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Document 257256 JOHN TYLER Grant of land in Patrick County, Virginia. Partly Printed DS: "John Tyler" as Governor of Virginia, 1p, 11½x14½. Richmond, 1826 June 13. On vellum. In part: "Know ye, That in conformity with a Survey, made on the third day, of September 1825; by virtue of a Land office Treasury warrant No. 1873, issued February 12th 1825; there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Nathaniel Akers, A certain Tract or Parcel of Land, containing Twenty seven acres, situate in the County of Patrick on the waters of Smith river...To have and to hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with its appurtenances, to the said Nathaniel Akers and his heirs, forever." Patrick County is situated in the southwest of the state near the North Carolina border. At the time of this document, tensions were mounting between the growing western part of the state and established eastern interests. Iron foundries and textile mills were growing in the area where Akers was settling. Factory workers there found difficulty in meeting the property qualification for voting and resented the eastern slaveholders who met the voting requirement and who did not support their western neighbors' position. Tyler was Virginia's Governor from 1825-1827 and then became a U.S. Senator (1827-1836). In 1829 he attended a state convention along with fellow Virginians James Madison, James Monroe and Chief Justice John Marshall to resolve these sectional tensions. Although some concessions were made, full white manhood suffrage was denied. Folds (none touch signature), fine condition. SEE IF DOCUMENT 257256 IS FOR SALE RIGHT NOW!!
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