Georgia
Camden County
This Indenture made this thirteenth
day of March, in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred & twenty
four, between George I.F. Clarke, of East Florida on the one
part, and Duncan L. Clinch, Colonel of the United States
Army on the other part Witnesseth, That the said Clarke, for
and in consideration of the sum of three thousand Dollars to him
in hand paid, at and before the sealing & delivery of these presents
the receipt whereof is hereby Acknowledged, hath granted bargained
Sold and conveyed and by these presents do grant, bargain sell &
convey unto the said Clinch, Three thousand Acres of Land being
and laying in that part of East Florida, called Alachua, situated
in and about Moody's Hammock, on the road or path from Paynes
Town to Ocklewaha Creek, which said tract the said Clarke
bought of Domingo Fernandez, being part of a grant made to
the said Fernandez, by the late Spanish Government on the Sixteenth
of November eighteen hundred & seventeen, as will more fully ap
pear by the plot and Certificate of the then Surveyor General of the
said Province, hereunto annexed
To have and to hold the said three thousand acres of
land , unto him the said Duncan L. Clinch, his heirs & assigns,
together with all and Singular the rights, members & Appurtenances to
the same in any manner belonging, to his and their proper use
and behoof, forever and in fee simple ___
And the said George I.F. Clarke, for hinself his heirs exec
utors and Administrators, the said bargained premises unto the
said Duncan L. Clinch, his heirs and Assigns, will Warrant &
forever defend, the right and title thereof against himself and
themselves, and against the claim of all other person or
persons whatsoever __
In Witness whereof the said Clarke hath hereunto set his
hand & seal the day and year above written ___
Signed Sealed & delivered George I.F. Clarke (seal)
in presence of
Joseph Crews Charles S. Henry
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