CARROLL COUNTY TN - DEEDS - R.B. Payne to John McDonald 1862 ********************************************************************************* Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jenny Penick Garner ********************************************************************************* Carroll County, TN Deeds Grantor: R. B. Payne Bk P, Pg. 554 Grantee: John McDonald Date: 3 Oct 1862 Land: Dis 3 This indenture made & Entered into Between R. B. Payne of the one part & John McDonald of the other witnesseth that for & in consi deration of the Sum of two hundred & twenty five Dollars to me in hand paid the receit & payment whereof is hereby acknowledg ed hath Bargained & Sold and by these presence doth Deed & convey to Jn. McDonald & his heirs forever a certain tract or parcel of land lying & being in the county of Carroll State of Tennessee and near Christmasville and in District No. 3 Containing by Estimation three acres be the Same more or less with all the appertainances therein belonging it being a tract of land conveyed by John McDonald to Jas. S. Taylor or Joseph B. Stackton and conveyed by Said Joe B. S__ or his attorney M. C. Bowles to R. B. Payne Said tract of land is ___ thus joining the lands of Jn. McDonald on the Est & north & west Sides & on the South by the lands belonging to Wm. Travis corners at or in the Paris Road at or near a Sweat gum tree on Travis line thence north with Said Road until it comes parallel with a white oak standing at or near the edg of the Said Road thence East until it comes to or near a forked Beach then cornering on a Stake thence runs South to Said Travis line cornering on a Stake thence west with Said line to the begining in the Paris Road I do further covenant with the Said Jno. McDonald that I am lawfully Seized of Said land and have a good right to convey the Same and that it is unincumbered I do futher covenant & bind myself my heirs Executors & c to warrant and forever defend the title of Said land & to do Said Jn. McDonald his heirs & assigns against the lawful claims or claims of all persons whatever in _________ whereof hereunto set my hand & affix my Seal this the (3) third day of October 1862. R. B. Payne Seal Test J. R. McDonald Prov Test J. N. McDonald Prov T. F. Caraway Prov R. G. Ezell State of Tennessee Carroll County Personally appeared before me Wilborn H. Graves Clerk of the county court of Said county J. B. Mc Donald and R. G. Ezell witnesses Subscribed who being first duly sworn depose and Say they are well acquainted with R. B. Payne the grantor who acknowledged to them that he Signed the foregoing Deed for the purpose therein contained and on the day it bears date as witness my hand at the clerks office this the 13th day of August 1867. W. H. Graves Clerk of Court Came to hand 5 o'clock P.M. August 13th 1867 E. W. Martin Register of Carroll County