Tallapoosa County Alabama - Deeds - Henry J. Pickard - W. N. Nelson & wife 1855 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ This file contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Jo Pickard Weaver Sep 2002 Book K, page 133 Wm N. NELSON and Wife to Henry J. PICKARD The State of Virginia Clark County Be it known to all men that we William N. NELSON trustee for certain creditors of Thomas M. NELSON late of the county of Muscogee state of Georgia deceased and Mary A. NELSON wife both of the said county of Clark for and in consideration of the sum of seven Hundred Dollars [to] us in hand paid by Henry PICKARD of the county of Tallapoosa in the state of Alabama the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge do hereby grant bargain sell enfxxx (enfeoff?) and confirm to the said Henry PICKARD all that tract or parcel of land [lying] and being situated in the county of Tallapoosa in said state of Alabama containing three hundred and nineteen 98/100 acres more or less being the east undivided half of section twenty (20) xxx Township twenty one of range twenty two east in said county of Tallapoosa to have and to hold the aforesaid premises to the said Henry PICKARD his heirs and assigns to use and behoof forever in fee simple and we do covenant with the said Henry PICKARD his heirs and [assigns] that we are lawfully seized in fee of the aforesaid premises that [are] free of all encumbrances that we have a good right to sell and convey the same to the said Henry PICKARD his heirs and assigns and that we sell warrant and defend the said premises to the said Henry PICKARD his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all person in witness whereunto the said William NELSON Trustee as aforesaid and Mary A NELSON his wife have hereunto set their hands and seal this the 26 day of April 1855 Wm N. NELSON (seal) Mary A. NELSON (seal) Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Hugh M. NELSON The State of Virginia Clark County I Hugh M. NELSON a Justice of the peace in and for said county do hereby certify that William N. NELSON as trustee for certain creditors of Thomas M. NELSON now dec and Mary A. NELSON his wife whose names are signed to the foregoing conveyance and who are known to me acknowledge before me on this day that being informed of the contents of the conveyance they executed the same voluntarily on the day same bears date. Given under my hand this the 26 day of April 1855 Hugh M. NELSON Justice of the Peace State of Virginia County of Clark sct I David H. McGUIRE clerk of the county court in and for the county and state above mentioned do hereby certify that Hugh M. NELSON whose genuine signature appears above is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn that all his official act as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid county court is a court of record having general jurisdiction. Given under my hand and seal of office at the court house the [3rd] day of May AD 1855 D. H. McGUIRE Virginia Clark County set I Benjamin MORGAN presiding justice of the court of the county aforesaid in the state aforesaid do certify that David H. McGUIRE who hath given the preceding certificate is clerk of the said county court and that his attestation is in due form Given under my hand this 11th day of May 1855 Benj MORGAN J. P. The above conveyance was filed in office for record [3rd] October 1856 and duly recorded on the 30 of November 1856 Simeon GOOLSBY Judge of Probate