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Given under my hand and seal this the 8th day of May A. D. 1844
Witness, A. B. Patton (Signed) J. Bittick (Seal)
George Butler
Personally appeared A. B. Patton before us, A. W. Canfield and A. E. Baker acting Justices of the Peace for said county and being duly sworn says that he saw Jonathan Bittick sign the within instrument for the uses and purposes therein named and that he saw George Butler sign the same as a witness and we attest this for the purpose of recording.
Given under our hands this 23rd. day May 1844 (Signed) A. E. Baker (J.P.)
A. W. Canfield (J.P.)
From the Archives and Records Division, Texas General Land Office, courtesy of Dorothy L. Miller:
Texas vara = 33.3 inches. League =
4428.4 acres Labor = 177.1 acres.
First Class Headright: Issued to those who arrived before March 2,
1836. Heads of families were eligible for one league and one labor while
single men were eligible for 1/3 league.
Second Class Headright: Issued to those who arrived between March
2, 1836 and October 1, 1837. Heads of families were eligible for 1280
acres while single men were eligible for 640 acres.
Third Class Headright: Issued to those who arrived between October
1, 1837 and January 1, 1840. Heads of families were eligible for 640 acres
while single men were eligible for 320 acres.
Fourth Class Headright: Issued to those who arrived between January
1, 1840 and January 1, 1842. The amounts issued were the same as for a
third class headright with the added requirement that ten acres be cultivated.