February 11, 1847 - Land warrants

In 1847, the United States was fighting the Mexican-American War and needed additional troops.    In order to achieve that goal, the United States Congress on February 11, 1847 passed "09 Stat. 123, Sec. 9, An Act to raise for a limited Time an additional military Force, and for other Purposes."

Portions of that statute can be found here.    On page 125 of the document, Section 9 contains the language providing a warrant for 160 acres of land for those that serve during the Mexican-American War.

Here, I wrote in more detail regarding the land warrant issued to Silas J Wright for 163 28/100 acres of the southwestern fractional quarter of Section 1 of Township 39, Range 3 east.