Will of John Hill

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Cedar County Missouri, Will Book A – 5 March 1853

Wife, Mary HILL, real estate (description) and slaves. Names, son William C. HILL,
(land description); son Elgin G. HILL,; dau. Isabella BUSTER; little grandson
William McManny HILL; little grandson John SIMMS; children of my late daughter
Polly Ann WHITENBURG; children of my late daughter Lucinda STEWART, wife of
James STEWART; son Timothy N. HILL (land on which he now resides). The rest of
my bodily heirs, viz, John W. HILL, Jessa A. HILL, Quinn M. HILL, Jane GALBRETH
& Mariah BROYLES. Property given to Jane GALBRETH & Mariah BROYLES not
to be controlled in any way by Ira D. BROYLES or Alexander GALBRETH. Exrs,
friends S. R. W. JULIAN & B. F. WALKER. Wit: John ROUTH & E. H.
WICKLIFF. Recorded 16 May 1853 (11-13)

 

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Will of John Hood

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN WOOD, deceased which was proven at November Sessions 1832 and was ordered by the court to be recorded and is in the words and figures following to wit, State of Tennessee, Rhea County, September 22, 1832. Settlement made by JOHN WOOD deceased to JOHN COZBY and KENNEDY COOPER on the 14th day of aforesaid. Inst. question by the said COZBY to the said WOOD. Are you in proper senses? the answer was I think I am. Question 2nd by COZBY What disposition do you wish to be made of your worldly affairs? The answer was, first my debts be paid out of my property the remainder if any given to my wife. Question by the said COOPER to the said WOOD- Do you wish any part of your property to be given to your sisters? The answer was I do not want any person to have any of it but my wife, these statements were made on Friday the 14th day of Spetember and the said WOOD deceased on Sunday the 16th of the same hereunto we set our names the date mentioned above as witnesses.
JOHN COZBY
KENNEDY COOPER

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Will of Joseph Love

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOSEPH LOVE, deceased Which was proven in open court at August Session 1831 and was ordered by the court to be recorded and is in the words and figures following to wit,

I JOSEPH LOVE of the county of Rhea and the state of Tennessee being of sound mind and disposing memory do make and ordain, publish and declare, this to be my Last Will and Testament- That is to say First- I direct my just debts to be paid out of my estate. Second- I give and bequeath absolutely in fee simple to my wife MARY LOVE and her heirs forever, the house and lot on which I now live, in what is called the Southern Liberties of Washington adjoining Jack’s Alley and opposite to the ten-yard- And also the household lot in Southern Liberty, on which SAMUEL TUCKER now lives lying immediately at the head of the Spring- Also, my negro woman ANN, my negro man NATHAN, and my negro girl HARRIET. Third- I given and bequeath to my son WILLIAM N. LOVE and his heirs my ten-yard lot and the lot adjoining thereto across the creek in the Southern Liberties, the stock of hides and leather on hand, a three year old mare of a dun color, and a saddle and bridle.
Fourth- I give and bequeath to my sons JACOB G. LOVE and JOSPEH N. LOVE and their heirs, my plantation of six hundred and forty acres in Rhea County adjoining the lots of PALATIAH CHILTON, and being parcel of the five thousand acre grant called the pleasant graden tract to be equally divided between them provided however the rents and profits of said tract of land are to be used as a common fund by my wife MARY E. LOVE for the support of her family, including all her household, until my son JOSEPH N. LOVE shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years- To effect which purpose my wife MARY E. LOVE shall have the sole power of renting or leasing the said tract of land or working the same for the period aforesaid. My son JOSPEH is also to have at the age of twenty-one a horse, saddle, and bridle, to be worth one hundred dollars to be paid by my Executors. Fifth- I give and bequeath to my daughter REBECCA A. and her heirss my negro girl SETTY and my negro boy GIBSON. Also, a horse, saddle, and bridle, to be worth one hundred dollars, to be paid by my Executors, when she marries or arrives at the age of twenty-one. Sixth- I will and direct my Executors to give my sons WILLIAM N. LOVE, JACOB N. LOVE, and JOSPEH N. LOVE and my daughter REBECCA A., each a good feather bed, and well furnished with bed clothing. Seventh- I will and direct my Executors to sell and convey to the purchasers thereof my lands in Knox and Andersoon counties- upon as advantageous terms as they can; the purchase money whereof together with the debts now due to me are to be apportioned to the payments of my debts and the balance if any if to rest in my wife MARY E. LOVE for the support of my family. Eighth- I will and bequeath to my wife MARY E. LOVE my negroes CHANEY, JACK, MILLY, VILETTE, big ELIZA, little ELIZA, ALEXANDER, PHILIP, RACHEL, ALLEN, and SAM- during her widowhood. Either death or intermarriages terminates this state in my wife MARY E. LOVE. And upon the happening of either the said events the said negroes or their values are to be equally divided amongst my children JEFFERSON B. LOVE, SAMUEL MONROE LOVE, WILLIAM N. LOVE, MARGERT SHELTON, JACOB HARRY LOVE, JOSPEH N. LOVE, and REBECCA ANN LOVE or their heirs or their bodies- provided however my wife MARY E. LOVE is hereby vested with full power to give to wither my aforesaid children their or either of their share of said negroes at any time she may think proper. And provided further, should my lnads in Knox and Anderson Counties and such debts as are due my estate, be sufficient to pay any debts and specified legacies herein bequeathed, then each and every of the aforesaid negroes are to stand changeable with the payment of my debts and specified legacies- And the balance thereof to be divided amongst my aforesaid children, at the time and in the manner herein before pointed out and directed, in reference to the whole of said negroes and provided further the aforesaid negroes CHANEY, JACK, MILLEY, VILETTE, big ELIZA, little ELIZA, ALEXANDER, PHILIP, RACHEL, ALLEN ands SARE are to stand changeable with the sum of five hundred dollars, which I will and bequeath to my daughter REBECCA to be paid to her by my Executors, when she shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years or marry. Ninth- I given and bequeath to my wife MARY E. LOVE my wagon, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, household and kitchen furniture, and farming utensils and oxen and livery.
Tenth- I given and bequeath to my son JOSEPH my silver watch and my clock to my daughter REBECCA. Lastly I appoint my wife MARY E. LOVE my son JEFFERSON B. LOVE and my friend and brother-in-law THOMAS BELL of Knox County my Executors and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of June 1831.

