BEDFORD COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - George Whitson to Moses & Micajah Payne ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bob Meadows rmeadows@krl.org ==================================================================== George Whitson to Moses & Micajah Payne, Bedford Co., TN, 21 October 1819 Bedford Co., TN, deed book L, pp. 434-435: 434) George Whitson to Moses & Micagah Payne 200 Acres This Indenture made this Twenty first day of October in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and nineteen between George Whitson of the County of Bedford and State of Tennessee of the one Part and Moses and Micagah Payne of the County o Bedford and State aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth That for and in Consideration of the sum of Two Thousand Dollars to me in hand paid by the said Moses & Micagah Payne the receipt whareof is hereby Acknowledged hath Granted bargained Sold Allen Conveyed & Confirmed And do by these presents Grant Bargain Sell Allien Convey and Confirm unto the Said Moses & Micagar Payne their heirs and Assigns forever a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land Situate Lying & being in the County of Bedford on Dawdys Creek a north branch of the Wartrace Fork of Duck River Begining at Two Lynns & a Beech Runing East one hundred and ninty six poles To an Elm Buckeye and hickory in William Crebbs Line thence with his line north forty six degrees West forty five poles to an Ironwood & Black Oak Said Crebbs Corner thence north fifty & a half degrees East Sixty Six poles to a hickory another of Crebbs Corners Thence with his line north Eighty one degrees East Thirty Seven poles to Two Dogwoods and an ash thence North Eighty Eight poles to an ash & hickory thence west Two hundred and Twenty three & a half poles to a Beech thence South one hundred & Sixty Eight Poles To the Begining containing 200 Acres be the Same more or Less [--pg. 435--] To Have and To Hold the aforesaid Tract of Land Together with all & Singular the rights profits Emoluments hereditaments and appurtenances of in & to The Same Belonging or in any wise appertaining To the Only proper use & Behoof of them the said Moses And Micajer Payne their heirs & assigns forever and I the Said George Whitson for myself my heirs Exe. adm. and Assigns do Covenant & agree to & with the said Moses And Micajer Payne their heirs & assigns that the before Recited Land and bargained premises I will warrant & Forever defend against the right Title Claim Interest an Demand of all & every person or manner of persons Whatsoever in Witness whareof I the said Geo Whitson Have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the day and Year first above written Signed Sealed & Delivered In presents of......................George Whitson (seal) William Crebbs ..........his Willis X Green ..........mark State of Tennessee ) Bedford County ....)....January Term 1820 I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of Pleas And Quarter Sessions of the County aforesaid do hereby that the Execution of the within deed of Conveyance from George Whitson to Moses & Micajer Payne for 200 Acres of Land was proven in open Court by the oaths of William Crebbs and Willis Green Subscribing witnesses thereto & Ordered to be Registered Given under my hand this 12th January 1820 ............................Jas McKisick Clk Regt 28th March 1820 Edw'd Wade Re