Scope and Contents Land certificate granted to John Bourland of Hardin County, Tennessee with President John Tyler's name signed by son and secretary Robert Tyler. John Bourland was granted 159.80 acres of land in Pontotoc, Mississippi. The certificate was granted in adherence to several treaties between Chickasaw Native Americans and the United States including those dated October 20, 1832, May 24, 1834 and the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale...