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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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          Know all men by these presents that I David Gillett of Alachua
          County and State of Florida, in consideration of four hundred dollars
          paid to me by John D. Hennis of the County of Alachua and,
          State of Florida, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do
          hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said John
          D. Hennis his heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land, with
          the buildings thereon, and all the priviledges and appurtenances to the same
          belonging, situated in said County, and bounded and described as follows,
          to wit, Section No 9 and and No 4 in Range 21 and in township 11 of 
          the Arredondo Grant, containing Seven hundred and seventy five acres, and
          sixteen hundredths of an acre, to have and to hold the above granted
          premises to the said John D. Hennis, his heirs and assigns, to his and
          their use and behoof for ever, and I the said David Gillett, for myself,
          and my heirs, Executors and Administrators, do covenant with the said
          John D. Hennis, his heirs and assigins, that I am lawfully seized
          in fee simple of the aforegranted premises, that they are free from
          all encumbrances, that I have good right to sell and convey the same to
          the said John D. Hennis, his heirs and assigns for ever as aforesaid and that
          I will, and my heirs, Executors and Administrators, shall warrant and
          defend the same to the said John D. Hennis, his heirs, and assigns forever,
          against the lawful claims and demands of all persons,
                     In Witness whereof, the said David Gillett have hereunto
          set my hand and seal, this the 18th day of January A.D. 1854
           Signed Sealed in presence of  )
            Henry Gradick                )              David Gillett  (LS)
            George Gillett               )
                                         )
                                         )
          State of Florida )
          Alachua County   ) Know all men by these presents, that I Mary
          Gillett wife of the within named David Gillett, for and in consid-
          eration of the sum of four hundred dollars to me in hand paid by the within
          named John D. Hennis, do hereby relinquish and renounce all my Dower and
          right and title to Dower in and to the premises mentioned in the written
          Indenture, to the said John D. Hennis, and I do hereby acknowledge that
          the said acknowledgment relinquishment and renounciation of Dower is made
          freely and voluntarily, and without any compulsion, constraint, apprehension,
          or fear of or from the within named David Gillett my said husband,
          taken and acknowledged by the said Mrs Mary Gillett Separate and
          apart from her said Husband, this the 18th day of January A.D. 1854
          Signed, Sealed in presence of  )                 her
                Henry Gradick            )             Mary X Gillett
                Arnold Thigpen           )                mark       
          a Justice of the Peace         )
          
          State of Florida )
          Alachua County   ) before me Arnold Thigpen a Justice of 
          of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared David Gillett, to me well known, and ack-
          nowledged that he Executed the foregoing Deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
                    In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 18th
          day of January A.D. 1854                           Arnold Thigpen  {LS}
                                                            a Justice of the Peace
                                       Recorded March 10th 1854
                                                      Robt Youngblood Clerk
Transcribed by Jack Waters 11 July 2015
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