Holmes County MsArchives Court.....Allen, William November 4, 1838 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Allen Geoghegan http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00008.html#0001878 and Cheryl Tullier Young prtmaster@sol.com March 12, 2006, 8:52 pm Source: Holmes County Courthouse Written: November 4, 1838 William H Allen Estate Sale Record: November, 1838 Know all men by these presents, that we, John B. Allen and Mary Allen, Administrator and Administratrix of the goods and estate which were William Allen, late of Holmes County, deceased intestate, being duly empowered in this behalf of the Hon the probate Court of the said county of Holmes and the state of Mississippi holders on the fourth day of November in the year one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight at Lexington within said county of Holmes in pursuance of a sale at Public Auction and in consideration of the sum of nine hundred and eighty dollars to us in hand paid by Elizabeth Wilks who was the highest bidder at the said sale for the estate hereinafter described; the acceptance of which we hereby acknowledge; do convey unto the said Elizabeth Wilks, her heirs and assigns forever, a parcel of land situated ___?__ and lying in the said county of Holmes, state of Mississippi situated and described as follows, to wit: The Northeast quarter of Section twenty-four and the East half of the Northeast quarter of Section nineteen, all in Township number fifteen and Range Four East containing 237 and 31/100 acres, more or less, to have and to hold the said parcel of land with the privileges and appearances thereof to the said Elizabeth Wilks, her heirs and assigns, for her and their use forever. Said John B. Allen and Mary Allen do covenant. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/holmes/court/allen93gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb