1820
“Cash Act” & 1862 “Homestead Act”
The
Cash Act, granted land patents documents the transfer of land ownership from the
federal government to individuals. Our land patent records include the
information recorded when ownership was transferred. Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi and Louisiana were some
of the southern states that this act applied too. The land was disposed of by
the authority of many acts of Congress - sale, homesteads, military warrants for
military service, timber culture, mining, etc. One of the primary purposes of
these public land laws was to encourage people from the East to move West. In
the early 1800's people could buy public land for $1.25 an acre. For a time,
they could buy up to 640 acres under this law. The sale of public land under the
"Cash Act" is no longer in effect.
Public
land sales boomed. The Act of April 20, 1820, authorized land to be sold for a
minimum of $1.25 per acre and tracts as small as 80 acres. Public lands
initially offered for sale by District Land Offices were sold at pre-announced,
scheduled public auction. If any land remained unsold, the parcels would be
available for purchase at the minimum price on a first-come-first-served basis.
This replaced the credit system.
The President of the United States signed land patents, giving people title to
the land. Hundreds, then thousands of Americans gave up their American
nationality and chose to go under Mexican rule in order to get land in Texas for
growing cotton.
The
Homestead Act of 1862, allowed settlement of
public lands and required only residence and improvement and cultivation of the
land. Any person, a citizen or person intending to become a citizen, 21 years of
age or older, and the head of a household could make application. With five
years residence and improvements/cultivation, only a $15.00 fee was required to
get 160 acres. Repealed in 1976.
Source: Bureau of Land Management http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/PublicLands.asp
The
following Friday's took advantage of these acts in the following states:
|
Patentee Name |
State |
County/ |
Issue |
District |
Doc. |
Accession or |
|
FRIDAY,
AARON S |
AL |
Tuscaloosa |
6/1/1858 |
Tuscaloosa |
35018 |
AL2890__.092 |
|
FRIDAY,
GEORGE |
AL |
Tuscaloosa |
3/15/1839 |
Tuscaloosa |
16163 |
AL0950__.272 |
|
FRIDAY,
GEORGE |
AL |
Tuscaloosa |
11/7/1837 |
Tuscaloosa |
16463 |
AL2540__.001 |
|
FRIDAY,
GEORGE |
AL |
Tuscaloosa |
9/20/1839 |
Tuscaloosa |
17895 |
AL2570__.117 |
|
AL |
Tuscaloosa |
10/21/1834 |
Tuscaloosa |
9307 |
AL0820__.141 |
|
|
FRIDAY,
GEORGE W |
AL |
Tuscaloosa |
6/1/1858 |
Tuscaloosa |
28912 |
AL2780__.237 |
|
FRIDAY,
HENRY |
AL |
Pickens |
3/15/1839 |
Tuscaloosa |
16347 |
AL0950__.453 |
|
FRIDAY,
HENRY |
AL |
Pickens |
9/20/1839 |
Tuscaloosa |
19278 |
AL2590__.491 |
|
FRIDAY,
HENRY |
AL |
Pickens |
9/20/1839 |
Tuscaloosa |
20703 |
AL2620__.410 |
|
FRIDAY,
HENRY |
AL |
Elmore |
8/1/1837 |
Cahaba |
25420 |
AL1630__.069 |
|
FRIDAY,
HENRY |
AL |
Chilton |
7/28/1838 |
Cahaba |
33954 |
AL1800__.093 |
|
FRIDAY,
HENRY |
AL |
Dallas |
2/2/1852 |
Cahaba |
38847 |
AL1900__.024 |
|
FRIDAY,
HENRY W |
AL |
Chilton |
2/1/1876 |
Montgomery |
471 |
AL4590__.427 |
|
FRIDAY,
HENRY W |
AL |
Chilton |
6/19/1891 |
Montgomery |
8473 |
AL4730__.397 |
|
FRIDAY,
JOEL |
AL |
Chilton |
2/1/1876 |
Montgomery |
472 |
AL4590__.428 |
|
FRIDAY,
JOHN |
AL |
Chilton |
8/14/1837 |
Cahaba |
31453 |
AL1750__.014 |
|
FRIDAY,
JOHN |
AL |
Chilton |
2/2/1852 |
Cahaba |
38889 |
AL1900__.066 |
|
FRIDAY,
JOHN L |
AL |
Chilton |
2/1/1876 |
Montgomery |
470 |
AL4590__.426 |
|
FRIDAY,
LEE |
AL |
