LAUDERDALE COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - R.M. Midgett to L.L. Beard 1919 ==================================================================== 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 BOOK L-3 PAGES 334,335 & 336--R.M.MIDGETT el ux et al,to L.L.BEARD & wife; H.D.FOLTS,Trustee; TRUST DEED; STATE OF TENNESSEE,LAUDERDALE CO.TENNESSEE-Know all men by these presents,that we,J.M.MIDGETT,a single man,R.M.MIDGETT and wife,MRS.JULIA MIDGETT,AND MRS.M.A.DUNCAN,for and in consideration of $1600.00,Cash in hand paid,receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,have this day bargained and sold and by these presents,hereby transfer and convey unto L.L.BEARD the following described tract of land,lying,situate and being in the 16th Civil District of Lauderdale County,Tennessee,and bounded and decscibed as follows:TO WIT: the north end of a certain tract of about 38 acres,being twenty acres cut off of the north end of a tract of land conveyed by L.L.HINTON to J.M.MIDYETT and R.M.MIDYETT on January 24,1910 by deed recorded in Deed Book B- 3,Page 79,80 in the Register's Office of Lauderdale County,Tenn.,to which the tract of 20 acres herein conveyed is taken from the North end is bounded and described as follows: "Beginning at a stake with elm pointers runs thence north 13 poles to a stake in the field;thence west 46 poles to a stake in the big road,elm and locust pointers; thence north 42 degrees east 46 poles to a stake with black oak pointers;thence north 7 degrees east 62 poles to MITCHELL'S south boundary line; thence east 37 poles to a stake,RAY'S west boundary line; thence south 25 poles to RAY'S corner; thence east 25 poles to a stake in BASS'S west boundary line;thence south 39 poles to a stake in big road; thence in a southwesterly direction with the big road 66 poles to the beginning,and being said tract conveyed to L.L.HINTON by JULIA MIDYETT and R.M.MIDYETT.To have and to hold said tract of twenty acres unto the said L.L.BEARD,his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple. We covenant that we are lawfully seized and possessed of said tract of land and have a good and lawful right to sell and convey the same; that the same is unencumbered and we will warrant and forever defend the title to the same to the said L.L.BEARD,his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever. And I,JULIA MIDYETT,join in this conveyance and sell,relinquish and convey unto the sais L.L.BEARD,his heirs and assigns all my rights of homestead and dower and any and all other rights I might have in and to said tract of land.And I,M.A.DUNCAN,mother of J.M.& R.M.MIDYETT hereby join in this conveyance and sell and relinquish and convey unto the said L.L.BEARD,his heirs and assigns in fee simple,all my rights,titles,claims and interests,and especially my rights of homestead and dower in said tract of land,and I join in this instrument for the purpose of making and conveying to L.L.BEARD,his heirs and assigns a perfect fee simple title to said tract of land free from any and all claims I may have in same. Possession to be given L.L.BEARD at once of four acres to sow pasture.And balance of said tract is to be given into his possession not later than 1st January,1920.(Follows on next page is rendering all to H.D.FOLTS, Trustee,which really repeats all typed so far.) In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names on this 8th day of September,1919. R.M.MIDYETT; JULIA (her mark X)MIDYETT; MRS.MARTHA A DUNCAN; J.M.(his mark X); L.L.BEARD; OLA BEARD.