Deed: Jesse Johnson heirs to George Johnson: 10 Feb 1837 Lawrence County, Kentucky

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Translation by Fred South of Deed of Jesse Johnson: 10 Feb 1837 from heirs of Jesse Johnson 
to George Johnson.  I left the punctuation and spelling the same as the original.

On the left column is "Heirs of Jesse Johnson to {undecipherable} George Johnson

This indenture made and entered into this tenth day of February in the year of our 
lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven Between John Johnson Jefse Johnson Mason Johnson
Wiley Johnson Malinda Johnson William Boggs Sr William Boggs Jr Ann Johnson and James Hay heirs 
of Jefse Johnson deceased of Lawrence County and State of Kentucky of the one part and George 
Johnson of Lawrence County and state aforesaid of the other part Witnefseth that the said heirs 
party of the first part have to them in hand paid at or before the insealings and delivering of
these presents the sum of fifty dollars the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged granted 
bargained and sold and by these presents do grant bargain sell and unto the aforesaid George 
Johnson his heirs so forever one certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Lawrence 
county on the Right hand fork of Blain Creek it being the lower part of the lower fifty Acre 
survey Patented to Jefse Johnson {undecipherable, maybe the symbol @} and bounded as follows, 
To wit, Beginning at a beach standing on the north side of said creek the conditional corner 
between James Hay and George Johnson  Thence South to 50 & 30 poles to two beaches South 77 & 
4 poles to a maple South  58 & 44 poles to a white oak North 78 & 36 poles to a beach South 73 & 
60 poles to a sugar and white oak N 68 and 20 poles to a beach and Lynn South & 30 poles to a 
stake North 89 West 109 poles to a stake North 62 W108 poles to a {seipartsee} conditional corner
Between said Hay and Johnson thence strait acrofs the Bottom crofsing said creek to the Beginning 
Together withall and singular the aforesaid Land and primisses with its appurtinances To the sole
use and behoofe of him the said George Johnson his heirs so for Ever against us the subscribing 
heirs of the said Jefse Johnson Deceased and {undecipherable} heirs and {undecipherable} But not 
against the claim of any older Title or claim whatever in Testimony whereof we the forenamed 
heirs of the said deceased have here unto set our hands and seals this day and year first above 
written Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presents of us					
Test  Calvin Sparks				
      Wiley Sparks				
      John Johnson 


		     			      	John Johnson   		(seal)
						Jefse Johnson  		(seal)
						Malinda Johnson 	(seal)
 						Wiley Johnson  		(seal)
 						James Hay	  	(seal)
						William Boggs, Sr.  	(seal)
						Mason Johnson  		(seal)
						William Boggs, Jr.  	(seal) 	
						Ann Johnson  		(seal)