The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-03-04
BACK 10 THE BEGINNING.
The Sign Manual Of President Mad
ison That Breathed the Breath
Of Life into the Nostrils
nf Puiaski

We are indebted to Mayor Crow
for temporary possession of a ven
cradle piece of parchment taken
from the municipal archives, the
contents of which will be read with
interest at this late day. 1t Is the
original grant from the government
of the territory out of which the
present town of Pulaski was
formed, and bears the signature of
James Madison, at that time presi-
dent of the United States. This
musty document has been soiled by
time, but the chirography, which is
very beautiful, stands out as boldly
and clearly as if it were executed
yesterday. Here it is:
JAMES MADISON, President of the
United States of Ame-ica:-To
all to whom these presents shall
come, Greeting:-
Know Ye, That the Commission
ers appointed by an act of the Leg
islature Of the State of Tennessee,
passed on the fourteenth day of No
vember, one thousand eight hun
dred and nine, to fix on Scite for
the Town of Pulaski, in the county
of Giles, and State aforesaid, hav-
ing deposited in the Treasury GER
tificate of the Register of the Land
office at Huntsville in the Mississip-
pi Territory, whereby it appears
that full payment has been made
for certain tract of land situated
in the said County and State, on
Richland Greek, of Elk River, includ-
ing the Shoals, the place of holding
Courts at present, Beginning at two
beeches standing on the Congress
sional reservation line about thirty
ty poles north of grant to George
Dougherty for five thousand acres,
and the same distance from Col.
Nelson Paterson's south west cor
ner, and running west to the true
meridian, or at right angles from
said line one hundred and seventy
poles to Richland, crossing the
same; in all three hundred and
twenty poles, to large Black Wal
nut ana gum corner; thence north
at right angles one hundred and
sixteen poles to Richland, crossing
the creek; in all three hundred and
twenty poles to a large Elm corner;
Thence East at right angles three
hundred and twenty poles to a
Black Walnut and Ash, on the Con-
gressional reservation line; and
with the same to the beginning,
containing six hundred and forty
acres; there is granted by the Uni
ted States, in pursuance of che act
of Congress passed on the twenty
fifth day of February one thousand
eight hundred and eleven, entitled
''an act providing for the sale of a
tract of land lying in the State of
Tennessee, and Tract in the In
diana Territory" unto the said
commissioners and their successors
in office, the tract of land above de-
scribed, to have and to hold the said
tract of land, with the appurtenan
ces, unto the said Commissioners
and their successors in Office, in
trust, for the use and purpose set
forth in the act of the Legislature
of the State of Tennessee, and in
the act of Congress, both above
mentioned for ever,
In testimony whereof, / have
caused these. Letters to be made
Patent, and the Seal of the General
Land office to be hereunto affixed,
the eleventh day of November in the
year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and twelve, and OF
the Independence of the United
States of America, the thirty
seventh.
Signed] JAMES MADISON.
SEAL. By the President.
EDWARD TIFFIN,
Commissioner OF the General Land
Office