Fly and Carne §  Registered January 12 / 85
To § Deed     §  We J.L. Fly and J. D. Carnes
W.E. Hale     §  have this day bargained and
              §  sold and do hereby transfer
and Convey  to W. E. Hale for the Consideration of Two
Hundred and fifty Dollars in Cash, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, a certain parcel or
tract of land in the Second District of Gibson
County Tennessee and bounded as follows. Beginning
at a Black Oak Stump the South East Corner of
C. C. Fly heirs lands thence East One hundred and
three poles to a stake, and pointers, thence South fifty
two poles to a stake and pointers, thence West One
hundred and three poles to a stake, thence North
fifty two poles to the beginning containing by estimation
33 acres and 7 ? . To have and to hold the same to the
said W.e. Hale his heirs and assigns forever. We do
further Covenant with the said W.E. Hale that we are
lawfully seized of said land and that we have the right
to convey it, and that the same is unencumbered.

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We further bind ourselves, our heirs, and, assigns to warrant
and defend the title of said land and every part thereof
to the said W.E. Hale his heirs and assigns against
the lawful claims of all person whomsoever.
Witness our hands and Seal this 20th day of December
1884
                               Jno. L. Fly
                               Jno. D. Carne

State of Tennessee §
Gibson County      §   Personally appeared before
me J.F. Warren Deputy Clerk of the County Court of said
Jno L. Fly and J. D. Carne the within named bargainers
with whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledged
that they executed the attached Deed for the purposes therein
expressed.
Witness my hand this 12th day of January 1885
                            By J. F. Warren D.C.

Filed January 12th 1885  § W.D. Johnson Requestor
At 5 Oclock PM           § By P. Guerran D P