Georgia:  Oglethorpe County: Indenture, Isham Smith to Richard Bailey
23 June 1804

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FHC No. 0158674, Page 475
Oglethorpe County, GA 
Deed Book C
June 23, 1804

Georgia

This indenture made this twenty third day of June One thousand 
eight hundred four between Isham Smith of the one part & Richard Bailey 
of the other part both of the County of Oglethorpe & State aforesaid.

Witnesseth that the Isham Smith for & in consideration of the sum 
of three hundred dollars to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is 
hereby acknowledged hath bargained & sold & by these presents doth buy 
sell & confirm unto the said Richard Bailey his heirs and assigns 
forever a certain tract of land containing two hundred acres be the 
same more or less lying & being in the aforesaid County on the main 
Long Creek & bounded as follows (to wit).

Beginning at an ash on the branch called the Long Branch running 
thence N. 30 W. 15 chains to a white ash on the bank of the creek 
thence down the creek 11 chains to a white oak at the mouth of a branch 
thence up the said branch 23 chains to a white oak at the head thence 
N. 2 W. 39 ch. 50 links across a branch to a pine on Allens line thence 
S.35 W. 32 ch. to a chessnut thence with John Smiths line South 14 W. 
42 ch. to a maple on the said Long Branch thence N. 70 W. 25 ch. To a 
white oak thence S. 8 W. 16 ch. To a white oak thence with Nortons line 
N. 15 E. 2 ch. To a red oak thence along East 49 chains to the 
Beginning.

To have and to hold the said tract of land unto him the said 
Richard Bailey his heirs and assigns forever & the said Isham Smith 
doth for himself & his heirs & assigns covenant & agree with the said 
Richard Bailey to warrant defend the said tract of land to him the said 
Richard Bailey his heirs and assigns forever free from all claims 
rights letters on demands of him the said Isham Smith his heirs or 
assigns or any other claimant whatsoever.

In witness whereof the said Isham Smith hath hereunto set his 
hand & seal the day & year above written.						
	

Signed & acknowledged in the presence of:
Test
Henry Bailey						Isham Smith   {Seal}
Wm. Strother
Jas. D. Cole J.P.	    Recorded July 26th, 1804