SELECTIVE ABSTRACTS FROM DEED BOOK II, 1873-1875

Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith

Pages 16-18
REDMON PARKER of Henderson County conveyed to ALFRED PARKER his interest in their father's estate, for the love and affection he had for his brother. July 9, 1873. Registered July 11, 1873.

Pages 27-28
WILLIAM BELL for love and affection for MARTHA JANE BALLARD conveyed 100 acres to her. July 28, 1873. Registered August 1, 1873.

Pages 153-55
JOHN E. BLANKINSHIP and wife, MARY JANE, formerly Right; JOSEPH JOWERS and wife, SUSAN, formerly Blankinship; WILLIAM C. BLANKINSHIP and wife, MARY, formerly Powers; NANCY PARSONS, formerly Blankinship; W. C. BLANKINSHIP; heirs of ISHAM BLANKINSHIP sold to D. S. BLANKINSHIP 27 acres for $100. September 24, 1872. Registered November 15, 1873.

Pages 157-160
JAMES H. MILAM and wife, CATHARINE MILAN for their love "for the cause of Christ on earth" conveyed to J. B. BALLEW, Z. BEVILL, GILES WALLER, JAMES A. BOBBITT, HENRY LESENBERRY, trustees of MT. CARMEL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH, two acres. July 11, 1872. Registered November 7, 1873.

Pages 158-159
NANCY A. CARROLL from love and affection for her daughter, MARTHA A. NEWSOM, formerly Carroll, by virtue of the authority given her in the will of her late husband, HUGH CARROLL, conveyed to her 261 1/2 acres. November 7, 1873. Registered November 10, 1873.

Pages 169-171
"By decent from MARY W. WADLEY, formerly MARY W. TEAGNER, I, JEFFERSON R. WADLEY have devised. ... as the grandson of EDWARD TIGNER deceased the father of my mother the said MARY W. WADLEY now deceased one tenth /share/ in a tract of land lying in the 6th civil district of the county of Henderson, "204 acres; conveyed this acreage to JOHN M. ROSS for $80. Feb. 14, 1873. Registered Nov. 29, 1873.

Pages 171-173
DAVID STANFORD and wife, MARTHA; LEMUEL STANFORD and wife, MARY ANN; GEORGE W. STANFORD and wife, EMILY; JAMES H. WOODARD and wife, MARTHA JANE; FRANCIS M. SMITH and wife, MARY M. ; JOSEPH SPAIN and wife, EMILY; heirs of NIMROD STANFORD, sold to HARRY RHODES 79 acres in two tracts. Oct. 29, 1872. Registered December 1, 1873.

Pages 241-244
L. D. WILLIAMS and wife, SARAH E., formerly Hart; JAMES W. WILLIAMS and wife, MARGARET M., formerly Hart; J. M. HART; H. N. HART; L. S. HART and MARION HART, grandchildren of WILLIAM A. READ, SR., entitled to shares in his estate, sold these to M. L. GALAWAY; an interest in 165 acres. Year:1874. Registered January 19, 1874.

Pages 355-356
GEORGE THREADGILL conveyed to R. A. TUCKER, JOHN DUDLEY, for the benefit of a free-will Baptist Church, 2 3/4 acres. Feb. 24, 1874. Registered March 5, 1874.

Page 429
PETER PEARSON conveyed to his son, W. D. PEARSON, the tract of land known as the JOHN S. PEARSON land, 255 acres. October 1, 1873. Registered April 10, 1874.

Pages 446-449
WILLIAM B. EDWARDS, LAVINA A. HORD and husband, WILLIAM S. HORD; CHARLOTTE T. KERR and husband, JOEL A. KERR, all of Navarro Co., Texas; MILTON S. EDWARDS; JOHN R. EDWARDS; MARY L. FRY and husband, JOSEPH H. FRY, all of Henderson County, sold to MARTHA BROWN, 148 acres in Civil District 3. Dec. 20, 1873. Registered April 23, 1874.

Pages 489-491
WILLIAM L. O. NEAL and MOURNING O. NEAL, formerly Austin, heirs of JEREMIAH AUSTIN, sold their interest in his estate, 165 acres in Civil District 15. There were 8 other heirs besides the Neals. Feb. 4, 1859. Registered July 6, 1874.

Pages 498-499
C. W. BROOKS conveyed to LAWSON H. JOHNSON, ROBERT M. DUFF, WILLIAM D. JOHNSON, members of the CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH at Center Point, 3 acres. August 28, 1873. Registered July 10, 1874.

Pages 583-584
Whereas CHARLES PRITCHARD of Carroll Co., Tenn. died in March 1872 leaving a will which was probated in Carroll Co.; he gave to his wife, MARTHA, all his real and personal property for life. Out of his 500 acre Talbot tract in Henderson County a dower was to be taken for the widow. JESSE PRITCHARD, a son, would have a right to 200 acres after her death; he sold this to B. S. PRITCHARD, Oct. 29, 1874. Registered Oct. 29, 1874. If JESSE died without heirs, this land was to be distributed among his siblings except for the heirs of MARY, wife of NATHAN PEARSON.

Pages 605-607
CATHARINE HENLEY, formerly Dear; ELA DEAR; SAR. JAN. LEWIS, formerly Dear; JANE MEDLIN, formerly Dear; JOHN DEAR and S. H. MORGAN and T. W. MORGAN sold their undivided interest in the land upon which their father, HARDY DEAR, had resided; to HANSFORD DEAR. August 4, 1871. Registered December 3, 1874.

Pages 653-614
W. H. MILAM for love and affection for his brother, A. C. MILAM, conveyed to him 98 1/4 acres in Civil District 14. March 1, 1873. Registered December 16, 1874.

Pages 650-651
J. H. GALBRAITH and wife, CYNTHIA B., for love and affection for their daughter, MARY SAMANTHA CARROLL, wife of JOHN W. CARROLL, conveyed to her 68 acres. Dec. 23, 1873. Registered January 5, 1875.

Pages 693-695
MARY MILAN and her child, A. C. MILAM, sold to A. J. RUSHING, for $500, 981/4 acres in Civil District 14. Jan. 1875. Registered Feb. 4, 1875

Pages 708-709
JOHN B. WADDLE and FRANCIS WADDLE of Dyer Co., Tenn. ; she being a daughter of the late GEORGE OSBURN of Henderson Co., sold for $150 land they inherited from him to REBECCA MELTON, the land being located in Civil District 14. Nov. 27, 1873. Registered Feb. 13, 1875.

Pages 767-769
MARY T. BISHOP and ZACANAH BISHOP; JOHN DYE; heirs of NEWTON DYE, dec; and LOUSY DYE, wife of NEWTON DYE, dec., conveyed their interest, including widow's dower, from NEWTON DYE's land, to JASPER DYE, 101 acres in Civil District 16. Nov. 10, 1874. Registered Feb. 25, 1875.

Pages 792-. 793
JOHN B. DAVIS, LUCINDA J. DAVIS, DAVID J. DAVIS, ELIZABETH UMPSTED formerly Davis; SARAH ANN ALLEN, formerly Davis; MARTHA JANE BENTON, formerly Davis; heirs of GRANT A. DAVIS; by descent from DAVID J. DAVIS, sold their interest in land in the estate, Civil Dist. 15, to D. C. ALTOM. June 14, 1872. Registered March 31, 1875.

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