RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - John & Matthias W. Hoover to Washington Gibson

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Book U – Page 403 – No. 455 – 1829



John & Matthias W. Hoover to Washington Gibson – Deed 130 acres



This indenture made this sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, one 

thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, between John Hoover and Matthias W. 

Hoover of the one part, and Washington Gibson of the other part, all of the 

County of Rutherford and State of Tennessee. Witnesseth that for and in hand 

paid the above named John Hoover and Matthias W. Hoover, hath bargained and 

sold unto the above named Washington Gibson a certain tract or parcel of land 

lying and being in the above named County, and on the waters of the East fork 

of the West fork of Stones River, it being apart of a survey of land conveyed 

by Matthias Hoover South to the above named John Hoover. Beginning on the top 

of a ridge on an Elm in Jacob Hoover’s line, thence S. 68 & W.81 poles to an 

Elm, thence S. 35 W. 46 poles to an ash, thence S. 68 W. 36 poles to an Elm, 

thence S. 8 East 136 poles to a white oak, thence East 113 poles to a stake in 

Jacob Hoovers West boundary line, thence north with said line to Henry Hoovers 

South East Corner of an Eight acre tract of land it being a part of said 

survey, thence westward with said line 27 poles to a Birch & Dogwood said 

Henry Hoover’s South West Corner, thence North 42 ˝ poles to a Sugar tree said 

Hoover’s north west corner, thence Eastwardly with said line 33 poles to a 

stake in Jacob Hoover’s line, thence north with said line to the beginning. 

Containing one hundred and thirty acres be the same more or less. To have and 

to hold the above named land and tenements to the only proper use and behalf 

of the said above named Washington Gibson his heirs and assigns forever and 

that the above named Hoovers doth for themselves their heirs and assigns 

covenant & agree to warrant and forever defend from them their heirs, 

administrators or assigns or any other person or persons whatsoever the above 

named land. In witness, whereof we both hereunto our hands and seals the date 

above written.



Signed, Sealed & delivered in presence of us.



				John x Hoover (Seal)

Henry Hoover			Matthias W. Hoover (Seal)

George Uselton



State of Tennessee	)	County Court, May term 1829

Rutherford County	)	The execution of the appended deed of 

conveyance from John Hoover and Matthias W. Hoover to Washington Gibson was 

duly proven in part at the above term by the oath of Henry Hoover, one of the 

Subscribing witnesses, thereunto, and was ordered to be so certified.



State of Tennessee	)	John R. Laughlin, Clerk

Rutherford County	)	Personally appeared before me John R. 

Laughlin, clerk of the County Court of said County, George Uselton, one of the 

subscribing witnesses to the appended deed who being first Sworn, depose and 

says that he is acquainted with John Hoover and Matthias W. Hoover the 

bargainers and that they acknowledged in his presence that they executed the 

same for the purposes therein specified on the day the same bears date.