No. 1 Whereas the following real estate, to wit; the East half of
Section Twenty four (24) in Township (9) nine South, Range
Eighteen (18) East: the East half and South west quarter of
Section nineteen (19) in Township nine (9) South Range nine
teen (19) East is at present owned in Common by Mrs Eliza
M. Stewart, Thomas O. Stewart and Mary Dozier wife of
Leonard Dozier Jr and whereas it is the desire and intention
of the said parties to make a fair, Just and equal devision
and partition of the said Lands:-
Now therefore know all men by these presents. That for and
in consideration of a Deed of conveyance made by Mrs Eliza
M. Stewart and Thomas O. Stewart, bearing even date with
these presents, and releasing to Mary Dozier all their right
title and interest in an to the North 3rd of the East half
of Section (24) Twenty four, in T.9.S. R.18.E. and the SW1/4
of Section (19) nineteen T.9.S. R.19 E. and for the further
consideration of one Dollar to us in hand paid by the said
Eliza M. Stewart and Thomas O. Stewart the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged, we the said Leonard Dozier Jr
and Mary Dozier have this day granted bargained, sold,
conveyed and released, and by these Presents do grant,
bargain, sell, convey and release unto the said Eliza
M. Stewart and Thomas O. Stewart, all our right
title and interest in and to the South and middle thirds
of the East half of Section Twenty four (24) T.9.S. R.18
E. and the East half of Section nineteen (19) in T.9.S.R.19
East. In testimony whereof we the said Leonard Dozier
Jr and Mary Dozier have hereunto set our hands and seals
this 14th day of May AD 1872
Signed and Sealed }
in the presence of } L. Dozier Jr (LS)
1 H.C. Tarwarter } Mary Dozier (LS)
2 Wm W. Dunn }
State of Tennessee }
Knox County } Before me C.W. Jones Chairman of the
County Court of Said County Personally
came L. Dozier Jr and Mary Dozier the Bargainers to
the foregoing deed, who acknowledged that they executed
the same for the uses, purposes and consideration therein set
forth. And Mary Dozier, wife of the said L. Dozier Jr
having appeared before me privately and apart from her said
husband, the said Mary Dozier acknowledged the execution
of the said instrument to have been done by her freely
voluntarily and understandingly, without fear, apprehen=
sion, compulsion or restraint of or from her said husband
and for the purpose therein set forth.
Taken and acknowledged before me this 14th day of May
AD 1872
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