JOSPEH LOVE (seal)
(The word CHANEY underlined before signing.)
signed, sealed, and published in the presence of
JAMES BERRY, R. H. GILLESPIE, GIDEON B. THOMPSON, TOS. J. CAMPBELL, DAVID LEUTY (?), REZIN RAWLINGS

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Will of John Able

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“Was proven in open court at March Session 1840 and was ordered to be recorded and is as follows to wit: State of Tennessee. In the name of God Amen, I JOHN ABLE of Rhea County do by these presents and publish this my last will and Testament in form following to wit:

First I desire that all my debts be paid and satisfied- Secondly I give and bequeath to my sister CHRISTIANNA JOHNSON widow of JOSPEH JOHNSON deceased and to her five children to wit, JOHN JOHNSON, ISABELLY JOHNSON, MARY ANN JOHNSON, WILLIAM JOHNSON, and PATSY JANE JOHNSON all and singular my estate property and rights and whatever real or personal to be equally divided among and between them and their heirs and assigns for even at them sole and absolute disposal hereby revoking all or any other former will and Testament by me made and in this will I constitute and appoint the above named CHRISTIANNA JOHNSON my sole Executrix. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal in the presence of the subsacribing witnesses this eighteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two.

JOHN ABLE (seal)

Witnesses:

JAMES BERRY, JOHN DAY, D. HAWLINGS

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Golden Wedding Day of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Clack

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SEPT. 12, 1915

Speech by W. R. Clack

Mrs. Clack and I feel honored today by your presence and we extend to you
kindly greetings, and welcome you to our little social gathering. We wish you
to feel yourselves at^Ahome today and free to act as you please. The 12th of
September is an eventful day for Mrs. Clack and myself. On that date in the
year of 1865 we were united in the bonds of holy wedlock and today Sept. 12,
1915 we celebrate our golden wedding anniversary with an informal social and a
family reunion. Fifty years of our wedded life has past and I am proud to say
it has been one of domestic peace and happiness, and we have no cause to regret
the step we made on that delightful September 12, 1865.

However we would not have you to understand that our voyage on the
matrimonial sea was altogether on flowery beds of ease. We have had our joys
and sorrows, trials and hardships, but we never whined or squealed at
misfortune but would lick the flint and try again.

We commenced our double life in poverty at the close of the great civil war
of the states. At that time men who stood on the side of the lost cause (and I
was one of the boys) had but little they could call their own. We simply
married for love and worked for a living.

