Pat. 962, Vol. 36, Page 383, Order #183576-R2
Sent June 30, 1822 - Certificate No. 962

The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:

Whereas, Benjamin T. Rue of Fayette County, Indiana has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Brookville, State of Indiana, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Benjamin Rue according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provisions for the sale of Public Lands," for the East half of the South West quarter of section fourteen in Township of Runge, plus seven in the District of Brookville and State of Indiana, 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 Benjamin T. Rue,

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 Benjamin T. Rue the said tract above described: To Have and to Hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and oppurtunances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said Benjamin T. Rue and his heirs and assigns, forever.

In testimony whereof, I, James Monroe, 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 twenty-seventh day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and of the Independence of the United States to the forty-sixth.

By the President, James Monroe
Josiah Meigh, Commissioner of the General Land Office

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Indiana Land Records

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RUE FAMILY IN THE U.S.A.