To all to whom these presents shall come.  Greetings: 
Certificate }
No. 12883   }    Whereas, Louisa McGowen, of Wright County, 
Missouri has deposited in the General Land Office of the United 
States a Certificate of the Register of the land Office at 
Springfield whereby it appears that full payment has been made 
by the said Louisa McGowen according to the  provision of the 
Act of Congress, of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An Act 
making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands" for 
the North East quarter of the North East quarter of Section 
Thirteen, in Township Twenty Eight, of Range Seventeen…, in 
the District of lands subject to sale at Springfield, Missouri 
containing Forty acres, according to the Official Plat of the 
Survey of the said Lands, returned to the General land Office, 
by the Surveyor General, which said Tract has been purchased 
by the said Louisa McGowen.  Now, Know Ye, That the United 
States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in 
conformity with the several Acts of Congress in such case made 
and provided, have Given and Granted, and by these present, Do 
Give and Grant unto the said Louisa McGowen to her heirs and 
assigns forever.
{And to her heirs the tract above described, to have and to hold 
the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities 
and appurtenances of whatsoever nature thereunto belonging 
unto the said Louisa McGowen.} [Inscribed between the lines.]
In Testimony whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the 
United States of America, have caused these letters to be made 
Patent, and the Seal of the General land Office to be hereunto 
affixed.  Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the 
Fifteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand 
Eight Hundred and Fifty-three and of the Independence of the 
United States the Seventy-Seventh.
                         By the President
                                         Franklin Pierce
{Seal}                   By B.B. French, Asst. Secy.
            J.N. Granger, Recorder of the General Land Office
Recorded Vol. 26, Page 413.

Know all men by these presents that we B. GENTRY & Madecy 
GENTRY his wife, M. R. McGOWEN & Manerry McGOWEN, his wife, 
R. G. JONES & Elizabeth JONES, his wife, M. S. McGOWEN & 
Martha McGOWEN, his wife, C. B. LYNCH & Celia LYNCH, his 
wife, Charity MAHAN, S. P. HUGHES & Francis HUGHES, his 
wife, R. McGOWEN & Mary M. McGOWEN, his wife, all of the 
County of Texas, State of Missouri but two M. R. McGOWEN 
& Manerry McGOWEN who are of the County of Webster in the 
State of Missouri for & in consideration of the sum of 
one hundred dollars to the said M. R. McGOWEN of the County 
of Webster, M. S. McGOWEN & R. McGOWEN of the County of 
Texas & the State of Missouri in hand paid by J. McGOWEN 
& J. W. McGOWEN of the County of Webster & the State of 
Missouri the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged & do 
by these presence remiss release & forever quit claim unto 
the said J. McGOWEN & J. W. McGOWEN & to their heirs & 
assigns the following described tract or parcel of land 
situated in the County of Webster in the State of Missouri, 
NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Section 13 in Township 28, Range No. 17 
containing 40 acres. In witness whereof we have hereunto 
subscribed our names & affixed our seals this 11th day of 
February 1870 ---

B. Gentry           {Seal}
Madecy (X) Gentry     {Seal}
Adoma (X) McGowen     {Seal}
Martin (X) McGowen    {Seal}
R. G. (X) Jones       {Seal}
Elizabeth (X) Jones   {Seal}
M. S. McGowen         {Seal}
Martha (X) McGowen    {Seal}
C. B. Lynch           {Seal}
Celia (X) Lynch       {Seal}
Charity (X) Mahan     {Seal}
S. P. Hughes          {Seal}
Francis (X) Hughes    {Seal}
R. McGowen            {Seal}
Mary M. (X) McGowen   {Seal}

State of Missouri  }
Countys of Webster }
& Texas            }  Be it remembered that B. Gentry & Madevy 
Gentry his wife, M.R. McGowen & Manerry McGowen his wife, R.G. 
Jones & Elizabeth Jones his wife, M.S. McGowen & Martha McGowen 
his wife, C.B. Lynch & Celia Lynch his wife, Charity Mahan, S.P. 
Hughes & Francis Hughes his wife, R. McGowen & Mary M. McGowen 
his wife, who are personally known to the undersigned a Justice 
of the Peace within and for the County of Texas to be the 
persons whose names are subscribed to the within deed as the 
parties thereto this day appeared before me and acknowledged 
that they executed & delivered the same as their voluntary act 
& deed for the uses & purposes therein contained.
    Given under our hands this 11th day of February 1870 -
                        J. R. Wolford, J.P.
                                          Wm. Bean, J.P.
Filed March 1st 1870.
                J. H, Cunningham, Clk.
                By J.S. DuBois, D.C.

1.  Bartlett Gentry & wife Madecy (McGowen/Sanders) Gentry; 
2.  Martin Ross McGowen & wife Minerva Elizabeth (Nance) McGowen; 
3.  Russell G. Jones & wife Elizabeth P. (McGowen) Jones;
4.  Morgan Sylvester McGowen & wife Martha (Allen) McGowen; 
5.  Cornelius B. Lynch & wife Celia (McGowen/Denney) Lynch; 
6.  Charity (McGowen) Mahan (widow of Robert Samuel Mahan); 
7.  Samuel P. Hughes & wife Francis (McGowen) Hughes; 
8.  Robert McGowen & wife Mary Ann Matilda (Gentry) McGowen. 

9.  Jesse McGowen [wife, Margaret "Peggy" (Mahan) McGowen];
10. James W. McGowen [wife, Mary A. (Philpott) McGowen].

Louisa McGowen's land grant was in that part of Wright County which 
became Webster County in 1855.  Her 40 acres was located in the 
Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 13 in Township 28, 
Range 17. Therefore her land was just to the southeast of the town 
of Seymour.

McGowan Family History