said District - the said Marshall by his Deputy - did
sell on Monday the 3rd day of November A.D. 1873, the said
property before the court house door in the town of Gainesville
to Thos J. May for twelve hundred dollars he being the best
and highest bidder therefor-
  Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said party of the
first part by virtue of the said writ and in pursuance of
the Statute in such case made and provided and in con
sideration of the sum of money so bid as aforesaid to him
duly paid, hath sold and by these presents doth grant
and convey unto the said party of the second part all the
estate right, title and interest which the said defendant
had on the first day of October A.D. 1860 or at any time after
wards of, in, and to, all the property hereinbefore mentioned
and described property unto the said party of the second
part as fully and as absolutely as the said party of the first
part can convey by virtue of the said writ and the laws
relating thereto.
                 In witness whereof the said Marshall has set his
                 hand set his hand and seal hereto the day
                 and year first above written.
                                           Sherman Conant (seal)
Witnesses                                        US Marshall
  Philip Walls                                        Northern Dist Fla
   T.A. McDonell

State of Florida}
Duval County    }
                  Personally appeared before me
W.L. Coon a Justice of the Peace in & for said Court
T.A. McDonell who being duly sworn upon his oath
                witness the execution of the foregoing deed
deposed & said that he did ^ made by Sherman Conant
a U.S. Marshall to Thos J. May dated Nov 9th A.D. 1873
Sworn to and subscribed before }  T.A. McDonell
me this July 22nd A.D. 1874   } 
                      W.L. Coon}
          Justice of the Peace }