and assigns in fee absolute and we the said Charles W. Norton and
Julia R. Norton do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said
N.D. Phillips that we are lawfully seized in fee of the property herein
and hereby conveyed, and that we have good and lawful right to sell
and convey the same, that the same is free from all encumbrances
of any kind whatsoever, and that we will and our heirs and executors and
administrators shall and will forever warrant and defend the same unto
him the said N.D. Phillips and to his heirs executors administrators
and assigns against the lawful demands of any and all persons whom
-soever now claiming or to claim the same, In witness whereof we have
hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals on this day of   AD 1881
Signed Sealed and delivered    }   C.W. Norton  (Seal)
in presence of us as witnesses }   Julia R. Norton (Seal)
 Henry L. Russell              }
Juan E. Barsera                }
John W.A. Jackson              }
J.S. Edwards                   }
W.H. Foshee                    }
State of Texas }
Bexar County   } Before me personally appeared C.W. Norton who ack-
-nowledged signed sealed and delivered the foregoing Deed of conveyance
for the uses and purposes therein contained and expressed,
Acknowledged and subscribed       }
before me this 23d day of August   }  C.W. Norton (seal)
AD 1881  F.G. Smith               }
        County Judge Bexar County }
                            Texas }
The State of Texas, County of Bexar, I, Sam S. Smith Clerk of the County
Court of Bexar County, (said Court being a Court of record and having a
seal) do hereby Certify that F.G. Smith Esq whose genuine signature
appears subscribed next herein above, as the duly elected, commissioner
and qualified County Judge of Bexar County, that to all acts done by
him in that capacity full faith and credit are due and should be
given, and that his signature thereto is genuine, To Certify which I here-
-unto sign any name and affix the Seal of the County Court of Bexar
County at Office in San Antonio Texas 23d day of August AD 1881.
(Seal)                               Sam S. Smith
                                      Clerk of County Court
                                                    Bexar Co Tex
State of Alabama }
Chilton County   } I, H.J. Callers Judge and Clerk of the Probate
Court in and for said County the same being a Court of record
and having a seal hereby certify on this 28th day of August 1881
Before me personally appeared Mrs Julia R. Norton wife of C.W.
Norton grantor in the foregoing conveyance who being first duly
questioned and examined by me separate and apart from her
Husband, says and acknowledges before me that she did sign
the said Deed of conveyance for the purpose of releasing and