MAURY COUNTY, TN - DEED - Pleasant Fitzgerald, 23 Oct 1835
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Pleasant Fitzgerald deed               
Executed by Thomas Rountree   
50 Acres Registered		  
March 31st  1836                             

This indenture made this 23rd day of October in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty five, between Thomas Rountree of the 
one part and Pleasant Fitzgerald of the other part both of the county and 
State of Tennessee witneseth that the said Thomas Rountree for and in 
consideration of the sum of  Twenty five dollars to him paid in hand by the
said Pleasant Fitzgerald the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath 
given granted bargained sold and conveyed and confied unto the said P. 
Fitzgerald his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land 
situate lying and being in the county of Maury and State aforsaid on the 
waters of Leepers Lick Creek and bounded as follows to wit. Beginning at 
the North West corner of Bennett Blackman's sixty acre entry at a dogwood
thence east with the north boundary of the same sixty poles to a dogwood
thence North fifty poles to forked Beech thence west one hundred and ten 
poles to a chesnut thence south one hundred poles to a small sour wood
thence east fifty poles to a beech and a hickory on the west boundary of the 
afforsaid sixty acres, thence north with said line fifty poles to the beginning, 
containing fifty acres, Entered by said Blackman the Eighteenth day of January 
one thousand and twenty seven by survey bearing date the sixteenth day of 
May in the year aforsaid was the grant Recorded in the Registers office of West 
Tennessee in Book No. 9 and No. of grant 7372 to have and to hold the aforsaid
land with all and singular the profits rights and appurtenances in any wise, 
appertaining to the proper use and behoof of him the said Pleasant Fitzgerald
his heirs and assigns forever and the said Thomas Routree for himself his heirs,
Executors and administrators doth covenant and agree both the said Pleasant
Fitzgerald his heirs or assigns that the above recited land he will warrent and
forever defend against the right title interest or claim of all & Every person or 
persons whatsoever intestimony whereof the said Thomas Rountree both 
hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the Day and year above written. 
Signed sealed and delivered in presents of us 
M. Fitzgerald 
Stanford P. Hastings				Thomas Rountree
					(seal)
State of Tennessee     
Maury County Court  
March Term -1836__
Personally appeared in open court before me William E. Erwin clerk of Mu 
County Court of Maury County M. Fitzgerald & Stanford P.Hastings subscribing 
to the within Named deed, who being first sworn depose and say that they are
acquainted with Thos Rountree the Bargainer and that he acknowledged the 
same in these presents to be his act and deed upon the Day it bears date witness 
my hand at office this 14th day of March 1836.
William E. Erwin, clk

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

Vol. 1, bk. T, pg. 417