of the Register of the Land office at Gainesville
Florida whereby it appears that pursuant to the Act of Congress approved 20th May
1862 "To secure homesteads to actual Settlers on the Public Domain" and the
acts supplemental thereto the claim of William Osteen has been established
and duly consumated in conformity to law for the South Eas quarter of the 
North West quarter and the North East quarter of the South West quarter
of Section Five in Township eight South of Range seventeen East in the
District of lands subject to sale at Gainesville Florida Containing Eighty acres
according to the Official Plat of the survey of the said Land returned to the
General Land Office by the surveyor General: Now Know ye That there is
therefore granted by the United States unto the Said William Osteen the
tract of land above described To Have and to hold the said tract of
Land with the appurtenances thereof unto the said William Osteen
and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony whereof I Ulysses S.
Grant 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 May in the Year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred and seventy five and of the Independence of the United
States the Ninety ninth
   (  )                    By the President U.S. Grant
 ( Seal )                     By S.D. Williamson  Secretary
   (  )              L.K. Lippincott Recorder of the General Land Office
Recorded Vol 1 - Page 124
                     Filed October 23d 1885
                        Recorded October 24th 1885
                           J.A. Carlisle  Clerk
                               pr S.H. Wienges DC