Sam & Ada Lee Land Record, Miller Co, AR

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Submitted by: Pat Foster King <bking37@earhtlink.net>
        Date: 1998
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Miller County Land Deed

This was a deed to Lee's Pasture to my grandparents, Sam & Ada Lee from his
parents, Carolina & Amzi Lee. Lee's Pasture was on Jefferson St. in
Texarkana, AR. My grandfather built their house. Years later, when my
grandmother was a widow, the school board bought her property & built a
high school there. The land had been in the Lee Family for years and she
didn't want to sell. My grandmother held a lantern so my grandfather, who
was a carpenter could build the house at night.  I suppose after he
finished working in the daytime.  When the school board bought the
property, the house was moved to 1402 Linden.  Dr. Gus Lee was a brother to
my grandfather, Sam Lee.

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State of Arkansas - County of Lafayette
Be it remembered, that on this day came before me, the undersigned, A clerk
of the Circuit Court, within and for the County aforesaid, duly
commissioned and Acting, A. N. Lee and Mrs. Carolina Lee, to me well known
as the grantors in the foregoing deed, and severally acknowledge that they
had executed the same for the consideration and purpose therein mentioned
and set forth.
And on the same day also voluntarily appeared before me the said clerk,
Mrs. Carolina Lee, wife of the said A. N. Lee to me well known, and in the
absence of said husband declared that she had of her own free will,
Signed and executed said deed for the considerations and purposes therein
contained and set forth, without compulsion or undue influence of her said
husband. Witness my hand and seal as such clerk on this 1st day of March
1906.

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DEED

TO, ALL, WHOM, IT, MAY, CONCERN
Know ye, That, Whereas we, A. N. Lee and Mrs. Carolina Lee his wife, of
Lafayette County, Arkansas, being the owners of the following described lot
or parcel of land, lying, being, and situated in the County of Miller, in
the State of Arkansas, described as follows to wit: Commencing at the North
West Corner of the North West quarter of the South West quarter of section
(20) twenty in Township (15) Fifteen South, in range Twenty-eight (28)
West; and running thence South on the section line, three hundred and
fifty-six and one half feet (356 1/2 ft); Thence due east twenty five feet
(25 ft.) to the point of beginning of the lot of parcel of land here
intended to be described; Thence East One hundred and forty (140) Feet;
Thence south one hundred (100) Feet; Thence west one hundred and forty
(140) Feet; thence north one hundred (100) feet to the point of beginning,
and containing by estimation 33/100 of an acre of land, more or less; and
Where as we have expanded the sum of Six Hundred ($600.00) dollars in the
erection of a  -5-Room residence upon the said above described lot or
parcel of land; and Whereas we, the said A. N. Lee and Carolina Lee, being
desirous of aiding and assisting our son Sam Lee, and Ada Lee his wife, in
securing a home; NOW, THEREFORE, we the said A. N. Lee and Carolina Lee (in
her own right) for and in consideration of the love and affection we have
and bear, for our said son Sam E. Lee and his wife Ada Leeand for the
further consideration of the sum of One Hundred Dollars, evidenced by
promissory note, of even date herewith, executed by Sam E. Lee and Ada Lee,
to and in favor of the said Carolina Lee, due and payable November 1st,
1906, and bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent perineum, from date
thereof until paid, have given, granted, bargained and sold, and by these
presents, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Ada
Lee, and unto her heirs and assigns forever, the said here in before
described lot or parcel of land.  To have and to hold the same unto the
said Ada Lee, and unto her heirs and assigns forever, with all
appurtenances thereunto belonging. And we hereby covenant with the said Ada
Lee, her heirs and assigns, that we will forever warrant and defend the
title to the said lands against all lawful claims; and that said lands are
free and clear of any encumbrances whatsoever; It being herein expressly
understood that a lien in hereby retained upon said lot or parcel of land
to secure the payment of the one hundred dollar note here in above
mentioned. Witness our hands and seals on this 1st day of March 1906.
A. N. Lee (SEAL)
Carolina Lee (SEAL)

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Certificate of Record
State of Arkansas
County of Miller
I, J. D. Sanderson, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-Officio Record for
the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the annexed and forgoing
instrument of writing was filed record in my office on the 23rd day of
March, A. D. 1906, at 9 o'clock A. M. and the same in now duly recorded
with the acknowledgement.. and certificate, in record Book, Vol. MM, Page
512.
In Testimony, Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said ?
This 23rd day of March, a. D. 1906.
J. D. Sanderson