Thursday, May 28, 2009

Land Transaction Between Josiah Sills and William Sills 1833

This indenture made and entered into the 3rd day of September A.D. 1833 between William Sills of the County of Stewart and state of Tennessee of the one part and Josiah Sills, of the county and state aforesaid of the other part witnesseth:
That the said William Sills for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred and Eighty Dollars to him in hand paid by the said Josiah Sills, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath bargained and sold and by these presents doth hereby grant, bargain, sell, and convey to the said Sills a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county and state aforesaid on Neville’s Creek on the south side of the Cumberland River and marked and bounded as follows.
Beginning at a white oak and walnut, the oak marked A. B. and the walnut WS, standing on the mouth of said Sills Spring Hollow, running west 120 poles to a white oak, thence south 61 poles to a white oak, thence east 121 poles to a hickory thence north 61 poles to the beginning.
Then one other tract beginning at a elm in the aforesaid boundary line, thence east 40 poles to a stake, thence south 80 poles to a stake, thence east 19 poles to a stake, thence south 14 poles to a stake, thence east 20 poles to a hickory thence south 16 poles to a Spanish oak, thence east 29 poles to a popular, thence south 14 poles to a hickory on a conditional line between the said William Sills and L. Berry Belisle, thence south with said line 43 poles to a white oak, thence west 58 poles to a white oak, thence north 10 poles to a sourwood bush, thence west 40 poles to a stake, thence north 80 poles to the beginning, containing 80 acres more or less.
To have and to hold, the aforesaid tract of land to the said Josiah Sills, his heirs, and assigns forever, and the said William Sills for himself his heirs executors doth covenant and agree to and with the said Josiah Sills to warrant and forever defend the aforesaid tract of land from himself and his heirs, and all persons claiming from or under them also against the claim or claims of all and every person or persons whomsoever.
In testimony of which the William Sills hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal this date before mentioned.
William Sills (Seal)
L. Berry Belisle
State of Tennessee, Stewart County.
Personally appeared before me, William Williams clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said county William Sills the bargainor to the within deed and with whom I am personally acquainted who acknowledged that he signed said deed for the purposes therein contained.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at office this 16th day of December, 1833. W. Williams, Clerk
Registered Dec, 19th, 1833.

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