Chambers County AlArchives History .....Chambers Grant Of Land For Hopewell Church November 1880
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Chambers Grant of land for Hopewell Church
“James E. Chambers to Ivey Morris etals
This indenture made the thirteenth day of October one Thousand eight hundred  
and seventy nine between James E. Chambers of Chambers County, Alabama of the 
first part and Ivey Morris and William Barnes and Jno T. Holiday of Chambers 
County, Alabama as Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South of  the 
second part witnesseth that  the said James E. Chambers as well and for and in 
consideration of the love and affection he bears toward the said Methodist 
Episcopal Church South as for  the sum of one dollar lawful money of the United 
States to him in hand paid by the said Trustees of the second part at or before 
the sealing and delivering of these presents the receipt whereof  is hereby 
acknowledged his given granted, alained, enfeoffed, released , conveyed and 
confirmed and by these presents does give, grant, alain, enfeoff, release , 
convey and confirm under the said trustees and their successors in office so 
long as used  as a place of worship all commencing on the west line of the east 
half where the Collins Ferry Road crosses it of section thirty-six Township 21, 
Range 28 running due east on the Collins Ferry Road so as to take in Hopewell 
Church and grave yard on the south of said road, then south-west and north to 
the beginning corner on so as to include three acres together with all and 
singular the tenements hereditaments and appurtenances there unto belonging.
In Witness whereof the said party of the first has hereunto set his hand and 
seal the day and year first above written.
James E. Chambers, L.S.
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of:
J.S. Chambers, L.S. (believed to be Joseph Sanders Chambers)
J.B. Chambers, L.S. (believed to be James Benjamin Chambers, husband of Dora 
Tatum Chambers, Father of Jeff Chambers, grandfather of Nella Jean Chambers, 
great Uncle of Marjorie Dixon Wheeling)
Filed for Record October 15, 1880 and recorded Nov. 8, 1880
P.M. Rowland, L.S., Judge of Probate
The State of Alabama
Chambers County”
(It is of note that many descendants of Col. James Edward Chambers are buried in 
the church cemetery.)


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