MAURY COUNTY, TN - MISC -Horse Gift of Frances E. Fitzgerald, 17 Sep 1867
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Frances E. Fitzgerald Deed		
Gift Executed by Pleasant		
Fitzgerald Sept. 17, 1867		
Registered November 26, 1867	
Know all by these presents that I Pleasant Fitzgerald of the County of 
Maury & State of Tennessee for and in consideration of the natural love 
and affection I have & bear Towards my Daughter Frances Emerline 
Fitzgerald of the County & State aforesaid, I have given transferred & 
conveyed & by these presents doth give transfer & convey unto the said
Frances E. Fitzgerald for & during her natural life & for her sole separate
and exclusive use & benefit during her life, one colt about five months 
old (mare colt) (description). Bay with 3 white feet star in its forehead &
snip on its nose. The colt was folded mine which said colt I convey to the 
said Frances E. Fitzgerald free from the debts liabilities or contracts of her 
present or any future husbands & for her sole separate & exclusive use 
benefit as if she were a feme sole, during her life & at her death the said 
colt & its increase are to go to the children of the said Frances E. Fitzgerald 
& if any of said children at that time be dead leaving such child or children 
they shall represent & take the portion of their deceased parents, in witness 
whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 17 day of September, 1867.
Test.
Thomas H. Jacobs	jurat		Pleasant Fitzgerald  (seal)
M. E. Neely
D. S. Fitzgerald

I agree to and acknowledge the above conveyance & agree that said 
colt shall be delivered to my wife & that I will not at any time set claim 
up to the colt, This the 17 day of September 1867.
				Garret Fitzgerald

		State of Tennessee Maury County
Personally appeared before me John. B. Padgett clerk of the County Court 
of said County Thomas H. Jacobs & D. S. Fitzgerald subscribing witnesses 
to the foregoing deed of gift, who being duly sworn depose and say that 
they are personally acquainted with Pleasant Fitzgerald the bargainor and 
that he executed the foregoing conveyance for the purposes therein contained.
Given under my hand at office the 22 day of October, 1867.

				John B. Padgett  clerk
Filed Oct. 22. 1867
At 9 o'clk. A.M.

(Spelling and punctuation as near to original document as could be determined)