Weakley County Deed Book 18, Page 357
Know all men by these presents that for
the love and affection we D. JONES and wife M. JONES entertain for our
descendants we do hereby give, transfer and convey to them a certain piece
or parcel of land containing by estimation 11/48 of an acre which
is to be forever reserved and kept for a cemetery for the benefit
of our descendants making the eldest one in all time to come the trustee
for said land, said land is situate[d] in Weakley Co Tenn and
in the 22nd Civil Dist, described as follows, beginning at a stake with
hickory pt, said pt about 63 inches n.w. of corner, thence east 100
ft to stake mulberry and cedar pts, mulberry 24 in s.w. of corner,
thence south 100 to stake cedar pt, thence west 100 ft to stake cedar
pt, thence north 100 ft to the beginning, said piece of land is now
surrounded by a number of cedars in the form of 92 ft square and lies about
200 yds south of mansion house on east side of field. We covenant
with said descendants that we have a lawful right to convey said land and
that it is not encumbered.
[The D. and M. Jones were Darling and Margaret
Miller Jones. Appearing after the acknowledgement by them of this
deed and the certification of filing, was a drawing of the road, house,
stables, and graveyard. Darling and Margaret Jones and their son
James Jones were buried in this family graveyard. In the 1930s the
remains were transferred the short distance to Highland Cemetery.]
Submitted by Nancy Denty Breidenthal
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