and seal, this eighteenth day of January, Anno Domini Eight
teen hundred and seventy three }
Signed sealed and delivered    }    S. McGowan (LS)
in presence of                 }
H.C. Hamphill                  }
L.H. Russell                   }

               I accept this trust upon condition to be approved
                         M. 
by L.J. Patterson & Mrs H.^Patterson, that I am not to be lia
ble for waste or loss from any cause
          The property is in the possession and under the control
of Mrs Patterson and the trustee should not be in any way
responsible the note of Peak to be accounted for as to all monies
received
  January 18" 1873                      Wm H. Parker
  J.C. Hemphill
  L.H. Russell
      We approve of the condition and terms annexed to the ac-
ceptance of W.H. Parker as above written
                                        L.J. Patterson
                                        H.M. Patterson

South Carolina  }
Abbeville County}  Personally came L.H. Russell before
me and made oath that he saw S. McGowan sign, seal
and as his own act & deed deliver the within instrument
writing for this use & purpose therein expressed & that he with J.C.
Hemphill witnessed the due execution thereof
Sworn to before me this 20 July 1873}    L.H. Russell
   Lewis D. Bowie C.C.C.            }
The State of South Carolina}
Abbeville County           } I Lewis D. Bowie Clerk of the Court
C.C.P. & G.S. for said County do hereby certify that S.C. McGowan
wife of the within named S.M.cGowan did appear before me, and upon
being privately and separately examined, did acknowledge that
she did freely & voluntarily without any compulsion Dread or fear
of any person whomsoever renounce and release unto the within
named Wm H. Parker Trustee his heirs & assigns all her interest
& estate and also all her right and claim of dower of in and to
all and singular the premises and several parcels of land within
described and within mentioned and released    }
       Witness my hand & seal of office this 21} Susan C. McGowan
January 1873    Lewis D. Bowie                 }
                      C.C.P.                   }

(Written sideways across page margin) 

Recorded this Oct 11 1875
                  W.H. Belton Clerk
                  by W.K. Cessna D.C.