TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING; Know Ye, That for and in consideration of the sum of 127? cts per acre paid into the Office of the Entry taken of Gibson County, and entered on the 30th day of June 1846 pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of said State, passed 2d day of November, 1847, by No. THERE IS GRANTED by the said State of Tennessee, unto the Heirs of
a certain tract or parcel of land, containing 26 acres by servey, bearing date the 31 day of July 1846 lying in said county, on the North Fork of Forked Deer Range 2 Section 2 Beginning at a spanish oak & black gum on the South boundary of a 200 acre-entry in the name of William Dial nws? South with the West boundary of Livingston Martins entry & passing its corner in abt 110 poles to a white oak North boundary of a 199 acre entry in the name of Henry Waldon then West with the same 37 8/10 poles to a stake then North with the East boundary of a 294 acre survey in the name of James J Sammons heirs 110 poles to their NE corner a dogwood then East with William Dials South boundary 37 8/10 poles to the beginning With the hereditaments and appurtenances. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances, to the said Heirs of James J Sammons and his heirs forever. In Witness whereof, Andrew Johnson Governor of the State of Tennessee hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at Nashville on the 1 day of January in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and 55 and of the Independence of the United States, the 79 By the Governor: Andrew Johnson MBA Ramsey Secretary of State Note: The lettering in Italics was part of the form, and the bold was written in.
Charlotte
Curlee Ramsey
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