MAURY COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - James C. Murphey to Joseph H. Murphey
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[Deed, Jan. 1, 1872,  James C. Murphey to Joseph H. Murphey]
[Maury Co. TN, roll 228, book V-2, p. 155, TN State Library & Archives]
[transcribed by Mark A. Murphy, 10/11/2000]

Joseph H. Murphey's Deed
55 3/5 acres Executed by Jas.
C. Murphey, Jan'y 1st 1872.
Registered Jan'y 5th, 1872.

	Know all men by these presents, that I, James C. Murphey, for and in 
consideration of the sume of thirteen hundred & ninety dollars ($1390) to me 
in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknow-ledged, have this day 
bargained and sold, and do hereby transfer and convey unto Joseph H. Murphey, 
a certain tract or parcel of land lying in the State of Tennessee, Maury 
County, Civil District No. 4, and bounded as follows:
	Beginning at a Poplar, & running thence S. 21 [deg] E. 20 poles & 5 
links to a small Poplar, thence S. 62 [deg] E. 47 poles & 8 links to a rock 4 
links North of a White Oak, thence South 14 poles to a rock with Oak & Hickory 
pointers, thence S. 89 1/2 [deg] E. 64 poles to a set rock, thence North 53 
poles & 16 links to a rock with three White Oak pointers, thence N. 89 1/2 
[deg] W. 10 poles to a rock with two White Oak stump pointers, thence North 82 
poles & 9 links to a stake in Columbia road, thence N. 75 [deg] W. 19 poles & 
8 links to a stake at a Spring with dead Sycamore pointer, thence N. 27 1/2 
[deg] W. 7 poles & 18 links to a rock, thence N. 89 [deg] W. 42 poles to a 
stake with a Honey Locust pointer, thence S. 5 [deg] E. 17 poles & 10 links to 
the beginning, containing 55 3/5 acres more or less.
	To have and to hold the above described tract or parcel of land to the 
said Joseph H. Murphey, his heirs and assigns forever I convenant with the 
said Joseph H. Murphey, that I am lawfully seized of said land, have a good 
right to convey it, and that the same is unincumbered.  I further covenant and 
bind myself, my heirs and legal representatives to warrant and forever defend 
the title to said tract of land to the said Joseph H. Murphey, his heirs and 
assigns, against the lawful claims of all persons whatever.
	Witness my hand & seal this 1st day of January 1872.	
		James C. Murphy (seal)
State of Tennessee, Maury County
Personally appeared before me, John M Hickey, Clerk of the County Court of 
said County, James C. Murphey the bargainer with whom I am personally 
acquainted, and who acknowledged that he executed the within instrument for 
the purposes therein contained.
	Witness my hand at office, the 1 day of Jany, 1872.
Filed Jan'y 1st 1872
at 1 1/4 o'clock P.M			John M. Hickey Clerk.
Complied with to the amount of one dollar & fifty cents in Revenue Stamps when 
filed for registration.  W.B. Wood, R.M.C.

[end of record]