Subject: KFY: LAND: Fair, 1847 - Casey Co Land Warrant-Survey-Deed: Fair Casey Co. 1847 The following can be found in the Land Office in Frankfort Grant in Co Court Orders #12033 Bk. 24 Pg 194 WARRANT: State of Kentucky Casey County Land Warrant No. 451 To the Principle Surveyor of Casey County this shall be your Warrant to Survey and lay off for Edmond Fair or his assignee fifty acres of land due the said Edmond Fair by the payment of $ 2.00 as per the order of the Treasurer of Casey County. Given under my hand the 29th Day of March 1847 Joel Swinney Clk The Land Office in Frankfort has this marked Co. Court Order #12033 Warrant. Reverse side: Edmund Fair Jr. No 451 rest is not readable SURVEY: Surveyed for Edmund Fair 50 acres of land by virtue of an application N 1457 made at the Surveyors office of Casey County on the 3rd day of April 1847 on a Casey County Court Land Warrant N 451 for 50 acres situated in Casey County on the Green River & bounded as followeth to wit: BEGINNING at A , Two elms at the foot of a Bluff on the South side of Green River... between E Fair & Walter Mills thence N 59 W 15 poles crosin[sic] the river to a Whitewalnut near the water thence up the river N 11 E 100 poles crossing the river to two Sycamors[sic] thence S 45 E 5 poles to a Sycamore[sic] & Elm thence S 47 E 180 poles to a Sassafras thence S 15 E 124 poles to three Sugartrees on a Branch thence West 42 poles to a Beech thence N 30 W 52 poles to a hickory thence North 26 poles to a beech thence N 40 E 60 po;es to a Sassafras thens N 47 W 180 poles to an Elm and Sycamore thence down the River S 36 W 16 poles S 15 W 32 poles South 20 poles S 40 W 37 poles to the BEGINNING April the 23d day 1847 Walter Mills CC William Skein Edmund Fair Marker Attest Walter Mills William Skeins The only other name or script that was readable to myself was J.L. Allen SCC REVERSE SIDE: The only witing readable is Edmund Fair 50 Acres Rec 20th July 1848 Grant iss 20 July 1848 DEED: In margin of Deed E Fair 50 Acres Casey No 12033 Ex & De[?] to Hiram Thomas William Owsley ESQ GOVERNOR OR THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye that by virtue and in condsideration a warrant from the Casey County Court, there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Edmund Fair a certain TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, containing_fifty_acres by survey bearing date the _23_day of _April_ one thousand eight hundred and _forty seven_ lying and being in the county of _Casey on Green River and bounds as followeth towit: Beginning at 2 elms at the foot of a bluff on the South side of Green river corner between E Fair and Walter Mills thence N 59 W 15 poles crossing the river to a white walnut near the water thence up the river N 11 E 100 poles N 70 E 35 po;es crossing the river to two sycamores thence S 45 E 5 poles to a Sycamore and elm thence S 47 E 180 poles to a sassafras thence S 15 E 124 poles to three Sugartrees on a branch thence W 42 poles to a beech thence N 30 W 52 poles to a hickory thence N 26 poles to a beech thence N 40 E 60 poles to a sassafras thence N 47 W 180 poles to an elm & sycamore thence down the river S 36 W 16 poles S 15 poles W 32 poles S 5 W 20 poles S 20 poles S 37 poles to the BEGINNING._With the appurtenunces: To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land, with its appurtences, to the said _Edmund Fair_ and _his _ heirs forever. In WITNESS WHEREOF: The said_William Owsley_Esq. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at Frankfort, on the _20_day of _July_in the year of our Lord , one thousand eight hundred and _forty eight_ and of the Commonwealth the _ fifty seventh_. By the Governor_W. Owsley_. W.D. Reed Secretary of State ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Judith A. Shamp < BLKYGYRL@aol.com > ====================================================================