Samuel J. Shields & Jane A. Shields to W. J. Catrett, Pike, Alabama

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SAMUEL J. SHIELDS AND JANE A. (deed has A.J.), HIS WIFE TO W. J. CATRETT
Book K N page 455-456 Pike County Deed

The State of Alabama}
Pike County} 

Know all men by these presents that we S. J. Shields and A. J. Shields, his 
wife, for and in consideration of One Hundred Dollars to us in hand paid by 
W. J. Catrett, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, do hereby grant, 
bargain, sell, enfeoff and confirm unto the said W. J. Catrett, his heirs and 
assigns, the following described lot or parcel of land, to wit: The SW 1/4 of 
SE 1/4 & SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Sec. 32 T. 11 & R. 21 containing eighty acres 
more or less, lying in said county.

To have and to hold the aforegranted premises to the said W. J. Catrett, his 
heirs, assigns, to their use and behoof forever. And we do covenant with the 
said W. J. Catrett, his heirs and assigns that we are lawfully seized in fee 
of the aforegranted premises that they are free from all encumbrances; that 
we have a good right to sell and convey the same to the said W. J. Catrett 
his heirs and assigns; and that will warrant and defend the premises to the 
said W. J. Catrett, his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims 
of all persons.

In witness whereof we, the said S. J. & A. J. Shields, have hereunto set our 
hands and seals, this 3rd day of August 1868.

S. J. Shields (seal)
Jane A. Shields (seal)

Signed, sealed and delivered 
in presence of 
J. F. Shields
John C. Duncan

The State of Alabama}
Pike County} 

I, W. C. Wood, Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the State and County 
aforesaid, hereby certify that J. F. Shields, a subscribing witness to the 
foregoing conveyance, known to me appeared before me this day and being sworn 
stated that S. J. Shields and Jane A. Shields, his wife, the grantors in the 
conveyance, voluntarily executed the same in his presence and in the presence 
of the other subscribing witness, on the day the same bears date; that he 
attested the same in the presence of the grantors and of the other witness; 
and that such other witness subscribed his name as a witness in his presence.

Given under my hand, this the 7th day of Oct. 1869.
W. C. Wood. Judge of Probate, Pike County
Recorded for record Feby 9, 1869- Recorded October 11, 1869

Transcribed by Martha Thayer