DECATUR COUNTY, TENNESSEE - DEEDS - Isaac W. Rains to George W. Graves
				    20 February 1875

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Decatur County, Tennessee Deeds
Book 8, pp. 84-5
Isaac W. Rains to George W. Graves
We Isaac W. Rains Sarah J Rains and John G. Houston have this day Bargained
and Sold and do hereby Transfer and Convey unto George W. Graves his heirs
and assigns forever for the consideration of Eight hundred dollars in hand
paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged to a Tract or piece of
Land in Decatur County State of Tennessee as follows:  one Tract Beginning
at a Mulberry 45 poles East of the north East corner of 20 acres in the
name of Solomon Carter runs thence north 136 poles to a spanish oak thence
west 25 poles to a Stake thence north 62 poles to a Stake thence west 179
poles to a Stake the South west corner of Burrell Liles corner thence
South 42 poles to a Small white oak the conditional corner made between
Richard Graham and Jonathan Lasiter on a small branch thence down the
Branch with its meanderings of Said Branch 273 poles to the Beginning.
To have and to hold to the Said Tracts of land to the Said George W. Graves
his heirs and assigns forever and we covenant and agree to and with the
Said George W. Graves that we are lawfully Seized and possessed of Said 
Land and have a good right to convey it and that the Same is unencumbered 
we further covenant and agree and bind our Selves heirs and Representatives
to Warrant and forever defend the Title to the Said land to the Said
George W. Graves his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims of all
persons whosoever.
Witness our hands and Seals this 20 day of February 1875
                                                   I.W. Rains   (Seal)  
                                                   J.G. Houston (Seal)
                                                   S.J. Rains   (Seal)
State of Tennessee}
Decatur County    } Personally appeared before me John McMillan Clerk of 
the county court of Said county the within named Isaac W. Rains and John G. 
Houston the bargainers with whom I am personally acquainted and who
acknowledged that they executed the foregoing deed for the purposes therein
contained on the day it bears date and S.J. Rains wife of the Said Isaac W.
Rains having appeared before me privately and apart from her husband 
acknowledged the Execution of the within deed to have been made by her 
freely voluntarily and understandingly without compultion or constraint 
from her Said husband and for the purposes therein contained on the day it 
bears date.
                                                    John McMillan  Clerk
State of Tennessee}
Decatur County    }  Registers office  Sept 7th 1877
I Wm. Pratt Register for Said county do certify that the foregoing deed and
certificate are Registered in Said office in Book No. 8 page 84 that they
were Received September the 7th at 3 oclock P.M. and were entered in note 
Book E page 16                                        Wm. Pratt  Register