ANDERSON COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - James Johnson to James Morton, 5 Mar 1843
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Researched by Olivia Morton Allen 
Transcribed by Nina Morton Tomasieski 

JAMES JOHNSON PROPERTY DEED 
TO 
JAMES MORTON 
ANDERSON COUNTY, TN DEEDS RECORDS 
1802-1844 
BOOK L-1, P 82 
DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1843 

Researched by Olivia Morton Allen 
Transcribed by Nina Morton Tomasieski 

State of Tennessee ) 
Anderson County )  personally appeared before me WILLIAM CRAFTS Clerk of the 
County Court for the said County the within named ROBERT McHANEY (not sure if 
this is the correct last name) with whom I am personally acquainted and who 
acknowledged that he executed the within deed of Conveyance for the purposes 
therein contained.  Witnesseth my hand at office in Clinton this 13th day of 
November 1843. 

William Crafts, Clerk 
By his deputy ________ the above deed came to office November 13 1843 
2 o'clock p.m. 
Jackson T. CANADA 
DB 


Rec November 13 1843 3 o'clock p.m. 
JAMES JOHNSON 
THOMAS MORTON 
ANDERSON COUNTY 100 ACRES 
FEE $1.00 


This Indenture made and executed this the 5th day of March in the year of our 
Lord 1843 - Between JAMES JOHNSON of the County of Anderson of the one part 
and JAMES MORTON of the County of Anderson of the other part Witnesseth that 
the said JAMES JOHNSON for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and 
twelve dollars to him secured to be paid hath bargained and sold and by these 
present doth convey and confirm unto the said MORTON his heirs and assignees 
forever a tract of land lying in the said County of Anderson in the Poor 
Valley and bounded as follows Beginning on the top of Hinds Ridge on the 
Northeastern line of a grant for Twenty five hundred and sixty acres of land 
granted to WILLIAM TYRELL LEWIS thence along the line of said Grant north 
forty five degrees West to the line of a tract of land conveyed by LEWIS 
CLISS???) to WILLIAM BRUMMETT and with his line to the top of the Lone 
Mountain thence Easterly along the top of said Mountain to a point from which 
a line running south forty five degrees East to the top of Hinds Ridge will 
strike the division line agreed upon between THOMAS MORTON (can't read) and 
his brother GEORGE MORTON thence with said line to the top of Hinds Ridge 
thence along the top of said Ridge to the Beginning X containing one hundred 
acres be the same more or less which tract of land together with the 
hereditanments (?) and appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining to 
have and to hold unto the said JAMES MORTON his heirs and assignees a grant 
the lawful title claim and demand of all persons whatever the said JAMES 
JOHNSON doth hereby warrant and forever defend in Testimony whereof the said 
JAMES JOHNSON doth hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above 
written signed sealed and delivered in the presence of 

JAMES M. BAYLESS 
ISAAC HANCOCK 				JAMES "x" JOHNSON 
JOHN H. STOUT HIS MARK 

State of Tennessee ) personally appeared before me 
Anderson County    ) WILLIAM CRAFTS, Clerk of the County Court for the County 
of Anderson, ISAAC HANCOCK and JOHN H. STOUT the subscribing witnesses to the 
within deed who being first sworn depose and say that they are acquainted with 
JAMES JOHNSON the Bargainor and that he acknowledges the same in these 
presence to be his act and deed upon the day it bears date witnesses my hand 
at office in Clinton the 13th day of November 1843 WILLIAM CRAFTS, Clerk 
By Deputy C. J. Oliver 
The above came November 13th 1843 3 o'clock per Jackson T. Canada, DB