Gregg Co., TX - Deeds - S. C. Melton to J. H. Culver *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Gregg County, TX - DEED ABSTRACTS OF GREGG COUNTY, TEXAS Contributed by Virginia Selman, Longview, Texas Submitted by East Texas Genealogical Society P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 Typed by Betty Sue Darby *********************************************** East Texas Family Records - Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 1988, pp. 15-17 Submitted with the permission of the East Texas Genealogical Society, P O Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY defines a Deed as "At common law, a sealed instrument, containing a contract or covenant, delivered by the party to be bound thereby, and accepted by the party to whom the contract or covenant runs." Deeds found in the county courthouses, particularly where one person conveys land, tenements, or heredi- taments to another often contain much genealogical information. ************************************************ Deed Record Vol. 33, pp. 567 - S. C. Melton to J. H. Culver State of Texas County of Gregg ...from S. C. Melton to J. H. Culver in consideration of sum of $2,150...to me in hand paid by J. H. Culver...hereby acknowledged, I, S. C. Melton, convey unto the said J. H. Culver...land situated in Gregg Co. Tx...containing 43 acres of land, more or less...2-1/2 miles South of Longview...14th day of November 1917. S. C. Melton J. R. Sparkman, Notary Public, Gregg Co., TX Dusk Shaw, County Clerk Gregg County, Texas