Chilton |
4/10/1837 |
Cahaba |
21358 |
AL0560__.035 |
|
FRIDAY,
LEE |
AL |
Dallas |
5/20/1841 |
Cahaba |
35158 |
AL1820__.364 |
|
FRIDAY,
LEMUEL D |
AL |
Bibb |
7/1/1848 |
Tuscaloosa |
24122 |
AL2690__.424 |
|
FRIDAY,
LEROY |
AL |
Chilton |
11/1/1858 |
Greenville |
46763 |
AL2020__.097 |
|
FRIDAY,
LUTHER R |
AL |
Dallas, |
11/5/1897 |
Montgomery |
15980 |
AL4890__.319 |
|
FRIDAY,
LUTHER R |
AL |
Chilton |
4/10/1883 |
Montgomery |
2811 |
AL4620__.115 |
|
FRIDAY,
MARTIN |
AL |
Lowndes |
4/15/1837 |
Cahaba |
22962 |
AL0590__.135 |
|
FRIDAY,
MARTIN |
AL |
Lowndes |
4/15/1837 |
Cahaba |
22963 |
AL0590__.136 |
|
FRIDAY,
MARTIN |
AL |
Lowndes |
4/15/1837 |
Cahaba |
22964 |
AL0590__.137 |
|
FRIDAY,
MARTIN |
AL |
Lowndes |
8/12/1837 |
Cahaba |
30206 |
AL1720__.267 |
|
FRIDAY,
MARTIN |
AL |
Lowndes |
8/12/1837 |
Cahaba |
30207 |
AL1720__.268 |
|
FRIDAY,
MARTIN |
AL |
Lowndes |
8/12/1837 |
Cahaba |
30208 |
AL1720__.269 |
|
FRIDAY,
MARTIN |
AL |
Lowndes |
8/12/1837 |
Cahaba |
30209 |
AL1720__.270 |
|
FRIDAY,
MARTIN |
AL |
Lowndes |
8/12/1837 |
Cahaba |
30210 |
AL1720__.271 |
|
FRIDAY,
REUBEN |
AL |
Bibb |
4/1/1850 |
Tuscaloosa |
25183 |
AL2710__.477 |
|
FRIDAY,
SAMPSON |
AL |
Chilton |
4/10/1883 |
Montgomery |
2812 |
AL4620__.116 |
|
FRIDAY,
SAMUEL |
AL |
Bibb, |
3/20/1837 |
Tuscaloosa |
11242 |
AL0860__.082 |
|
FRIDAY,
SAMUEL |
AL |
Bibb |
9/20/1839 |
Tuscaloosa |
19125 |
AL2590__.338 |
|
FRIDAY,
THOMAS |
AL |
Tuscaloosa |
11/7/1837 |
Tuscaloosa |
16464 |
AL2540__.100 |
|
FRIDAY,
THOMAS |
AL |
Tuscaloosa |
9/20/1839 |
Tuscaloosa |
18053 |
AL2570__.273 |
| Patentee Name | State | County/ Parish |
Issue Date |
District Land Office |
Doc. Nr. |
Accession or Serial Nr. |
| FRIDAY, BERRIMAN | AR | Columbia, Lafayette |
9/10/1883 | Camden | 2944 | AR1520__.374 |
| FRIDAY, GABRIEL B | AR | Columbia | 7/1/1857 | Washington | 8631 | AR1280__.445 |
| FRIDAY, GABRIEL B | AR | Sevier | 8/16/1899 | Camden | 9133 | AR2780__.216 |
| FRIDAY, GABRIEL B | AR | Columbia | 12/1/1857 | Washington | 9879 | AR1290__.248 |
| FRIDAY, GODFREY | AR | Columbia, Lafayette |
10/1/1850 | Washington | 5670 | AR1220__.182 |
| FRIDAY, HAL | AR | Lafayette | 6/10/1896 | Camden | 7998 | AR1620__.436 |
| FRIDAY, JOSEPH | AR | White | 11/27/1820 | Arkansas | 23574 | AR2960__.070 |
| FRIDAY, LEROY | AR | Independence | 9/15/1914 | Little Rock | 06711 | 431068 |
| FRIDAY, ORFEE R | AR | Columbia | 4/20/1883 | Camden | 2875 | AR1520__.293 |
| FRIDAY, REUBIN B | AR | Sevier | 5/4/1894 | Camden | 6847 | AR1600__.322 |
| FRIDAY, VINCENT A | AR | Columbia | 12/1/1857 | Washington | 9639 | AR1290__.173 |
| FRIDAY, WALTER W | AR | Sevier | 11/1/1912 | Camden | 01204 | 298665 |
|
Patentee Name |
State |
County/ |
Issue |
District |
Doc. |
Accession or |
|
MS |
Attala |
2/27/1841 |
Columbus |
14481 |
MS1120__.274 |
|
|
MS |
Attala |
2/27/1841 |
Columbus |
14482 |
MS1120__.275 |
|
Patentee Name |
State |
County/ |
Issue |
District |
Doc. |
Accession or |
|
FRIDAY,
AUGUSTUS |
LA |
Natchitoches |
9/7/1900 |
Natchitoches |
3293 |
LA1460__.086 |
|
FRIDAY,
GEORGE |
LA |
Winn |
7/2/1860 |
Monroe |
21377 |
LA1220__.114 |
|
FRIDAY,
GEORGE T |
LA |
Natchitoches |
6/13/1899 |
Natchitoches |
3169 |
LA1420__.248 |
|
FRIDAY,
GEORGE T |
LA |
Grant |
6/10/1898 |
New
Orleans |
7721 |
LA1280__.420 |
|
LA |
Winn |
7/2/1860 |
Monroe |
20948 |
LA1210__.363 |
|
|
LA |
Grant |
5/10/1861 |
Monroe |
22707 |
LA1240__.316 |
|
|
FRIDAY,
WILLIAM W |
LA |
Grant |
7/12/1909 |
New
Orleans |
0172 |
71321 |
|
FRIDAY,
WILLIAM W |
LA |
Natchitoches |
6/20/1890 |
Natchitoches |
1353 |
LA0820__.300 |
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