emancipation of the said Children & their issue forever against any
person or persons whatsoever
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& seal in Florida this 11th day of October Eighteen hundred
& thirty three
Signed & Sealed Jno. H. McIntosh Jun’r (L.S.)
in presence of
G. Humphreys
Recorded this Eleventh day of October AD 1833
Geo Center C.A.C.C.
Territory of Florida
This Indenture made the fourth day of June
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & Twenty nine, Between
Peter Mitchel of the City of St. Augustine in the Territory aforesaid of the first
part and John Rodman of the same place of the second part for and in
consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars to him by the said party
of the second part well and truly paid, at or before the ensealing and
delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath
granted, bargained, sold, aliened, remised, and released and by these presents
doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, remise and release, unto the said party
of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever, Five hundred acres of Land
situate, lying & being in that part of said Territory of Florida usually called
the Alachua County, and being and undivived part or portion of the undivided
fourth part belonging to the said party of the first part, of that certain tract
or parcel of Land consisting of four Leagues to each point of the compass
or Two hundred & Eighty nine thousand six hundred & forty five English acres
& five sevenths of an acre, which said tract or parcel of Land was granted by
the Spanish Government to Fernando de la Maza Arredondo and Son of
Havana, by grant bearing date on or about the twenty second day of
December One Thousand Eight hundred and seventeen, which said five
hundred acres of Land are in point of quality and value to be of a fair and |