Deed- Davis Cemetery Land, Howard County, Arkansas
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Submitted by: Judy Davis <jdavis@exp.net>
         Date: Nov 1997


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DEED BOOK 33, PAGE 407
HOWARD COUNTY, ARKANSAS

The following is a transcript of the deed executed by Farris Bernard
Hempstead Davis and wife Lualice Delona (Lonia) Davis to the Methodist
Protestant Church located near Umpire, Howard County, Arkansas, the present
site of the Davis Cemetery. Submitted by Judy Davis (jdavis@exp.net)

WARRANTY DEED
With Relinquishment of Dower

Know All Men by These Presents:

That we, F.B.H. Davis and Lonia Davis his wife, for and in consideration of
the some of One Dollars, to us paid by The Trustees of Methodist
Protest[ant] Church do hereby Grant, Bargain, Sell and Convey unto the said
Trustees of sad Church and their Successors in office and unto their heirs
and assigns, forever, the following lands lying in the County of Howard;
and State of Arkansas, towit:

Begin at North West corner of NW 1/4 of S.E. 1/4 run South 33 yards to
Point of Begining thence East 143 Yd thence South 66 Yd thence West 143 Yds
thence North 55 Yds to point of beginning. Containing 1 acre and 4/5 more
or less.  All Sec. (18) Township 6 South Range 28 West.

When vacated by said church the title shall go back to F.B.H. Davis and his
heirs.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAME, Unto the said Trustees of M.P. and unto their
heirs and assigns, forever, with all appurtenances thereunto belonging. 
And we hereby covenant with said Trustees of the M.P. that we will forever
warrant and defend the title to the said lands against all claims whatever.

And I, Lonia Davis wife of the said F.B.H. Davis for and in consideration
of the said sum of money, do hereby release and relinquish unto the said
Trustees of M.P. all my rights of Dower and Homestead in and to the said
lands.

WITNESS our hand and seal, on this 29th day of [?] A.D.  19[?]

[signed] F.B.H. Davis
[signed] Lonia (her X mark) Davis
WITNESS:
[signed] R. A. Manasco
[signed] C. O. Turner
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF ARKANSAS
County of Howard

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this day came before me, the undersigned, a
Notary Public within and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and
acting, F.B.H. Davis, to me well known as the Grantor.....in the foregoing
Deed, and stated that he had executed the same for the consideration and
purposes therein mentioned and set forth.
And on the same day also voluntarily appeared before me, the said Lonia
Davis, wife of the said F.B.H. Davis, to me well known and in the absence
of her said husband declared that she had, of her own free will, executed
said Deed and signed and sealed the Relinquishment of Dower and Homestead
in the said Deed for the consideration and purposes therein contained and
set forth, without compulsion or undue influence of her said husband.

WITNESS my hand and seal as such Notary Public on this 29th day of July
1916.
My commission expires Dec. 14, 1918. [signed] R. A. Manasco, N.P.

Filed for record on this 3rd day of Feb 1921, at 10 o'clock A.M. and
recorded 3rd day of Feb. 1921.
[signed] C. R. Littlefield, Clerk and Recorder