Land grant dated Mar.16,1837 in Vermilion county Illinois to William Metier of Brown county Indiana. The document has a signature of President Martin Van Buren. THe ancestor William Metier lived in Clermont county Ohio [that is also indicated in the obituary of his son Samuel] and Brown county split off from Clermont in 1818. The William Metier in this land grant is likely the ancestor. [O__0144]
