DYER COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - Manuel Cox to Martha Goodman  1853
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DYER COUNTY,TENNESSEE
Source for the following:  Dyer County, Tn. Deed Book H; Pg. 719
 
Deed 100 acres
Manuel D. Cox of the county of Dyer to Martha Goodman State of Tennessee
Registered Oct. 1st 1853
Stephen D. Whitten, R.D.C.                                                                   
 
Know all men by these presents that I, hath for and in consideration of the sum
of Two Thousand  Dollars to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, hath bargained, sold and by these presents doth bargain, sell and
convey unto Martha Goodman and her assigns, a certain tract or parcel of land
lying and being in Dyer County and a part of Wm. Murray's 3166 acre Survey -
beginning at a Black Oak the South East corner of So. Survey on the county line-
thence North with the county line 108 1/3 poles to a stake Three White Oak
Pointers, thence West 147 4/5 poles to a stake with two Black Oak Pointers,
thence South 108 1/3 poles to a stake with three Elm Pointers, thence East 147
4/5 poles to the beginning.  Containing 100 acres more or less. To have and to
hold to the only proper use of her the said Martha Goodman and assigns forever
and I the said M. D. Cox doth obligate and bind myself, my heirs and assigns to
warrant and defend the title of said land against the claim or claims of any and
all persons.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
26th day of September, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three.
 
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of 
 
Manuel D. Cox [Seal]
 
John W. Goodman [ Rec'd Oct. 1st 1853- 12/o'clk P.M. ]
 
State of Tennessee 
Personally appeared before me, Robert M. Tarrant, Dyer County Clerk of the
county court of said county, Manuel D. Cox, the bargainor before me named with
whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowldeged the execution of the
foregoing Deed of conveyance for the purpose therein contained.

Witness my hand at Office in Dyersburg this 1st day of October A.D. 1853 
Robert M. Tarrant, Clerk
By W. C. Doyle, Deputy