Deed: Sheriff of Rhea County to Matthew Nail

DEED of Conveyance : Sheriff of Rhea County to Matthew Nail land on the waters of Camp Creek & Tennessee River, 1811.BOOK C, Page 158.

State of Tennessee To all to whom these presents shall come I John BROWN Sheriff and Collector of the State and County taxes of the County of Roane in the State of  Tennessee send Greeting, Whereas at September Sessions in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and seven of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Roane aforesaid, I the Said John Brown sheriff and Collector as aforesaid did report tot he said County Court that a tract of land granted to Stockley DONELSON by grant number Two hundred and Twenty Three[223] lying on the waters of Tennessee River containing Six Hundred acres and that the taxes thereon remained due and unpaid for the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven, and whereas the said Tract of land not having been termed a taxable property in Said county of Roane for the year aforesaid it was therefore ordered by the Said Court that the said tract of land be taxed and published according to law which requisition being complied with, the said County Court at December Sessions next following in the year aforesaid did cause Judgment to be entered for the double tax due on said land, and ordered that the Same should be published agreeable to law giving notice that the Same or So much thereof as would be Satisfy the said Taxes and charges due thereon would be sold agreeably to the Status in Such case made and provided. Now Know Ye that I the Said Sheriff and Collector as aforesaid for Said County of Roane, as Sheriff and Collector aforesaid pursuant to the Said to the act of Assembly in this case made and provided did on the First Monday of July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight (legal notice of the time and place having first been given) expose to public sale at the Court House in the town of Kingston in said Roane County the Said tract of land. And whereas at and upon the Said Sale Matthew NEIL of the County of Roane and State aforesaid did bid and offer to pay for the Said Six Hundred acres of land the Sum of Eight Dollars and __cents which was the amount of the taxes and cost due on the Said Six Hundred acres of land for the year One thousand Eight Hundred and Seven. And whereas no other person did at and upon said Sale bid and offer the said Sum for any less quantity of the Said tract of land the Said Matthew NEIL became the purchaser ~ Now Know Ye that I the Said John Brown Sheriff and Collector aforesaid in pursuance of the laws in Such cases made and provided and in pursuance of my duty as Sheriff and Collector as aforesaid for the Said County of Roan and for and in consideration that the Said Matthew NEAL at and upon the said sale was the purchaser of the Said tract of land and for and in consideration of the said Sum of Eight Dollars and __cents to me as Sheriff and Collector as aforesaid in hand paid by the Said Matthew NEIL the receipt where of is hereby acknowledged have and by these presents do bargain sell, convey, assign, transfer and set over to the said Matthew NEIL his heirs and assigns forever the said tract of land granted by the state of North Carolina to Stockly Donelson by Grant number Two Hundred Twenty Three [223] dated the Twentieth day of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eight Seven [1787] lying on the North Side of Tennessee River on Camp Creek -Beginning at two poplars Some distance below the boiling spring, one on each Side of the Spring branch, beginning to Said Donelsons Five Hundred acre Survey, Thence North Fifty degrees West along the line of his other Survey. Survey one hundred poles to a Stake at the foot of a Spur of Cumberland Mountain, Thence North Thirty degrees East Four Hundred and Fifty Four Poles along the meanders of the mountain to a Stake, Thence South Fifty Five degrees East Two Hundred and Eleven Poles across the valley to a Stake, Thence South Thirty degrees West Four Hundred and Fifty Poles along the Valley Ridge to a Stake, Thence North Fifty Five degrees West One Hundred and Eleven Poles to the beginning- With all and Singular the profits, commodities, herieditaments and appurtenances these unto belonging or in any wise appertaining to have and to hold the said Six Hundred acres of land with its appurtenances to the said Matthew NEIL his heirs and assigns forever, and also all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and demand of him the Said Stockley Donelson his heirs and assigns of in and to the Same and every part these of to the Said Matthew NEIL his heirs and assigns against the Said Stockley Donelson, and against all others So far as I the Said Sheriff and Collector a aforesaid can enable him to hold the Same ~. In Witness where of I John Brown Sheriff and Collector of the public and County Taxes of the County of Roane in the State afor3said have here unto Set my hand and Seal within the said County of Roane at office the 2 day of September in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven.

Signed Sealed and delivered  John Brown {seal}  in presence of I. S. M MEANS [or I. S. McMEANS), Hugh DUNLAP 

State of Tennessee} Roane County; September
Term 1811 ~ Second Circuit

John Brown Sheriff appeared in open Court and acknowledged the
execution of the within Deed of Conveyance, let it be Registered. In testimony
where of I William Brown Clerk of the Said Circuit Court have hereunto Set my
hand and affixed my private Seal having no Seal of Office this 2^nd
day of August 1811 ~ Brown {Seal}

State Tax and my fee paid into Office Wm. Brown Clerk

The foregoing Deed of Conveyance and certificates were Registered here the 6^th day of January 1814 – Alexander Ferguson Register by his Deputy D. Rawlings

This record was graciously submitted by Flo Dickey.