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Land 1850 TN Hamilton Clift William


Description
DB 8-260


Source Text
Articles of agreement. Wm Clift & Robert C. McRee.

This agreement made and entered into this 30th day of October 1850 between William Clift of the one part and Robert C. McRee of the other part both of the County of Hamilton and State of Tennessee. Witnesseth that the said Clift and McRee have hearby agreed upon and do hereby fix and establish permanently the following described conditional line dividing the lands belonging to the said Clift and McRee lying between Sale and Oposom Creek and is bounded as follows to wit:

Begining on a stake, six hundred and ninety two poles from Oposom Creek, a line running from said Creek up the Tennessee River North 13o East which stake is in James L. Reeds back line thence North thirty six degrees west along a marked line to within forty Poles of a Road leading from where Edward Wyley formerly lived to where William Hickman lived

in testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and fixed our own seals the day and date above set.
           Wm Clift (seal)
           Robert C. McRee (seal)
James W. Clift
Robert B. Clift

The words conditional and once and Creek was entered in before the agreement was signed.
           Wm Clift (seal)
           Robert C. McRee (seal)
J. W. Clift
Robert B. Clift

State of Tennessee Hamilton County } Personally appeared before me James Clift Clerk of the County Court of said County Wm. Clift and Robert C. McRee whose names appears to the foregoing articles of agreement with whom I am personally acquainted, and acknowledged the within to be there act and deed and that they signed sealed and delivered the same on the day it bears date and for the purposes therein named. Witness my hand at office in Harrison this the 4th day of November 1850.    James Clift Clerk of said Court.

State of Tennessee Hamilton County } Registers office the 5th November 1850 at 2 ocock PM Then was the within articles of agreement and Certificate received for Registration and is now of record in my office in Book H Page 259. Witness my hand at office in Harrison the day and date last above written.    A. A. Vinson Register