LAUDERDALE COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - Carlyn R. Caldwell to Mattie M. Fitzgerald 1948 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by transcribed by Sarah Hutcherson <> ===================================================================== DEED******* Carlyn R.CALDWELL and Husband J.Tollie CALDWELL To {DEED} Mattie M. FITZGERALD STATE OF TENNESSEE ] LAUDERDALE COUNTY ] I do hereby certify that the within instrument was presented for registration on the 1st day of June, 1948 at 10:30o'clock a.m. and was noted in the Note Book 10 page 19 and registered in P-A book page 54-55. Witness my hand,this 7th day of June,1948. D.M.GARRETT,Register Reg.Fee $2.00 paid STATE OF TENNESSEE ] ] KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: LAUDERDALE COUNTY ] I, CARLYN ROBERSON CALDWELL, For the consideration of FOUR HUNDRED {$400.00} cash in hand paid,receipt of which is hereby acknowledge,have tis day bargained and sold and do hereby bargain,sell,transfer and convey unto MATTIE M. FITZGERALD, her heirs and assighn forever if fee simple,the following described lot or parcel of land situate,lying and being in the 11th Civil District of Lauderdale County,Tennessee,and more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEING a strip of land off the east side of a 24.29 acre tract of land conveyed to the undersigned Carlyn R.Caldwell,by deed of the Federal Land Bank of record in Book X-3 page 232 of the Register's office of Lauderdale County,Tennessee,and from which has previously sold a small strip of land containing one-third acre to Gus L.Fitzgerald by deed of record in Book L -4 page 423 of said Register's office to which reference is here made; and BEGINNING at the intersection of the east line of said one-third acre Fitzgerald thract,and the north margin of the Ripley to Fulton gravel road,being the southeast corner of Carlyn R. Caldwell's present tract of land; runs thence north along the west line of the strip of land sold to Fitzgerald in Book L-4 page 423 approximately 8 chains to the northwest corner of the strip of land sold to Fitzgerald in Book L-4 page 423,and in Nelsn's south line,runs thencewest along Nelson.s south line approximately 82 feet;thence south and parallel with the west line of the Fitzgerald strip conveyed in Book L-4 page 423,approximately 8 chains to the north margin of the Ripley to Fulton gravel road;runs thence in an eastern direction along the north margin of the Ripley to Fulton gravel road approximately 82 feet to the point of BEGINNING.containing one acre. It is intended to convey herein a full acre of ground to the said Mattie M.Fitzgerald and,if upon an accurate survey,it should be determined that the rest line of the tract herein conveyed is more than 82 chains long,then the north and south lines of this tract will be correspondingly reduced so as to make the exact amount conveyed 1 acre,and also if an accurate survey should reveal that the east line is less than 8 chains long,then the north and south lines of the tract herein conveyed will be extended more than 82 feet in order to make the conveyance herein equal a full acre. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described tract or parcel of land, together with all improvements thereon,unto said Mattie M.Fitzgerald,her heirs and assigns forever in fee simple. AND,I J.TOLLIE CALDWELL,husband of the said Carlyn Roberson Caldwell,hereby join in this instrument for the purpose of waiving,releasing,transferring and conveying any and all rights which I may have in and to said property above described. WE COVENANT THAT we are lawfully seized and possesses of said property;that we have a good and lawful right to sell and forever defend the title to said property unto the said grantee,her heirs ans assigns forever in fee simple as above set out. It is understood that none of the crops on said lands shall go to the grantee for the years 1948 and she shall be entitled to the possession of said property immediately upon the harvesting of the 1948 crops and not later than January 1,1949.Taxes for the year 1948 are to be paid by the grantor. WITNESS our hands,this June 1,1948 CARLYN R.CALDWELL --------------------------- ----------------------------------J.TOLLIE CALDWELL STATE OF TENNESSEE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ON THIS DAY PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME,THE UNDERSIGNED NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR SAID STATE AND COUNTY,CARLYN ROBERSON CALDWELL AND HUSBAND J.TOLLIE CALDWELL,THE WITHIN NAMED BARGAINORS WITH WHOM I AM PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY EXECUTED THE WITHIN AND FOREGOING INSTRUMENT AS AND FOR THEIR FREE ACT AND DEED AND FOR THE PURPOSES THEREIN CONTAINED. WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE IN RIPLEY,TENNESSEE,LAUDERDALE COUNTY,ON THIS JUNE 1948. C.S.CARNEY JR----NOTARY PUBLIC. MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JAN.5,1952.