J. C. LUNCEFORD Estate
DEED TO
James T. Carroll
Deed Book 6,
Page 546
November 3, 1902
J. A. Crake,
Clerk
To } Deed 65 ac,
Jas. T.
Carroll
The State of
To all to whom these
presents shall come or be made known:
Or whom the same may in anywise concern, I, James
A. Drake, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Marlboro in the
said State – Send Greeting:
Whereas James A. Drake as
Administrator of the Estate of J. C. Lunceford on or about the 2nd
day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and one did exhibit his
Complaint in the Court of Commons Pleas in the County of Marlboro and State
aforesaid, Alleging the insolvency of said Estate, and praying for a sale of
the tract of land hereinafter described to aid in the payment of debts & c.
and the cause, being at issue before the Honorable the court aforesaid came on
to be heard on the 26th day of November one thousand nine hundred and one when
the said Court, after a full hearing thereof, and mature deliberation in the
premises, did Order, Adjudge and Decree that the tract of land hereinafter
mentioned and described, should be sold at public auction by the Clerk of said
Court for Marlboro County, on the terms and for the purposes mentioned in said Decretal Order, as by reference thereto, on file in the
said Court, will appear: and the said Jas. A. Drake as Clerk of as aforesaid
after having duly advertised the said tract of land for sale by public outcry,
on the 3rd day of Nov. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and Two, did then, openly and publicly and according to the custom of
auction, sell and dispose of the said Tract of Land below described, unto James
T. Carroll for Three Hundred and Seventy Five Dollars being, at that price, the
highest bidder for the same.
Now know all men, that I,
the said Jas. A. Drake as Clerk as aforesaid in consideration of the premises,
and also in consideration of the sum of Three Hundred and Seventy Five Dollars
paid me by the said James T. Carroll, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
have granted, bargained, sold and released, and by these presents, do grant,
bargain, sell and release unto the said James. T. Carroll and his Heirs and
Assigns, all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, situated and
being in the County and State aforesaid in Smithville township, containing
Sixty five acres, more or less …in said Western boundary all of Big Branch
Being the same tract on which J. C. Lunceford resided at the time of his death,
and which was conveyed to him by T. Y. Swett by deed dated Dec. 25-1888 and
recorded in Book “H” on page 521 & 522 of Deeds in Clerk’s Office for said
County.
Together with all and
singular the rights, members, hereditaments and
appurtenances whatsoever, to the said Premises belonging, or in any wise
appertaining, and the reversions and remainders, rents, issues, and profits
thereof: and also all the estate, right, title, interest, dower, possession,
property, benefit, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, of
the said J. C. Lunceford and of all the parties to the said suit, and of all
other persons rightfully claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof,
by, from, or under them, or either of them.
To have and to hold the
said Tract of Land or Premises with its hereditaments,
privileges, and appurtenances unto the said James T. Carroll and his Heirs and
assigns forever.
In witness whereof, I, the
said J. A. Drake, Clerk under and by virtue of the said Decree, have hereunto
set my hand and seal at Bennettsville this 3rd day of November in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Two and in the one hundred
and twenty seventh year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United State
of America.
Presence of J.
A. Drake (Seal)
C. C. C. P. & G.
S. for Marlboro
Jas. N. Drake
T. I. Rogers
The State of
Personally
before me Milton McLaurin came Jas. N. Drake and made
oath that he saw the within named J. A. Drake, Clerk, sign, seal, and as his
act and deed, deliver the within deed, and that he, with T. I. Rogers witnessed
the execution thereof.
Sworn to before me this 3td day of Nov. 1902 Jas. N. Drake
Milton McLaurin (L. S.)
Judge of Probate
Recorded
Nov. 3rd, 1902
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