Tallapoosa County AlArchives Deed.....Ray, Elijah - Ray, John, ET AL December 20 1856
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Written: December 20 1856
Recorded: December 22 1856


Transcribed by Beverly Giles Loffler beverly@jloffler.com

Tallapoosa Co., AL Deed Book K Pages 180 and 181
LDS Microfilm Number 1304524 Salt Lake City UT

JOHN RAY, ET AL, TO ELIJAH RAY 1856

The State of Alabama
Tallapoosa County
This indenture made and entered into this the (20) twentieth day of December 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty six between John Ray and Frances Ray, his 
wife of the one part, and Elijah Ray of the other part, all of the State and 
County aforesaid, witnesseth that the said John Ray and Frances his wife for 
and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars to them in 
hand paid by the said Elijah Ray at and before the sealing and delivering of 
these presents, the receipt whereof, do hereby bargain sell and convey unto the 
said Elijah Ray all that tract or parcel of land, to wit, the South West 
quarter of the South East quarter of Section Sixteen (16) in Township twenty 
two (22) of Range twenty two (22) containing forty acres more or less together 
with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the 
said Elijah Ray, his heirs and assigns forever and we the said John Ray and 
Frances Ray his wife do covenant with the said Elijah Ray that was are lawfully 
seized in fee simple of the aforesaid granted premises, that we have a good 
right to sell the same to the said Elijah Ray, and that we will warrant and 
defend the right and title of the aforesaid granted premises unto the said 
Elijah Ray his heirs and assigns forever against the claims of ourselves and 
all and every other person whatever.  Witness whereof we hereunto set our hand 
and affix our seals this day and date before written.
John Ray-his mark
Frances Ray-her mark

Test.
Robert P. Adair
John D. Ray

The State of Alabama
Tallapoosa County
I Luke Davenport an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County do 
hereby certify John D. Ray a subscribing witness to the foregoing conveyance 
known to me appeared before me this day and being sworn stated that John Ray 
and Frances Ray 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 [can’t read] 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 Dec. 22nd 1856
Luke Davenport, J. P.

The foregoing conveyance was filed in office for record 22nd December 1856 and 
duly recorded 27th December 1856
Simeon Goolsby, Judge of Probate


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