Davidson County TN Archives Deed.....Hurt, Trustee For Sarah T. Brown, Frederick C. - Stretch, Aaron May 10, 1864
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Written: May 10, 1864
Recorded: May 25, 1864

Deed Book 33 page 313, Registered May 25, 1864



I Aaron Stretch of the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania have this 

day sold and do hereby transfer and convey to Frederick C. Hurt Trustee for 

Sarah T. Brown of the County of Davidson State of Tennessee for the 

consideration of Four Thousand Two Hundred dollars to me in hand paid, the 

receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, a tract of land in Davidson County 

Tennessee on the North side of Cumberland River about four miles from the City 

of Nashville containing forty four acres and one hundred & twelve poles, which 

tract is divided into three portions which adjoin each other and are bounded 

and described as follows: 



First portion containing 27 5/8 acres described in the deed from Jonathan 

Stretch to me, registered in the Registers Office of Davidson County in Book 

No. 22 page 254 as follows. Beginning at a corner stone near the old gate at 

the South East Corner of a Tract of 15 acres & 13 poles conveyed to me by John 

D. Winston & wife, and the North Corner of a Tract of one acre and 28 poles 

conveyed to me by A. J. Porter, running thence North 88 degrees East 49 poles, 

thence North 58 degrees East 22 1/2 poles, thence North 25 degrees West 85 

poles, thence South 65 degrees West 40 poles to a Cherry Tree, thence South 4 

3/4 degrees East 74 poles to the beginning.



Second portion containing 15 acres 3 rods & 24 poles & described in the deed 

from John D. Winston & wife to me registered in said Office in Book No. 16 

pages 450 & 451 as follows, Beginning at a corner rock in the lane between 

Porter & Winston running thence North 27 1/4 East 52 poles to a rock at the 

corner of Stretch's Tract. Thence North 4 ¾ West 42 ½ poles to a rock set up 

in Stretch’s line, thence South 49 degrees W 73 1/2 poles to a rock near the 

branch, thence South 41 degrees East 53 1/2 poles to the beginning. 



Third portion containing one acres and 28 perches and described in the deed of 

A. J. Porter as registered in said Office in Book No. Page 521 as follws. 

Beginning at a rock the upper end of the lane near the gate leading to the 

premises of Aaron Stretch and Jonathan Stretch, running thence North 88 

degrees East 17 poles to a corner set up in said Porters original line, thence 

South 521/2 degrees West to a point in the lane on the line between the Lands 

of Porter and Winston 36 poles, thence with said last named line North 27 ¼ 

degrees East 25 poles to the beginning. 



Which said several portions of land constitute the tract herein conveyed and 

represented on a plan drawn by Nance & Woodward. To have and to hold the said 

44 acres and one hundred & twelve poles of land to the said Frederick C. Hurt 

Trustee for the sole and separate use of Mrs. Sarah T. Brown wife of R. H. 

Brown during her life with remainder to her children as provided in the Last 

Will & testament of her father, Floyd Hurt. The purchase money for this land 

being the proceeds of Real Estate sold by said Sarah T. Brown and her children 

which descended to them under said Will. I covenant with the said Hurt Trustee 

that I am lawfully seized of said tracts of land, that i have a good right to 

convey it and that the same is unencumbered. I further covenant and agree to 

and with the said F. C. Hurt Trustee and bind myself, my heirs and personal 

representatives to warrant the title to the premises herein conveyed to the 

said F. C. Hurt Trustee &c his successors and assigns against the lawful 

claims of all persons whom so ever. Witness my hand at Philadelphia this 10th 

day of May 1864. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Wm. V. Archer and 

Saml McLynn.



Aaron Stretch {Seal}



Additional Comments:
Land was purchased for Sarah T. Brown, wife of R. H. Brown and daughter of 

Floyd Hurt.  

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