or any part thereof he will forever warrant and
defend. In witness whereof the said party of the
first part, has hereunto set his hand and seal, the
day and year first above written.
Signed sealed and       }
delivered in presence of} Eugene M. Childs (L.S.)
Thence S. Babbitt       }
J. Willard Babbitt      }

State of Michigan  }ss
County of Washtenaw} I, William Stevens Clerk of the
County of Washtenaw, and the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for said County, which is a Court of Record, Do
hereby certify that J. Willard Babbitt, before whom the
annexed acknowledgement purports to have been taken
was at the date of said acknowledgement a Notary
Public, in and for said County, duly appointed and
qualified, and by law duly authorized to take the same
And I do further certify that I am well acquaint=
ted with the hand write of the said Notary Public and
verily believe his signature thereto is genuine, and
that said instrument is executed and acknowledged
according to the laws of this state. In witness where
of, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the said County and Court, at Ann Arbor
this tenth day of September in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy three.
 (    )                   Wm N. Stevens, Clerk
( seal )                               
 (    )       Recorded August 11th 1874
                           W.H. Belton 
                                Clerk

State of Florida}
Alachua County  } Witnesseth that I, William
May of the County & State above written for and in
consideration of the kind regard love and esteem
that I have and do bear for my son Malchus Mathis
May of the said County & State do give and bequeath to
my said son all that tract or parcel of land sit
uated and lying in said County & State designated