Alachua County FlArchives Deeds.....Ancient Records Book, Deed: Sanchez, Strong

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"Transcribed by Jim Powell Jr from Records provided by Buddy Irby, Alachua 
County Clerk of the Court's Office"

Page 305-306

East Florida
            Know all men by these presents that we Francis R. Sanchez 
and Frances Sanchez his wife of the County of st. Johns in the 
Territory of Florida, in consideration of the sum of One thousand 
Dollars to us in hand paid by John B. Strong of the City of St. 
Augustine in the Territory Aforesaid __ have granted, bargained, Sold 
and released, and by these presents Do grant, bargain, sell and release 
unto the said John B. Strong his heirs, Executors, Administrators and 
Assigns all that certain piece or parcel of Land situate lying and 
being on the River Santafe containing Nine hundred and fifty Acres, 
being the whole of a tract of Land granted me by the Spanish Government 
of Four thousand Acres not heretofore sold by me to the said Strong 
(except five hundred Acres Mortgaged by me to Samuel Brook)  The said 
Strong now having purchased of me Three thousand five hundred Acres of 
said tract of Four thousand Acres for which I have heretofore given him 
deeds for all but nine Hundred & fifty Acres, which nine hundred and 
fifty Acres is hereby conveyed by this Deed ________  Together with all 
& Singular the Rights, Members, Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the 
said premises belonging or in any wise Appertaining ___
      To have and to hold all and Singular the premises before 
mentioned, unto the said John B. Strong and his heirs & Assigns 
forever.   And we do hereby bind ourselves and our heirs Executors and 
Administrators, to warrant and forever defend all and Singular the said 
premises unto the said John B. Strong and his heirs and Assigns, 
against Ourselves and our heirs and all and every or persons whatsoever 
lawfully claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof ____
      Witness our hands & Seals this seventh day of August in the year 
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & twenty four and in the forty 
eight year of the Independence of the United States of America
                  Francis R. Sanchez  (Seal)
                  Frances  X  Sanchez  (Seal)
Signed, Sealed and delivered
   in the presence of
      Lewis P. Feitis            Territory of Florida
      John M. Sanchez            County of St. Johns
                  Personally appeared before me John M. Sanchez One of 
the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid, Francis R. Sanchez 
and Frances Sanchez his wife who Acknowledged they had executed the 
within Deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned as their own 
Voluntary Act and Deed, and the said Frances, having been examined 
separate and apart from her Husband, Acknowledged she had executed the 
same, without any fear or compulsion on the part of her husband, 
Wherefore I allow the same to be recorded, Dated the seventh day of 
August 1824 -
            John M. Sanchez  J. of the peace
Territory of Florida
County of St, John      I have recorded this Instrument of writing in 
my Office with the certificate thereon indorsed, Witness my name as 
Clerk of the County Court of the County & Territory Aforesaid this 29th 
day of November 1824
                  James S. Tingle
Recorded this 3rd April 1840  James McNeill D.C. A. County