Our union has been blessed with six children all of whom are living. The
oldest is 48 and the youngest 35 years of age. We gave them all a limited
education, but our battles for a time were thick and fierce to keep the
proverbial wolf from our door, but we have been successful thus far. We are
today free from debt and hold a clear title to our little homestead which is
estimated to be worth from 3 to 4 thousand dollars, and we hold claims for a
few hundred more against good and solvent parties. I attribute all this good
luck to Mrs. Clack’s skill and judicious management of our financial affairs.

Mrs. Clack is 66 and I am 76 years young and we are still blest with
excellent good health and great vitality.

We thank you one and all for honoring us with your presence today and again
bid you welcome, yes thrice welcome on this occasion.

The three articles below were printed below each other in the same column of
the newspaper — EC)

Appreciated

We desire to express sincere appreciation of the honor  and esteem shown us by our many friends and kinfolks, by their presence at our “Golden Wedding” Anniversary,         celebrated Sunday, September the 12th, also for the  many tokens and remembrances received by us in commeration  of the event.

W.R. Clack and Sabria Clack

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GOLDEN WEDDING

Not only one of the most enjoyable events of the season,  but also one of rare occurrence, was the one celebrated  Sunday September the 12th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Clack, near Roddy, Tennessee, in honor of their  fiftieth, or golden wedding anniversary.     Besides kinfolks and intimate friends, sixty in number  from the immediate and surrounding country in attendance,  were Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie  Armstrong, of West Plains, Missouri. Many appropriate gifts for the occasion were presented  by the numerous guests, in token of their high esteem and honor toward the hosts.  A very fitting climax for the occasion was the picnic dinner, which was served on the beautiful lawn. Very gratifying indeed to all is the fact, that both  Mr. and Mrs. Clack are enjoying excellent health, and it is  our sincere desire and wish, that they may yet live to  celebrate many more anniversaries.

(R.W. Galloway)

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We think rather hard of Esq. and Mrs. Clack, for omitting to notify some of their Dayton friends of this very interesting celebration, for if there is a citizen in Rhea County who stands very high in the estimation of all the people,  Esq. Clack is the man. We regret very much the lack of opportunity to enjoy the occasion, and especially the picnic dinner, served upon the lawn. Esq. and Mrs. Clack has demonstrated that people can grow old together and retain the buoyancy of youth, for they believe that if you laugh, the world will laugh with you, and that ninety five percent of our troubles are borrowed. The Herald heartily joins in the wish that they may live  to enjoy many more wedding anniversaries.

(Editor)

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Golden Wedding Celebration of W. R. and Sabria Clack

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

From the Rhea County News, Sept. 17, 1915

Sunday, September 12, 1915, was a great day for Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Clack, who
live in Rhea county, about ten miles east of Spring City. Fifty years ago on
that date William Raleigh Clack, a native born Rhea countian, then 26 years of
age, led to the marriage altar Miss Sabria C. Newport, who was his junior by
ten years, and who was also born and reared in Rhea county. This happy young
couple began housekeeping at the old Clack home on White’s Creek, in the
extreme upper end of Rhea county, soon after their marriage, and there they
have lived and raised a family of six children, four girls and two boys.

All of the children and their families were present at this golden wedding
celebration except two: Hugh Baxter Clack, who married Miss Bertha East, and
who are now citizens of the state of Montana, and Sarah Clementine Clack, who
married J.H. Manis, and who also lives in Montana. The following is a complete
list of the 65 guest at this gathering:

Children: Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Galloway, Mr. and
Mrs. R.M. Clack, Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Sharp.

Grandchildren: Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Galloway, Mrs. Jessie Armstrong, Bessie
Clack, Nellie Clack, Lela Clack, Willie Clack, Morgan Clack, Pauline Galloway,
Maggie Ruth Galloway, Sabria Galloway, Edward Galloway.

Other near relatives: Dr. and Mrs. J. Morgan Clack, Dr. Walter Clack, J.
Morgan Clack, Jr., Mollie Clack, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Stinecipher, A.J.
Stinecipher, Martin Stinecipher, Jesse Stinecipher, Mary Stinecipher, Florence
Stinecipher, Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Stinecipher, Jack East, Lena East, Mr. and Mrs.
S.S. Eaves, Idella Eaves, Flossie Eaves, Sam Eaves, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Cotton, Annie French, Mary Treadway, Eliza Etter, Mrs. Hattie Cate, Mr. and
Mrs. W.C. Profitt, Luther Majors, Mollie Majors, W.D. Smith, Alice Smith, Mrs.
Annie Chattin, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Rogers, Laura Garrison, George Stinecipher.

