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Description
Exceptional and handsome land grant for John Harris Private in Captain’s Fields Company of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812; Receiving 80 acres in Chariton, Iowa in Lucas County for his service during that conflict.
President Franklin Pierce
issued: December 15th 1856
10 x 16 inches
This land grant is part of an important archive associated with the Collings/Kirker family of Adams Co., Ohio that I have listed in my shop. The Archive over-all consists of materials from the Kirker-Collings-Gibson family of Adams Co., Ohio, from just before statehood to the end of the 20th century. Two of the progenitors of this clan are James R. Gibson and his wife, Martha King Gibson. This land grant and the archive appear to have been accumulated and come through Mary King Collings, who, it appears never married.*Please take a moment to examine my other two land grants from the same family who also fought in the War of 1812 and was rewarded land in Iowa... currently listed in my store.
ref: B-1/doc4-5 album
President Franklin Pierce
issued: December 15th 1856
10 x 16 inches
This land grant is part of an important archive associated with the Collings/Kirker family of Adams Co., Ohio that I have listed in my shop. The Archive over-all consists of materials from the Kirker-Collings-Gibson family of Adams Co., Ohio, from just before statehood to the end of the 20th century. Two of the progenitors of this clan are James R. Gibson and his wife, Martha King Gibson. This land grant and the archive appear to have been accumulated and come through Mary King Collings, who, it appears never married.*Please take a moment to examine my other two land grants from the same family who also fought in the War of 1812 and was rewarded land in Iowa... currently listed in my store.
ref: B-1/doc4-5 album
