This Indenture Made, the thirty first day of December one thousand eight
hundred and fifty one, Between Eugene Van Ness and Charles W.
Brush Surviving Executors of the last will and testement of Doctor
Nehemiah Brush late of the City and State of New York Deceased, of
the first part, and Thomas C. Kettles, of the second part, WITNESSETH, that the said
parties of the first part, by virtue of the power and authority to them given
in and by the said last Will and Testament, and for and in consideration
of the sum of Two hundred and fifty dollars lawful money of the United
States of America, to them in hand paid, at or before the ensealing and
delivery of these presents by the said party of the second part, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, and the said party of the second part his
heirs Executors and administraters, forever released and discharged &C an the
Same by these presents, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, conveyed
and confirmed, and by these presents do grant bargain, sell, alien, release
convey and confirm, unto the said party of the second part, his heirs
and assigins forever, All these two certain Sections of land Situated lying
and being in a tract of land known as the Arredonda Grant, in the
County of Alachua in the State of Florida, which are designated upon
a certain map of said grant made by Messrs Burr and Washington
as sections thirty five(35 and thirty six (36) in Township eleven (11) in
Range nineteen (19) containing together twelve hundred and seventy seven
04/100 acres of land about six hundred acres of which is laid down upon
said map as land covered by water; & said Sections among others, having
been purchased by the parties of the first part for the heirs of the said
Dr. N. Brush deceased at a sale of said grant which took place in
the month of Febuary 1849, under an order of the Circuit Court for the
County of St Johns in the Said State of Florida, which sale was
confirmed by the said Court at its June Term in the same year as
will more fully appeare by refering to the papers in the case of of Brush
vs Prall file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
Said County of Alachua, TOGETHER with all and singular the edifices,
buildings, rights, members, privileges, advantages, herediterments and appurtenances
to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and the reversion and
reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof.
And also, all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever,
both in law and equity, which the said Testator had in his lifetime
and at the time of his decease, and which the said parties of the first
part, or either of them, have or hath, by virtue of the said last will
and Testement or otherwise of, in and to the same and every part and
parcel thereof, with the appurtenances, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the
said premises above mentioned and described, and hereby granted and
conveyed, as intended so to be, with the appurtenances unto the said
party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own
proper use, benefit and behoof for ever, AND the said parties of
the first part, for themselves severally and respectively, and for their
Several and respective heirs, Executors and administrators, do severally, and
not jointly, nor the one for the other or others of them, nor for the
heirs, Executers, Administrators, or acts or Deeds of the other or others
of them, but each and every of them, for himself only and for his and
their heirs, Executors and Administrators, and his and their several and
Seperate acts and Deeds only, Covenant, grant, promise and agree to and
with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, that the
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