MACON CO., NC - DEEDS - W. A. and C. M. Foster to Tallulah Falls
                        Railway Company, 1917
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Submitted by Gigi Foster Creel (gigicreel@attbi.com)

Macon County, NC GRANTOR Book A-4 Page 420

This indenture made this 8th day of November, 1917, between 
W.A. Foster and C.M. Foster, his wife, of the County of Macon
and the State of North Carolina, parties of the first part, and 
Tallulah Falls Railway Company, a corporation organized 
and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State 
of Georgia, hereinafter for convenience styled the Railway 
Company, party of the second part.
Witnesseth
That the Parties of the first part, for and in Consideration
of the sum of One Dollar to each in hand paid by the Railway
Company, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have
granted, bargained, sold and conveyed, and by these
presents, do grant, bargain, sell and convey, unto the
Railway Company, a Right of Way 20 feet in width
(that is to say, 10 feet on either side of the center line of the 
industrial spur tract, hereinafter described,) over and
upon the land of the parties of the first part, situate, lying
and being in the county of Macon and State of North Carolina,
for an industrial spur tract of the Railway Company which will
spring from its main tract running between Cornelia
and Franklin at a point thereat 2340 feet south of milepost
44, and will extend thence in a North Westerly direction,
for a distance of 195 feet, more or less, of which 178 feet, more
or less will be located upon the present right of way of the
Railway Company for its said main track, and 17 feet
more or less, upon the said land of the parties of the first part.
          To have and to hold the said right of way unto 
the Railway Company, its successors and assigns,
so long as it or they may require the same for the
construction, operation, maintenance and repair
of said industrial spur tract;
          Provided, however, and this conveyance is made
upon the condition, that in the event that the
Railway Company shall, at any time hereafter, [abandon?]
the said industrial spur tract, and in evidence thereof
shall discontinue the operation of same, and 
take up and remove the rails, materials and fixtures
therein, then an in such event, the right of way
hereby conveyed and all rights incident or appurtenant 
thereto, shall revert to the parties of the first part, their heirs
and assigns.
(In witness whereof, said W.A. Foster and his wife have set)

Book A-4 Page 421
their seals, the day and year first above written.

                                          W.A. Foster (seal)
                                          C.M. Foster (seal)


State of Georgia, Rabun County
          I, W.E. Powell, a Notary Public in and 
for said State and County, do hereby certify that W.A. Foster
and C.M. Foster, his wife, whose names are signed
to the foregoing deed personally appeared before me
this day and acknowledged the due execution of the same.
And the said C.M. Foster, wife of W.A. Foster, being by me
privately examined, separate and apart from her said
husband, touching her voluntary execution of the
said deed, doth state that she signed the same freely
and voluntarily, without fear or compulsion of her
said husband, or any other person, and that she 
doth still voluntarily assent thereto.
          Witness my hand and official seal this the 8th day of
November, 1917.
(Notarial Seal)                      W.E. Powell, Notary Public


State of North Carolina, Macon County} S.S.
The foregoing certificate of W.E. Powell, Notary
Public of Rabun Co Ga., attested by the official
seal of his paid office, is adjudged to be in due
form according to law, and said instrument is
adjudged to be duly acknowledged and proven.
Therefore let the instrument with the certificates
thereto attached and this certificate be registered.
This 28 day of July, 1918.
                                  R.M. Ledford
                                  Clerk Superior Court

The foregoing Deed was filed for Record and duly registered 
this 28 day of July, 1918.
                                  Elmer Johnson
                                  Register of Deeds

[NOTES- From the editors of Roadside Georgia:
1. Tallulah Falls RR began buying up track from old Blue Ridge Line 
   in 1898.
2. TFRR ran from Cornelia, GA to Franklin, NC for more than 60 
   years. (1898-1958?)
3. TFRR featured in Disney movie The Great Locomotive Chase.]
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