Benton County, Tennessee Genealogy
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Submitted by Norma Watson
This indenture made on the 19th day in
May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty nine between Cooper Melton of the State of
Tennessee and county of Benton of the one part and of the
Deacon of Beaverdam Churh of the State of Tennessee and
county of Benton of the other part witnesseth for and in
consideration of the Love that being desirous for the
permanent continuance of the Church House of the above
named Church hath given and conveyed and by these present
doth give and convey unto the said Deacons a certain
tract as parcel of land situated and being in the state
of Tennessee and county of Benton in the the 12th
surveyors' district in the 41st section 8th range, being
part of a tract of 170 5/8 acres granted to Cooper Melton
by the State of Tennessee by grant No. 6165 and hearing
date on the 22nd day of February 1848. Beginning 10 poles
north of the creek running by said Beaverdam meeting
House on the west boundary line of Cooper Melton's 170
5/8 Occupant Entry at a stake with Hickory and Black gum
pn (pointer), and runs east 20 poles to a stake. Thence
south __ poles to a stake with black oak pointer, thence
north 32 poles to the beginning containing four acres. To
have and to hold the above described land and given
premises with all the appertenances thereunto belonging,
to the said Beacons to the only proper use of the worship
of Almighty God, to them, the said Deacons and their
Successors in office, forever, and the said Cooper Melton
doth hereby promise covenant and agree to and with the
said Deacons and their successors in office that we the
said Cooper's heirs, Executors, and Administrators shall
and will at all times warrant and forever defend the
above described land and promises to the said deasons and
their successors forever against the claim as claims of
all and every person or persons whatever whereby the same
may be effected or encumbered to the true intent and
meaning of these present. In witness whereof I, the said
Cooper Melton, hath hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal the day and date above written. Signed, sealed, and
delivered in presence of Attes. David Morris, James F.
Ross, B.S. Browning, J.P. Arnold. Cooper Melton.
Clerk, William P. Morris (Feb. 19, 1850) Book C pp.
133-134.
Submitted by JPieke
Harmons Creek Methodist Church
Typ deed
Ref H742-43
Dat 13 Dec 1869
Rec 19 Feb 1870
Frm Etheldred Melton
To Age Hall, Henry Pafford, William Cole, Ichabod Farmer,
and William H. Melton Con in trust for use of church
Re 1 & 3/4a on Harmon's Creek, Benton Co., TN
Adj Methodist Meeting House now standing
Wit Wayne Rye, registrar, and John Rushing, county clerk
Pt two oak pointers
Ln n; 16p;
Pt rock and two sycamores
Ln e; 19p;
Pt white oak
Ln s; 16p;
Pt boundary of Etheldred Melton
Ln w; 19p;
end
Submitted by JPieke
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