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	 The State of Florida}
             Alachua County  }   Know all men by these Presents:
    That I Francis A. Bell (widower)
of the aforesaid County and State, for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty 
     DOLLARS to me in hand paid by John S. Bell

of the County of Alachua in the State of Florida the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained, sold an
conveyed, and by these Presents, do grant, bargain sell and convey unto him the said John S. Bell

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:
The East half of the South East quarter of the South East quarter
of Section Nine (9) Township Ten (10) South Range Twenty Two
(22) East


containing in my estimation Twenty (20) acres of land, more or less. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and
appurtenance to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining.
    TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto him the said John S. Bell

and to his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, in fee simple absolute. And I the said Francis A. Bell

do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said John S. Bell

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 him the said
John S. Bell
and to his 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 17th day of March A.D. 1892
         SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE    }                
            PRESENCE OF US AS WITNESSES:        }         F.A. Bell     (SEAL)
E.C. Wimberly                                   }                
J.A. Carlisle                                   }                
                                                          
                                                              

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, }      I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this   day of A.D. 18  before
   ALACHUA COUNTY     }  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 the land in said
Deed described, and that said Relinquishment of Dower was done and made by her freely and voluntarily, and without any compulsion, constraint, apprehension or fear of or from her said husband.
         IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY
              HAND AND Affixed my SEAL.  }                
                                         }                (SEAL)
                                         }                
THE STATE OF FLORIDA,  }   BEFORE ME PERSONALLY APPEARED
     ALACHUA COUNTY.   }      Francis A. Bell
and 
who acknowledges that he executed, signed, sealed and delivered the foregoing Deed of Conveyance for the uses and purposes therein contained and expressed.
     ACKNOWLEDGED AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS   }             F.A. Bell
   17th DAY OF March A.D. 1892                    }        
                                                  }              
   (  )       J.A. Carlisle                       }              
 ( Seal)        Clerk Cir Court                   }         
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FILED FOR RECORD 17th day of March A.D. 1892 }                     J.A. Carlisle
 and RECORDED    21st day of March A.D. 1892 }                               CLERK.
                                                               pr E.C. Wimberly DC.  
Transcribed by Karen Kirkman 9 September 2025
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