USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Material 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------- WOLFE CO. KENTUCKY, DEED BOOK ONE, p. 334 DEED FROM A.J. & SALLY HOLLON TO J.M. COCKERHAM 7 JUNE 1875 Transcribed by Sandra Lake Lassen, 1993, a great-great-great granddaughter of Andrew Jackson and Sarah/Sally Hollon 1499 Lakeside Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694 Internet: slassen@infoave.net Transcribed verbatim, preserving original spelling & punctuation This indenture made this 7th Day of June 1875 between AJ. Hollon and Sally Hollon his wife of the county of Lee and State of Kentucky of the first Part and J.M. Cockerham of the county of Wolfe and state aforesaid of the Second part witnesseth that the parties of the first part in consideration of the Sum of Sixty dollars in hand paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledge hath bargained and sold and by these Presents doth convey and confirm unto the Said party of the Second part his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land lying in the county of Wolfe and described as follows, viz: Lying on the waters of the middle fork of upper Devils creek and bounded as follows to wit - Beginning on 4 white oak bushes on the North Side of Said creek below whare J.M. Cockerham now lives thence runing up the branch S66 E8 po to a Stake N73 E10 po to a Stake N20 E8 po to a Stake N13 E28 po to a Stake N33 E18 po to a small black oak N5 pole to a stake N69 W12 po to a dogwood N63 W6 po to a Stake N60 W9 po to a stake N68 W18 po to a Stake N81 W7 to a Stake Near a hickory S9 E7 po to a stake S9 W8 po to a Stake S29 W16 po to a Stake S50 E 12 po to a stake S32 E10 po to a Stake S10 E6 po to a Stake S11 W8 po to a Stake S15 W14 po to the beginning containeing 13 + [3/4 or 3/8] acres by survey to have and to hold said property with its appurtanances thereunto blonging unto the Said Grantee his heirs and assigns forever and the Said party of the first Part doth further covenant with the Said party of the Second part that they will warrant generally the title to the property hereby conveyed In testamony whereof the parties of the first part hath hereunto Subscribed their names the day and year aforesaid A.J. Hollon [his mark] Sarah Hollon [her mark] ------------------------------------ State of Kentucky County of Wolfe I S.M. Spradling clerk of the county court for the county and state aforesaid do certify that the foregoing Deed from A.J. Hollon + wife to J.M. Cockerham was on the 26th day of June 1876 Produced to me in Said county and acknowledged before me by A.J. Hollon and Sarah Hollon his wife parties thereto to be their act and deed and the Same is hereby duly recorded in my office Given under my hand this 26 day of June 1886 S.M. Spradling, clerk ----------------------------------- State of Kentucky county of Wolfe I David Hogg clerk of the Wolfe county court do certify that the foregoing original Deed from A.J. Hollon & wife to JM Cockerham was this day produced to me in my office and rerecorded together with this certificate Given under my hand this lst Day of September 1887 David Hogg clerk ---------------------------------- [Note from compiler: These deeds of title involving Andrew Jackson Hollon/Holland and wife Sarah "Sally" Wright Hollon seem to have been rerecorded in the fall of 1887, by which time news of their deaths had probably reached Wolfe Co., causing the new owners of their land to make certain that the sales had been duly recorded.] [Further note: the term "po" in this record refers to "pole," which is a surveying term interchangeable with "rod," equalling 16 1/2 feet.]