Jones County Georgia Deed John I. Smith from Sterling W. Smith File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by DaisyZ@aol.com Jeanie Smith Zadach Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/jones.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Georgia Jones County Book S, P. 29 January 1, 1854 John I. Smith from Sterling W. Smith Deed to Secure Debt 417 Acres of Land This indenture made this thirty first day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty four between Sterling W. Smith of the one part and John I. Smith of the other part, both of said County and State. Witnesseth that whereas said Sterling W. Smith and John I Smith did on the seventh day of December in the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-two make & deliver to Sarah Childs his certain promissory note subscribed within these presents. Whereas twelve months after date hereof the said Sterling W. Smith and John I. Smith jointly and severally (Together the two or either of us) promised to pay said Sarah Childs, executrix of the estate of Joseph Childs, deceased, twenty six hundred & seventy five dollars for value received and the sum being the proper debt of him the said Sterling W. Smith and the said John I. Smith living security on the said note for the said Sterling W. Smith & which security he became at the instance and request of the said Sterling W. Smith. Now for & in consideration of the sum of five dollars by the said John I Smith to the said Sterling W. Smith in hand paid at or before the delivery of these presents, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged as well as for the better securing & will indemnify the said John I. Smith from all loss injury & damage on account of his suretyship on said promissory note the said Sterling W. Smith hath granted bargained & sold and doth by these presents grant bargain & sell unto the said John I. Smith his heirs & assigns the following lands & Negro slaves. All that land or parcel of land situate in said County on the waters of Walnut Creek containing four hundred & seventeen acres more or less being the place whereon the said Sterling W. Smith now lives adjoining lands of James A. Billingslea and the estate of Stephen Clower and Elbert & Sarah Hutchings four hundred fourteen acres of said land were purchased by the said Sterling W. Smith of John W. Brantley, Horatio L. Brantley & Joseph T. Brantley, the other three acres were purchased by the said Sterling W. Smith of George W. F. McKay. Negro man named Washington about forty years old, Negro man named Step about forty five years old, Negro boy named Pony about eighteen years old and a Negro boy named Eli about fourteen years old to have & to hold the said bargained lands & Negro slaves unto him the said John I. Smith forever & the said Sterling W. Smith for himself his heir executors & administrators, the said bargained lands & Negro slaves to the said John I. Smith his heirs & assigns will warrant and forever defend against the claim of himself & his heirs & against the claim of all other persons. Provided nevertheless that if the said Sterling W. Smith his heirs executors and administrators shall will & truly pay the said sum specified in said promissory note with all lawful interest on the land & shall at all times hereafter save harmless & indemnify the said John I. Smith & assigns from loss injury or damage on account of his relationship on said promissory note then & from henceforth as well this presents in and the right to the property hereby conveyed shall deem, determine and be void and to all intents & purposes. The said lands & Negro slaves and the same this day & at this present instance of him conveyed & mortgaged by the said Sterling W. Smith to Robert V. Hardeman of said County the security for the said Sterling W. Smith on a note made on the nineteenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred & fifty three to James G. Barnes administrator of the estate of Joseph Chesser, deceased for one thousand & seventy dollars, and twelve months after the date thereof the said conveyance & mortgage to the said Robert V. Hardeman to have the like lien on said property as this conveyance & mortgage and the said debt for which the said Robert V. Hardeman is security for the said Sterling W. Smith is to have & be paid ___ out of said property with the debt for which the said John I. Smith is the security for the said Sterling W. Smith as before mentioned. In witness whereof the said Sterling W. Smith hath hereby set his hand & seal the day & year first above written Sterling W. Smith {Seal} Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us Charles Hutchings A. Kingman State of Georgia Jones County Personally came before me Ashbury Kingman who being duly sworn deposed and say that he saw Sterling W. Smith sign, seal & deliver the within conveyance and mortgage for the purpose therein mentioned that deposed subscriber the same as a witness and saw Charles Hutchings do so likewise. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of March 1854. Jas. T. Barrow, J.I.C. Asbury Kingman Recorded March 1st, 1854 O.H.P. Finney, Clerk ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============