Those not relatives: Judge M.S. Holloway, Dr. W.P. McDonald.

No average country house could accommodate such a large crowd as this so a
number of tables were placed on the beautiful lawn in front of the house and
from these the dinner was served in picnic style; and when the dinner hour
arrived all the guests, with Mr. and Mrs. Clack, assembled around the tables
and the roll was called. After this Mr. Clack made a short talk bidding the
guests welcome and thanking them for their attendance. Then the feasting began
and if any one present did not get a square meal it was his own fault. There
was enough fried chicken there to have stampeded a Methodist Conference, and
everything else was in proportion.

Mr. Clack is a Mason, and it is reasonable to suppose that the secrets of that
great order are the only things that his good wife has not shared with him.
They are both active members of the Baptist church, and no better people ever
lived in any community than they. They have walked hand in hand for fifty
years, sharing their joys, and the Lord has made their sorrows few. It is a
great comfort to each of them to know that during all those years of their
wedded life not a single difference has come up. It seems that when they were
wed, their lives, like mingled dew drops on the rose, were blended into one,
and they have become one as husband and wife.

Mr. Clack was a true and loyal soldier for the cause of the Southland in the
war of the sixties and wears a “Cross of Honor” conferred on him by
the United Daughters of the Confederacy in recognition of his valuable services
for the “Lost Cause”.

After dinner was over the time was spent in social conversation and in
looking at the many valuable presents given Mr. and Mrs. Clack on this
occasion. While the gifts were mostly of gold, in keeping with the custom, yet
there were some of great beauty and value that were not gold.

Late in the afternoon the guests departed, each wishing this happy old-young
couple continued joy and prosperity, and craving an invitation to their
“Diamond Wedding” in due time. May they live to celebrate it; and may
their joys of fifty years continue on and on justas long as the Great Master
allows them to remain on earth.

W.P. McDonald

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Leuty Cemetery

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The following are some miscellaneous cemetery records taken from the WPA inventory:

  • Abernathy, Rev Berry 1784-1881
  • Abernathy, Permelia G. 1852-1881 – Wife of J.A. Abernathy
  • Craighead, Newton C. 1847-1868
  • Day, Maye 1850-1875
  • Shirley, Rufus B. 1827-1871
  • Thompson, William A. 1848-1873
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Abel Cemetery

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Some miscellaneous cemetery records taken from the WPA inventory:

  • Abel, Lucretia M. 1812-1851 – Wife of James J. Abel
  • Abel, Margaret (nee Buice) 1776-1861 – Wife of Cain Abel
  • Abel, Mary M. (nee Alexander) 1822-1875 – Wife of John R. Abel
  • Abel, Robert F. 1818-1864 – died at Albany, N Y (buried there) son of Cain Abel

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Fort Hiwassee Roster – 1809

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FORT HIWASSEE ROSTER
Captain Thomas J VanDyke – 1809

Officers, Sergeants, Corporals and Others

William McClellan – 1st Lieutenant Jeffrey Robinson – 2nd Lieutenant
David McClellan – Ensign Richard Allison – Sergeant
Daniel Garrison – Sergeant William Taylor – Sergeant
Walker Morgan – Sergeant Robert Tapley – Corporal
James Thomas – Corporal WillIam Cornish – Corporal
J L Beverley – Corporal Alexander Montgomery – Drummer
John Mifford – Piper

 

Roster of Regulars

Thomas Aggin Washington Aggin Thomas Arthur William Ashby
Elyste S Brewer John Britton William Childers Thomas Church
Isom Cisko Isiah Clark William Conner James Consalian
Thomas Cornish William Cornish Jr. John T Cunningham Alexander Curry
Edward Darwin Peter Davis John Dillion Robert Donham
Caleb Dowd Mahaleleah Drain Micajah Edmonds William Ellis
James Grant John Grantham Henry Hackworth Henry Hampton
James Hankins Tapley Haywood Jepsom Holly William Holt
James Hood William Hood Charles Janeway William Karnes
Joseph Lee Patrick McCan Robert Man John Mann
John Mims Jacob Massey Royal Matlock Joel Merrit
Isom Moore John D Moore John Morris Robert Morris
Britton Newsome Timothy Niblick Robert Palmer John Parker
Frederick Rector James Steeley Abram Smith Claude Smith
William Smith Abraham Wheeler William Wilford –

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Rhea County Sheriff to Matthew Nail

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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 2nd 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 6th day of January 1814 – Alexander Ferguson Register By his Deputy D. Rawlings

This record was graciously submitted by Flo Dickey.

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