GIBSON COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - S.W. Harper to Joseph B. Harper 1869
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Source: Gibson County Deed Book 1, pages 705 & 706
(Page 705) 

S. W. Harper, et al To Joseph B. Harper - Deed 

Registered Nov. 2nd 1869 

Tennessee, Gibson County - Know all persons by these presents that we W. S. Harper,
Samuel W. Harper, R. L. Harper, John P. Harper, & in consideration of the sum
Seventy dollars paid S. W. Harper & W. S. Harper each sixty five to R. L. Harper
one hundred & twenty to J. P. Harper do hereby sell and convey unto said J. B.
Harper & his heirs all of our right title & claim in & to the following tract of
land situated in the State of Tennessee Gibson County 18th Civil District & being
the dower allotted to our Mother Jane L. Harper deceased & bounded as follows to
wit: Beginning at a small black oak 33 poles East of the S. W. corner of a 172 acre
tract conveyed by Anderson Davis to Samuel W. Harper & running East 93 poles to a
stake & pointers; thence North 153 poles to a stake in a creek & pointers on the
bank; thence with the meanderings of the creek upwards to a white oak the western
bank of the creek one of the N. W. corners of the said 172 acres; thence South 3
1/2 degrees East 86 poles to the beginning including the Mansion House containing
90 acres and we warrant the title to our respective interest to said land to the
said J. B. Harper & his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims of all persons
whatsoever. Signed and sealed this 18 day of Sept. 1869. 

S. W. Harper (Seal) 

J. P. Harper (Seal) 

W. S. Harper (Seal) 

R. L. Harper (Seal) 

State of Tennessee, Gibson County - Personally appeared before me Jas. E. Wood,
Clerk of the Court of said County, 

(Page 706) 

S. W. Harper, J. P. Harper, W. S. Harper, & R. L. Harper the bargainors to the said
Deed with whom I am personally acquainted and acknowledged they executed the same
for the purposes therein contained. Witness my hand at office this 29 day of
September AD 1869. James E. Wood, Clerk 

Received Nov. 1st 1869 at 9 3/4 o'clock AM. J. A. Morrison, Regr.