Land Deed John Bowers/Nancy Bell, Titus County, Texas 

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Filed this 4 day of Nov 1937 at 8:42 o'clock A. M.
stamped Nov-1937

John Browers to Deead
Nancy Bell
certificate copy
Filed for Record at 9 o'clock A. M. December 20th 1879
A. S. Huey Co. Clerk
Recorded in  Book B pages 424 & 425

The State of Texas
County of Titus
I, A. B. Gilpin of the Court of said County do certify that the  forgoing 
instrument of writing, dated on the 30th day of January A. D. 1857 with its 
Certificate of Authentication was filed for record in my office the 4th day of 
November A. D. 1857 in the Deed Record of said County in Vol. 108 page 466.
Witness my hand and seal of the court of said County at my office in Mt. 
Pleasant, Texas this the date last above written.
A. B. Gilpin

John Browers to deed Nancy Bell.
this indenture made the 30th day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty 
seven between John Browers of the County of Upshur and State of Texas of the 
first fact and Nancy Bell formerly Nancy Stovall of the same place of the second 
part witnessed that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of 
the sum of four hundred dollars lawful money of the United Stated to him duly 
paid before the delivering here of both bargained and sol and by there to the 
said party of the second part her heirs and assigns forever all that certain 
piece or parcel of land lying and being in the County and State of foresaid and 
which is know as described as follows,
Beginning at a post figure which a Red Oak bears S 48 W21 was marked J. B., a 
sweet gum marked 2 bears S 49 W 15 vais _________1349 vais  to a post from which 
a red aok bears S 29 W 3 vais marked J. B. and others marked X bears N 22 E 7 
vais South 610 vais to Big Cypress 730 vais  same 737 vais  same 1344 to a post 
from which a post oak bears N 55 E 18  vais Marked J. B. a Hickory marked X bears 
N 63 E. 18 vais _______East 1393 vais to a post on a line of H. B. Hutchins 
survey from which a post oak bears N 15 W 12 vais marked J. B. a hickoy marked X 
bears N 16 W 8vais _______north with said line 1794 vais Big Cypress 1344 vais to 
the beginning containing 320 acres more or less. And the said party of the first 
part do convey and ___ with the said party of the second part that at the time of 
delivery hereof the said party of the first part is the lawful owner of the 
premises above granted and seized there of in fee simple absolute and that he 
warrants and defends the above granted premises in the just and peaceable 
possession of the said party of the second part, her heirs and assigns 
forever.......................set by my hand and _________this the thirtieth day 
of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.
Signature John (his mark) Browers
Attest
Bell, Fleming
J. Z. Bell

The State of Texas County of Upshur
Before me G. E. Warren Clerk of the County Court of said County personally 
appeared J. Z. Bell one of the persons being witnesses to the forgoing deed and 
after being duly sworn says that the grantor John Crowers asknowledged in his 
prescence that he had executed the same by making his mark for the consideration 
and purposes therein stated and that he signed the same as a witness at the 
request of the parties.
Given under my hand and offical seal in Gilmer March 28, 1857

The State of Texas County of Upshur
T. J. M. Marshall
Cerk of the County Court of Upshur County do hereby certify that the above and 
foregoing is a copy of a record of a deed now in my office in Book G on pages 154 
& 155
Witness my hand and official seal at office in Gilmer.