Michael Dowden
Madison County, Kentucky
Kentucky Land Grant
Book 21, pg. 357


William Owsley ESQ.
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY:
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:

KNOW YE, That by virtue and in consideration of ___ warrant from the Madison
County Court, there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Michael Dowden


a certain tract or parcel of Land, containing one hundred and fifty         Acres, by
survey, bearing date the 5th      day of February      one thousand eight hundred
and forty six            lying and being in the County of Madison on the waters
of Silver Creek and bounded as followeth to wit: Beginning at two white oaks William Bushes old corner one of the marked K.C. with his line N30E91 to a white oak and hickory on said line with the widow Thompsons line W at 30 poles a white oak and maple her corner and with Joel Todds line in all 100 poles to a hickory and black locust with said Todds 150 acres S95E42 poles to 3 chesnut oaks on a high ridge with said ridge S25W80 poles to two pines on same ridge S48W32 poles to a chesnut oak a corner to William Bentleys 400 acres with lines of the same N55E160 poles to a chesnut oak on a point S10E300 poles to a double white oak a corner to Moses Davidson [Moses Davis? see grant 34, pg. 133] 200 acres with his lines of the same N68E100 poles crossing Billys fork to a white oak N20E86 poles to a double chesnut oak N50 poles to a white oak in James Cummins line with the same N83W7 poles to two white oaks and dogwood a corner to John Hoskins 50 acres with line of the same S14W130 poles crossing said Billys fork to two poplars on the side of a Knob N10E126 poles to two white oaks and a hickory in the line of said Cummins with said line N83W14 poles to two white oaks N7E91 poles to two pines and two dogwoods in said Bushes line with said line W40 poles to two white oaks his corner with another line of Bush N65W100 poles to the Beginning




With its appurtienances: To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of Land, with its appurtenances, to the said
MIchael Dowden




and his heirs forever.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The said William Oswley Esq.
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, hath hereunto set his hand, and caused the seal
of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at Frankfort, on the twenty nineth day of
July in the year of our Lord, on thousand eight hundred
and forty seven and of the Commonweath, the fifty six


By the Govenor. William Oswley
W.D. Read Secretary of State


Transcribed 3-18-99 by Ran Raider

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