Florida, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct extract
from the Register of claims (Book A Page 96) of the Board of land
Commissioners, which Register was transferred to this Office According to
Law, by the Register and Receiver of the land Office, while acting as
Land Commissioners, as part of the papers relative to private Land
claims in East Florida Aforesaid ___
(Seal) Witness my hand and Seal of Office at the City of
St. Augustine Territory of Florida, this twenty third day of March
A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty six __
Antonio Alvarez
K P A
Recorded this 4th April 1840 by
James McNeill D.C.
Know all men by these presents, that I William
Marvin of Key West in the Territory of Florida for and in consideration
of the Sum of three thousand five hundred Dollars the receipt whereof
I do hereby Acknowledge, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, and con
veyed, and by these presents Do grant, bargain, sell, alien, and convey
to Leigh Read of Leon County in the Territory of Florida his heirs &
Assigns forever, Three thousand five hundred Acres of Land being part
and parcel of a tract of four thousand Acres, Ceded by the Spanish
Government to one Don Francisco Roman Sanchez, and is discribed in
said Cession, as being situate about ten miles to the Westward of the
Alachua Road leading to St. Marys, and is bounded on the North by
the River Santafe, and on the other sides by Vacant Lands, an exemplified
Copy of which Cession is herewith delivered To have and to hold the said
Lands, and the Appurtenances, thereunto belonging to the said Leigh
Read his heirs and Assigns forever ___
And I do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said Leigh
Read, that the said lands in the quiet and peaceable possession of him
the said Leigh Read, against all persons lawfully claiming or to
claim the same I will forever Warrant and defend ___
In Witness whereof I do hereunto Set my |