Franklin County GaArchives Deed.....Heirs of Thomas Payne - Executors of Thomas Payne November 17 1810 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Meadows rwmeadows@charter.net July 18, 2003, 9:18 pm Written: November 17 1810 Recorded: March 8 1811 Final Division and Settlement of the Estate of Thomas Payne Junior 17 Nov. 1810 [The clerk put consecutive numbers on the right-hand pages and no numbers on the left-hand pages. This entry begins on the left-hand page. The clerk used a vertical line and usually a horizontal line to separate each "No.__" from what preceded it. Those marks are represented here with "--" and "/".] Franklin County, Georgia, Deed Book T: Georgia ) We the Heirs of Thomas Payne Jun'r of said County and Franklin County ) State A's'd whose names are hereunto annexed do say and Each and every one of us do agree that the division of land hereunder mentioned made by Thomas Payne Sen'r and William Cawthon Executors of said Payne Dec'd shall be and is hereby considered to be a final settlement Between the aforesaid executors and the Heirs of said Estate which is in the manner following, To wit, Begining at the lower end of the seven hundred acre Tract on the Middle fork of Broad river Runing cross ways of said Tract --/ No. 1. Belonging to Champness Payne 158 --/ No. 2., 55 acres Belonging to Poyndexter Payne to be Taken out of the hundred and fifty [next page, bearing number 120] Eight above mentioned that was left to Champness Payne to be taken off cross way, of the division at the north side of the River at the upper end / No. 3 Belonging to Cleveland Payne 158 acres / No. 4. Belonging to Ruth Payne 158 --/ No. 5 Belonging to John Payne Sen'r -- 158 --/ No. 6 Belonging to John Payne Ju'r 68 out of the upper end of seven hundred acre Tract and cross ways and across the upper end of the tract that William Payne has settled also Belonging to John Payne Ju'r -- 92 / No. 7 out of Moses Paynes Tract that was left him by his Brother Thomas Payne Dec'd 142 -- and out of a tract Tract lying on Broad River at what is called the narrows 5 1/2 -- Belonging to Zebediah Payne --/ No. 8 out of the tract above mentioned at the narrows of Broad river belonging to Poyndexter Payne 158 --/ No. 9 Belonging to William Payne where he now lives 158 --// No. 10 Belonging to Moses Payne on Indian Creek -- 300 --/ NO. 11 on the dry fork of [leys?] Creek 200 acres Belonging to Champness Payne --/ No. 12 on the Middle fork of Broad river in the name of John Burks 143 3/4 Belonging to Shrewsberry Payne / No. 13 on the middle fork of Broad river in the name of John Burks 143 3/4 Belonging to Ruth Payne / No. 14 on Nails Creek 100 Belonging to Poyndexter Payne / No. 15 on Dosses Creek Belonging to Zebediah Payne 150 --// No. 16 on Dosses Creek Belonging to Cleveland Payne 137 1/2 --/ No. 17 Belonging to Nathaniel Payne two hundred and twenty five acres in the nine hundred acre Tract on the middle fork of Broad begining on William O. Whitneys line and on the Back line and runing up said line to the upper corner on the North side of the River thence along said line for complement--also four hundred acres lying at the lower end of said Tract above mentioned Belonging to Shrewsberry Payne W.O. Whitney Poyndexter Payne, Zebediah Payne & Cleveland Payne In Witness Whereof we the heirs of Thomas Payne Dec'd aforesaid have hereunto set our hands and seals this 17th November 1810 [The heirs' signatures appear on the page in two columns, not the one column I've used here because of space constraints. The names of William, John, Nath'l, Moses, O.C. Cleveland, and Shrewsbury are in the left column. In the right column are the names of William O. Whitney, Poyndexter, Zebediah, Kenneth McKenzie, and Nancy. Below the right column are two other witnesses.] Test D. [H.?] Paine ) William Payne (seal) David Payne ) John Payne (seal) Nath'l Payne (seal) Moses Payne (seal) O. C. Cleveland in the (seal) wright of my wife Shrewsbury Payne (seal) William O. Whitney (seal) Poyndexter Payne (seal) Zebediah Payne (seal) Kenneth McKenzie in (seal) the wright of my wife her Nancy X Payne (seal) mark Test H. B. Greenwood & Baker Ayres -- Rec'd March 8th 1811 [Written in the right margin] Submitted by: Robert W. ("Bob") Meadows Copyright 2003. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb