CARROLL COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - McDonald to Sparks 1914
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	Deed of Trust		Date: 22 Feb 1914
Know all Men by these Presents: That we W.B. McDonald and wife Jenny Penick Garner McDonald
of the County of Carroll State of Tennessee, have this day bargained and sold
and do hereby transfer and convey unto Elmer Sparks "Trustee" of said county and
State, for the sum of one dollar to us in hand paid, and the other consideration
hereinafter mentioned, the following described property to wit: a certain tract
of land situated in the 3rd civil district of Carroll County Tennessee and
bounded as follows: to wit on the north by the Lands of J.N. McDonald on the
east by the Lands known as the Jim Fuqua lands on the south by the Lands of
Frank Griffin on the West by the Lands Known as the Dr. Fowler Lands contains by
estimation about 100 acres more or less. To have and to hold the same to the
said Elmer sparks "Trustee", his heirs and assigns forever. We do covenant that
we are lawfully seized and possessed of said property, and have a good right to
convey it, and the same is unincumbered we do further covenant and bind
ourselves, our heirs and representatives, to warrant and forever defend the
title to said property, and every part thereof to the said Elmer Sparks
"Trustee", his heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims of all persons
whomsoever.  But this deed is made for the following purpose and no other: That
is to say: we are indebted to B. C. Lundy by our note of this date in the sum of
Three hundred and Seventy Eight ($378.00) Dollars. ? account payable on the 22nd
day of February 1914. And are desirous to secure and make certain the payment of
the same.  Now if we should pay the said debt on or before the 22nd day of
February 1914, then this deed of conveyance is to be null and void; but if we
should not, then the said Elmer Sparks "Trustee" shall take possession of the
said tract of Land and after advertising the same for 30 days by posters in 3 or
more public places shall expose the said property to public sale at any point
designated by the trustee and sell to the highest bidder for cash without the
equity of redemption on the rights etc ? ?       And appropriate the proceeds:
first, to the payment of all necessary expenses and cost; secondly, to the
satisfaction of said debt and interest thereon, and lastly, pay the balance, if
any there be, to us. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this
the 22nd day of February, 1914.
/s/ W. B. McDonald    (Seal)
/s/ Jenny Penick Garner McDonald     (Seal)

	State of Tennessee, Carroll County,
Personally appeared before me, W. H. Gallaway, a Notary Public in and for said
State and County, W. B. McDonald the within named bargainor, with whom I am
personally acquainted and who acknowledged that he executed the within
instrument for the purposes therein contained; and Jenny Penick Garner McDonald wife of the
said W. B. McDonald having appeared before me, privately and apart from her
husband, the said Jenny Penick Garner McDonald, acknowledged the execution of the said deed
to have been done by her freely, voluntarily and understandingly, without
compulsion or constraint from her said husband, and for the purposes therein
expressed. Witness, W. H. Gallaway, Notary Public in and for said State and
County, at office, this the 22nd day of February 1913. W. H. Gallaway, Notary
Public


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	State of Tennessee, Carroll County

I, W. R. Montgomery, Register of said County, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Trust Deed, together with the Certificate of Probate, was received in
my office for registration at 9:30 o'clock A.M. the 26th day of February 1913,
and was duly noted in Note Book 10, Page 150, and recorded in T.D. Book No. 12,
Page 194. Witness my hand, at office in Huntingdon, this the 27th day of Feb,
1913. W. R. Montgomery, Register.



Front Cover:
W. B. McDonald
To Trust Deed

Elmer Sparks, "Trustee"
B. C. Lundy, Beneficiary