Deed Personal Copy - Richard Gary to Elijah Gary - Butler County Kentucky
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Submitted by: Alice Warner <EmbryProject@gmail.com>
        Date: 23 Mar 2007
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Transcribed May 2005 for you by Alice Warner. The original 
document is a folded piece of paper, folded like a greeting 
card. The front cover, inside right, and back cover had writing.

Front cover:

Richard Gary

Deed

Elijah Gary

This 21st July 1866

*illegible*

 

Inside right:

This indenture made the 5 of February 1866 between Richard Gary 
and Froney Gary his wife of the county of Butler and state of Kyof 
the first part & Elijah Gary of the second part & the county & the 
state aforesaid, witnesseth that the said Richard Gary for & in the 
consideration of the sum of two hundred & fifty dollars to him in 
hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath sold unto 
said Elijah Gary a serten tract of land lying in butler county on 
welches creek and bounded as follows to wit

Beginning on three white oaks on a ridge running thence N 79 E 48 
poles to a double hickory on the side of a ridge thence N 46 E 49 
poles to the top of a bald ridge thence N 10 E 26 poles to a 
dogwood and white oak thence N 80 W 26 poles to a beech thence N __ 
W 40 poles to two white oaks thence N 51 E 45 poles to a white oak 
and poplar thence due North 42 poles to two red oaks thence S 45 W 
40 Roles to a gum thence N 71 W 38 Roles to a beech thence N 87 W 
22 Rolls to a sugartree thence N 80 W 26 Roles to a beech thence 
due South 160 Roles to the beginning containing one hundred acrs 
being the same more or less with its inclosures unto the only use 
and of the said Elijah Gary and his airs forever. I thairfore 
relinquish all claims of me and my heirs the said Richard 
*disintegrated line of text*

 

Back cover:

or title and testimony witness we have set our hand and seal this 
day and date above named.

Richard Gary [his mark]

Sophronia C Gary [her mark]