Deed- Andrew Lockhart to John Speer, Gonzales County, Texas Contributed by: Carla Lockhart (pratclif@swbell.net) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREW LOCKHART TO JOHN SPEER Republic of Texas County of Gonzales Know all men by these rpesents that ANDREW LOCKHART of the County of Gonzales and Republic aforesaid in consideration of a negro man named RODERICK to me paid by JOHN SPEER of County and Republic aforesaid have granted bargained sold and released and by these presents do grant bargain sell release unto the said JOHN SPEER Five Hundred and Eighty acres of land situate on the Southwest side of the Guadalupe river and about thirty one miles below Gonzales it being part of Survey No 16 in class No 2 of one league of land deeded to the said ANDREW CLOCKHART by the Commissioner of DeWitts Colony situate as follows viz Beginning on the Southerly bank of the Sandy Creek in the path known as the upper crossing on said creek at a stake set for the N.W. corner of this tract of land from which an overcup tree marked with the letters thus J.S. bears North 31 E 10 varas Thence South 1851 varas to a stake set for the S.W. corner of the survey from which a black jack marked J S bears N _ E 22 1/2 varas Thence East 1430 varras to a stake set on the west bank of the Guadalupe river for the lower corner of this survey from which a willow marked JS bears N 13 W (?) 10 vs and a do marked the same bears S 88 degrees 10 vs Thence up the river with its meanders to the mouth of Sandies in all 760 vs Thence up the Sandies Creek and its meanders inall from the mouth of the creek 4369 vs to the Beginning corner Together with all and singular the rights members hereditaments and appertenances the same belonging or anywise incident or appertaining to have and to hold all and singular the premises above mentioned unto the said JOHN SPEER his heirs and assigns forever and I do hereby bind myself my heirs executors and administrators to warrant and forever defend all and singular the said premises unto the said JOHN SPEER his heirs and assigns against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof As witness my hand and seal this 14th day of May 1841 Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of ANDREW LOCKHART CHARLES LOCKHART JEPEE WITT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.