defend  In witness whereof the said parties of the first
part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day
and year first above written
Signed sealed and delivered }  Elias C. Osteen      (seal)
in presence of us           }  Lavinia Osteen       (seal)
                            )             his mark
    W.H. Sheffield          }  William Henry x Cason (seal)
    Geo B. Ellis            }  Josephine A. Cason    (seal)

State of Florida  }
County of Columbia}  Know all men by these presents
that I Lavinia Osteen wife of the above named
Elias C. Osteen do by these presents made and executed
by me separate and apart from my said husband
and in the presence of Geo B. Ellis a Justice of the peace
of the state of Florida acknowledge and declare that I
did make myself a party to and executed the foregoing
Deed of conveyance for the purpose of relinquishing my
dower and right of dower and separate estate in and
to the lands in said conveyance therein described and 
granted and that I did the same freely and voluntarily
and without any compulsion constraint apprehension or
fear of or from my said husband In witness whereof
I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal this
26th day of December AD One thousand and eight hundred
and Eighty three        }
 Geo B. Ellis           }  Lavinia Osteen  (seal)
   Justice of the Peace }

State of Florida   }
County of Columbia } To all whom it may concern
Be it known that on this 26th day of December AD
1883 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace
of the State of Florida the above named Lavinia Osteen
to me well known as the wife of Elias C. Osteen and
as one of the persons described in and who executed
the foregoing deed of conveyance who being at the 
time separate and apart from her husband the
said Elias C. Osteen did then and there make and
execute the foregoing acknowledgment her name being 
with her own hand subscribed and her seal affixed
in my presence Witness my hand and seal at Fort
White Fla the day and year above written
                         Geo B. Ellis  (seal)
                       Justice of the Peace
State of Florida   }
County of Columbia } On this day personally appeared
before me Elias C. Osteen to me well known as
the person described in and who executed the
foregoing Deed of conveyance and acknowledged
that he executed the same for the purpose therein