SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - Valentine Biffle to Thomas Smalling ----¤¤¤---- Sullivan Co., TN, DB 6, p. 120: Valentine Biffle to Thomas Smalling Transcribed by Robert W. Keyes Jan 9, 2005 Source: FHL film# 972707 This Indenture made this Sixth of September 1816 between Valentine Biffle of the one part and Thomas Smalling of the other part both of Sullivan County and State of Tennessee Witnesseth that the said Valentine Biffle for a valuable consideration the recipt whereof is here by acknowledged and by these presents have bargained and sold in fee simple and confirmed unto the said Thomas Smalling and to his heirs &c for ever a certain tract or parcel of land containing Forty Five Acres be the same more or less said land situated in the County aforesaid to wit Beginning at four Willows growing together on or near John Webbs line thence South Sixty eight degrees East thirty four poles to two White Oaks growing together, thence along Solomon Smiths line South fifty six degrees West One hundred and twenty poles to two Hicories growing from one Root thence North Ten degrees West Six poles to a dead White Oak and Walnut then South fifty nine degrees West eighty poles to a Black Oat sapling on the side of a Ridge, thence South forty degrees West forty two poles to a large White Oak, thence a Straight line to the Beginning To have and to hold the said granted and bargned premises with the appurtenances unto the said Thomas Smalling and to his heirs &c for ever and I the said Valentine Biffle for my self my heirs &c do warrant and for ever defend every part and parcel of the above mentioned land unto the said Thomas Smalling & to his heirs &c for ever against me the said Valentine Biffle and my heirs &c for ever In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and Year first above Written Signed Sealed and delivered in Presence of John Anderson Valentine Biffle (seal) Michael Weaver Daniel [or David] Plumlee State of Tennessee Court of Pleas &c November Term 1816 The Sullivan County Execution of this Deed was acknowledged in Court by Valentine Biffle party thereto Let it be Registered Matthew Rhea Clerk Reg 13th February 1817 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bob Keyes ___________________________________________________________________