The State of Florida }
    Alachua County   }         Know all men by these Presents:
               That  I L.A. Eldridge (unmarried)
of the aforesaid County and State, for and in consideration of the sum of  Fifteen Hundred
                                       Dollars to me in hand paid by  Martha E. Adkins

of the County of Alachua in the State of Florida the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained, sold and
conveyed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey unto her the said  Martha E. Adkins

all that certain lot, piece, tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being in the County of Alachua, State of Florida particularly known and described as follows, to wit:
One undivided one half interest in the following described land, Lots (1)
One (2) Two (3) Three and (4) Four in Block Five of the addition to the
Town of Hawthorn Known as Waits Crossing, being the property where E.A.
Adkins now resides, This Conveyance to be for and during the natural life
of said Martha E. Adkins and at her death to E.A. Adkins and his heirs










 
containing by estimation       Three 75/100                      acres of land, more or less, Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and
appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining.
      To Have and to Hold the same unto  her the said  Martha E. Adkins
       for and during her lifetime
and to heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, in fee simple absolute. And I the said  L.A. Eldridge


do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said  Martha E. Adkins

that I am lawfully seized in fee of the property herein and hereby conveyed, and that I 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 I will and my heirs, executors and administrators shall and will forever warrant and defend the same unto her the said
 Martha E. Adkins
           during her life                                to said E.A. Adkins his
and to her heirs, executors and administrators and ^assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of any and all persons whomsoever now claiming or hereafter to claim the same.
       In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and affixed my seal  on this  Seventh       day of  February            A.D. 1891  

                     Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the }
                        Presence of us as witnesses:     }                                                                        L.A. Eldridge           {SEAL}
                           J.D. Bell                     }                                                                                                {SEAL}
                           M.A. Bell                     }                                                                                                {SEAL}
                                                         }                                                                                                {SEAL}
                                                         }
The State of Florida }
    Alachua County   }         I Hereby Certify that on this                          day of                                        A.D. 18      before
                     } me personally appeared Mrs.  
wife of                   the grantor in the foregoing conveyance, who being first duly questioned and examined by me, separate and
apart from her said husband, says and acknowledges before me that she did sign the said deed of conveyance for the purpose of releasing, relinquishing and renouncing all her right of Dower in and to land in said 
Deed described, and that the said Relinquishment and Renunciation of Dower was done and made by her freely and voluntarily, and without any compulsion, constraint, apprehension or fear of or
from her husband.
            In Testimony Whereof I Have Hereunto Set My }
                   Hand and                        Seal }
                                                        }                                                                                                {SEAL}
                                                        }
                                                        }
The State of Florida }
    Alachua County   }         Before me personally appeared  
                     }         L.A. Eldridge
and                 
who acknowledges that She executed, signed and delivered the foregoing deed of conveyance for the uses and purposes therein contained and expressed.
            Acknowledged and Subscribed before me this  }
                 7th    Day of    Feby       A.D. 1891  }                                                                L.A. Eldridge
            (seal)     J.D. Bell Not Pub                }  
                       State at Large                   }
                                                        } 
             Filed for Record    10th  day of   Feby       A.D. 1891 }                                                                            J.A. Carlisle
                    Recorded     13th  day of   Feby       A.D. 1891 }                                                                                           Clerk
                                                                                                                                                  pr E.C. Wimberly D.C.