WHITELY DEED, SMYTHE CO., VA

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Deed book of Smythe Co., VA, Book 5, pages 613 and 614

This deed made this twenty first day February in the year 1853, between 
Samuel Whitely and Rebeca his wife of the one part, and William J. 
Whitely of the other part, all of Smythe County and State of Virginia, 
witnessed:  That the said Samuel Whitely and Rebecca his wife for and in 
consideration of the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars secured by 
personal security do grant unto the said William J. Whitely, the 
following track and interest in tract of Land viz:  A tract of Land 
containing forty acres more or less lying and being in the County of 
Smyth on the waters of the north fork of Holston river and bounded as 
follows:  viz:  Beginning at a white-oak corner of Robert Whitely's land 
and on a line of a tract sold by John Deskins to George Johnson thence 
to run a straight line to a chestnut, white-oak and sowerwod a corner 
agreed on by the parties and marked as such, thence along the top of the 
ridge in a southwesterly direction nearly opposite a spring so as not to 
include it in the land, to Whitely.   Thence to run as near a north 
course as possible to hit a cucumber corner of a track of land that John 
Deskins sold George Johnson, now owned by James McVey, or supposed to be 
a corner to the land Deskins bought of William Mitchell, and with R. 
Whitely's lines to the beginning.  Being the land conveyed by John 
Deskins to said Samuel Whitely by deed of date 19th of June 1841, and 
record in Smythe County Court, also the said Samuel Whitely's undivided 
interest consisting of fourth part in a tract of land revised by Robert 
Whitely the father of said Samuel Whitely to George Whitely, Samuel 
Whitely, Robert Whitely and James Whitely, supposed to contain one 
hundred and sixty fix acres, and the said Samuel Whitely and Rebecca his 
wife, warrant the aforesaid tract of land, and undivided interest in 
aforesaid 165 acres of land to said William J. Whitely generally.

     Witness the following signatures and seals.

                                            Samuel Whitely (seal)
                                                           (seal)

Virginia:  In the clerk's office of Smythe County court, February 21, 
1853.

     This Deed of bargain and sale from Samuel Whitely and wife, to 
William J. Whitely, was acknowledged in the clerks office.  The above 
date, as to Samuel Whitely and to be recorded.

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