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The Lafayette Land Grant was a gift by the government of the United States of just over 23,000 acres of real estate in central Leon County, Florida, United States.

Origins
During the American Revolution, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette loaned money to the government of the United States. To help Lafayette after the French Revolution, the United States gave the marquis $24,000 followed by land in what is now Louisiana in 1803. In 1824, another $200,000 and his choice of a township worth of land was given around the time of his visit to the United States circa 1824-25

Settlement
Lafayette chose land near his friend Richard Keith Call. Col. John McKee of Alabama was given the task of traveling to Florida and selecting Lafayette's piece of land. The warrant officially giving Lafayette the land was signed by President John Quincy Adams on July 4, 1825. The land included what is now Lake Lafayette within that tract.

Lafayette never visited his land in Florida, however, by the 1830s, several Frenchmen who knew Lafayette including Prince Achille Murat, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, had moved to the area to live with Murat living several miles away. They found north Florida's subtropical climate far too warm, and to add to their misery, their deeds were deemed void. Some of these settlers returned to France and others moving to the French city of New Orleans. The part of Tallahassee where some of the French settled is known as "Frenchtown" today. By 1855, all the land included in the Lafayette Township (over 23,000 acres) had been sold to individual buyers.