DEEDS: HOLDEN TO HOLDEN DEED, HARRISON COUNTY, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, 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. THIS RECORD WAS DONATED TO THE HARRISON COUNTY WVGenWeb PROJECT/ARCHIVES ONLY: ********************************************************************* Transcribed and donated by: Jane Hunter Hodgson 1997 HARRISON COUNTY COURTHOUSE BOOK PAGE 155-157 CENTER BRANCH CHURCH HOLDEN TO HOLDEN DEED 1825 This Indenture made this 22nd day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty five between Benjamin Holden Sen. of the County of Harrison & State of Virginia in of the one part, and Peter W. Holden and Joseph Barnett Junr of the same place of the other part Witnesseth that the said Benjamin for and in consideration of his respect & attachment to the regular Baptist church and of the sum of one dollar to him in hand paid by the said Peter W. Holden and Joseph Barnett the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath given granted bargained sold, atained & em gged by these presents doth give, grant bargain sell, alien & enfroff to the said Peter W. Holden & Joseph barnett Jr a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the said County of Harrison situate on the North & East sides of Turkey Run a branch of Elk Creek, beginning at a Hickory and running thence, N6 1/4 W 11 ps 4 links to a Small White Oak N62 1/2 & 13 poles of links to a Syckamore, N48 E 11 poles of links to a sycamore S47 1/4 E14 poles to a white ash stump, S50 1/4 W16 poles to a Stone, N81 1/2 W 8 poles 43 links to the Beginning, containing one acre & threefourths of an acre & 16 poles being the same land on which the baptist church called Center Branch now Stands; to have and to hold the said tract a parcel of land to the said Peter W. Holden & Joseph Barnett and the survivors and the heirs of such survivor that he will warrent & defend the said tract of land with the appurtenances against all persons claiming by through or under him, the said Benjamin but the foregoing conveyance is made by the said Benjamin to the said Peter W. Holden and Joseph Barnett Jr. and the survivor and the heirs of such survivor in trust for the sole use of the regular baptist church of Jesus Christ called the Center branch Church, and holding the principles contained in the Philadelphia baptist confession of faith, and the said Peter W. Holden and Joseph Barnett Jr. during their Joint lives, and that the survivor and the heirs of such survivor will permit the members of said church holding the principles aforesaid to use the said property & to erect buildings, make repairs thereon and to do all other acts which a majority of the members as aforesaid may think necessary for the more complete enjoyment of the property aforesaid without any hindrances or molestation on the part of the said Peter W. Holden and Joseph Barnett, or either of them or the survivor or the heirs of such survivor and the said Peter W. Holden and Joseph do furtherso account for themselves and the survivor and the heirs of such survivor to and with the said Benjamin & his heirs that they the said Peter W. and Joseph during their Joint lives and that the survivor and the heirs of such survivor will at any time on the request of the majority of the members of said Church holding the principles aforesaid convey the said tract of land with its appurtenances to such person or persons as the said member shall direct upon the same uses and Trusts as are contained in this conveyance, and upon any additional uses and trusts which a majority of the said members may deemnecessary to ensure the complete enjoyment of said property, according to the true intent and meaning of the conveyance but before any such conveyance is made the request of the members of said church or of a majority of such members holding the principles aforesaid shall be made in writing for under the hands & seals of such members or a majority thereof In testimony whereof the said Benjamin Holden, Peter W. Holden & Joseph Barnett Jr. have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day & year first above written Benjamin Holden Seal Peter W Holden Seal Joseph Barnett Jr. Seal Harrison County Court Clerk Office 4th May 1825 This Deed was presented in said office and acknowledged by the This Deed was presented in said office and acknowledged by the within named Benjamin Holden Senr and admitted to record Teste I. Wilson Jr. CHC ________________________________________________________________