BEDFORD COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - William R. Hess to John W. McGimsey
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William R. Hess to John W. McGimsey, Bedford County, TN, 17 February 1820

Surnames:  Hess, McGimsey, Payne

Bedford Co., TN, deed book M, pp. 115-116:

115)  Wm R Hess John W McGimsey Mortgage 
Know all men by these by these that I William 
R Hess of the County of Bedford and State of Tennessee 
Having on the fourteenth day of October last 
Mortgaged to John W McGimsey a Negro Girl 
Named Isabel for the Sum of Two hundred 
Dollars and the Said McGimpsy having this 
day entered as Surety for the said William 
R. Hess in a Note for forty nine dollars Given 
to thomas C Moore due the first day of Sept 
Eighteen hundred and Twenty Now therefore 
If the Said William R for and in Consideration 
of the Sum above mentioned do Sell 
Transfer and deliver unto the Said John W 
McGimsey and his heirs forever the said 
Negro Slave Isabel aged about Sixteen 
Years and I do further Warrant the Title 
of the Said Negro Slave Isabel to the Said 
McGimsey his heirs &c forever and that she is 
Sound healthy and Sensable Witness 
my hand and Seal this 17th day of February 
1820 Provided nevertheless that if the said Wm 
R Will Well and Truly pay the said note of 
["Fifty" lined out] forty nine dollars when the Same Comes 
due and thereby secures the said John W McGimsey 
[--pg. 116--] From paying the same or any part thereof and 
Will pay to said McGimsey the said sum of 
Two hundred Dollars on or before the 17th day of 
August 1821 or in Case the said W R Hess 
Should fail to pay said note of forty nine 
dollars to said Moore whareby the said McGimsey 
Will have the same to pay then if the said W R Hess 
Will Well And Truly pay to said John McGemsy on or before 
the said 17th day of August 1821 the sum of Two hundred 
dollars also the said Sum of forty nine dollars this obligation 
or Mortgage to be Void & of no effect otherwise to remain 
in full force & virtue & to operate as & absolute bill of 
Sale for said Negro Girl  Given under my hand & Seal 
the day above Written 
Signed Sealed & Delivered .......... W R Hess (seal) 
in presents of 
Cleveland P Payne 
Spence [Eakin ?] 
State of Tennessee ) 
Bedford County ....) .... April Term 1820 
.... I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of Pleas 
And Quarter Sessions of the County aforesaid do 
hereby Certify that the Execution of the within 
Bill of Sale or Mortgage from W R Hess to John 
McGimsy for a Negro Girl was prove in Open 
Court by the Oath of Spence [Eakin ?] one of 
the Subscirbing Witnesses thereto & ordered 
to be Registered  Given under my hand at Office 
8th Apr 1820 ------------- Jas McKisick