& affixed my seal on this the 3d day of October AD 1881   
Signed sealed & delivered in our presence }       E.E. Dorsey  (LS)
this Oct 3d AD 1881                       }                Elisor
               McK F. McCook              }
               J.C. Gardner               }
State of Florida }
Alachua County   } Personally appeared before me J.A. Carlisle Clerk
of the Circuit Court of said County E.E. Dorsey who acknowledged to
me that he did as Elisor execute & deliver the foregoing conveyance
for the uses therein expressed
Acknowledged & Subscribed before me this }   E.E. Dorsey
Oct 3 AD 1881                            }
           J.A. Carlisle                 }
                 Clerk Cir Court         }
               pr S.H. Wienges DC        }
  Recorded October 4th 1881
             J.A. Carlisle  Clerk
                  pr S.H. Wienges DC

          John and Lucy Hodge to William J. Hodge
                            "Deed"
State of Florida } This Indenture made and entered into the seventh day
Alachua County   } of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty One
between John Hodge and and Lucy Hodge of the first part and
William J. Hodge of the Second part all of the State and County
aforesaid Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in
consideration of the sum of Three Hundred Dollars Lawful Money of the
United States to him duly paid before the delivery hereof hath bargained
and sold and by these presents doth grant and convey to the said party of
the second part his Heirs and assigns forever all that certain piece or
parcel of Land lying and being in the County of Alachua State of Florida
and which is known and described as follows To Wit, The North half of
the South East quarter and the South half of the North East quarter of
Section Eight in Township Ten South of Range Seventeen East containing one
Hundred and Sixty Acres of Land more or less together with all and singular
the Tenements Hereditaments and appurtenances and all the Estate Title
and interest of the said party of the first part therein and the said party
of the first part doth hereby covenant and agree with the said party of
the second part that at the time of the delivery hereof the said party of the
first part is the lawful owners of the premises above granted and seized
thereof in fee simple absolute and that he will Warrant and defend the above
granted premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of
the second part his heirs and assigns forever in Witness whereof I have
hereunto set our hands and seals this the Seventh day of September One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty one                        his
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of }    John X Hodge   (LS)
         Thomas Barnes                     }        mark
         Nathaniel Fowler                  }        her
                                           }    Lucy X Hodge   (LS)
                                           }        mark

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