Section 3. Provided always, That by a settlement shall be understood an actual personal resident settlement, with a manifest intention of making it a place of abode, and the means of supporting a family, and continued form time to time, unless interrupted by the enemy, or by going into the military service of this country during the war.
Section 3
Act 1248 of 1786 (Smith Law Vol. 2), § 3, under LAND OFFICE - PUBLIC LANDS - GRANTS AND WARRANTS.
Act 1248 of 1786 (Smith Law Vol. 2), § 3