them in hand paid by Mrs M.A. March of the County of Alachua
in the State of Florida the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge have 
granted bargained sold and conveyed and by these presents do grant
bargain sell and convey unto her the said M.A. March all of that certain
lot, piece, tract or parcel of land situated lying and being in the County of
Alachua in the State of Florida particularly known and described as follows to
wit: all that certain tract of Land known as the fractional part of North
half of the North East quarter of section Thirty one Township Nine Range
twenty east bounded as follows - commencing at the North East corner of section
Thirty one Township nine Range Twenty East and running thence due South one
hundred and ninety three Yards to a Stake Thence due West Eight hundred and Eighty
Yards - thence due North one hundred and ninety three Yards thence due East
Eight hundred and Eighty Yards to the point of Starting Containing by estimation
35 acres of land, more or less. Together with all and singular the tenements
hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise apper=
taining. To Have and Hold the same unto her the said M.A. March and to
her heirs executors administrators and assigns in fee simple and absolute
and we the said James Proud and R.N. Proud do hereby covenant and agree
to and with the said M.A. March that we lawfully seized in fee of the
property herein and hereby conveyed; and that we have good and lawful right
to sell and convey the same; that the same is free from all encumbrances
of any kind whatsoever, and that we will and our heirs executors and
administrators shall and will forever warrant and defend the same unto her
the said M.A. March and to her heirs executors administrators and assigns
against the lawful claims and demands of any and all persons whomsoever
now claiming or hereafter to claim the same. In Witness Whereof we have
hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals on this 5th day of
November AD 1881
Signed sealed and delivered in }            James Proud   (seal)
presence of us as witnesses    }         R.N. Proud       (seal)
    C.W. Forster               }
   E.C.F. Sanchez              }
State of Florida } I hereby certify that on this 5th day of November AD 1881 before
Alachua County   } me personally appeared Mrs R.N. Proud wife of James Proud
the grantor in the foregoing conveyance who being first duly questioned
and examined by me separate and apart from her said husband says
and acknowledges before me that she did sign the said deed of conveyance
for the purpose of releasing relinquishing and announcing all of her right
of Dower in and to the land in said deed described and that said
relinquishment and renunciation of Dower was done and made by her freely and
voluntarily and without any compulsion constraint apprehension or fear of or
from her said husband
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set }    R.N. Proud  (seal)
my hand and Seal                         }
        E.C.F. Sanchez                   }
          Notary Public                  }

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