Alachua County Clerk of the Court Seal Alachua County Clerk of the Court
J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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          State of Florida) To wit
          Alachua County  )
                            Know all men by these presents that
          We Joel B. Smith G.B. Payne & Horace Merry are held and
          firmly bound unto His Excellency Thomas Brown Govenor of the
          State of Florida, or his successors in office in the full sum of
          Three hundred dollars, for the payment of which well and truly to
          be made, we do hereby bind ourselves our heirs executors and admin
          istrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our
          seals dated this twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1853
                         The conditions of the above obligation is such that
          whereas the above bound Joel B. Smith was on the 9th day of 
          April AD 1853 duly appointed Auctioner for the County of Alachua
          in said State. Now if the Joel B. Smith shall well and truly
          perform all the duties of his said office as prescribed by law then
          this obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue
          Sealed and delivered                      Joel B. Smith  (SS)
          in presence of
          C.W. Merry                                Geo B. Payne (SS)
          J.J. Miller
                                                      H, Merry (SS)
            The above Bond is approved May 3rd 1853
                                         A.M. Caston
                                         Judge of Probate A.C.
            
            Recorded May 4th 1853
                                         Saml Russell Clk


             This Indenture made this Twenty first day of
          March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty
          three Between Mordicai Meyers of the City of Schenectady and
          State of New York gentlemem party of the first part and John
          W. Feister of ______ in the State of Florida party of the second
          part Witnesseth
                          That the said party of the first part in
          consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to him duly
          paid before the delivery hereof, hath bargained and sold and by
          these presents do grant and convey to the said party of the second part
          his heirs and assigns forever, All that certain lot or parcel of
          land situate lying and being in the State of Florida in a
          certain tract known as the Aradondo Grant & being the North half
          and South East quarter of Section thirty three in Township
          eleven south in Range twenty east containing four
          hundred and eighty acres more or less with the appurtenances
          and all the Estate title and interest, of the said party of the first part
          therein. And the said party of the first part doth hereby covenant
          and agree with the said party of the second part that at the time
          of the delivery hereof the said party of the first is the lawful
          owner of the premises above granted and seized thereof in fee simple
          absolute, and that he will warrant and defend the above granted
          premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of
          the second part, his heirs and assigns forever.
                 
Transcribed by Jack Waters 22 March 2014
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