White Co., TN | 1869, 1872, 1874, 1875 |
Description:
White County Tennessee
Deed Book Y, Pages 241-245
R. F. Cooke et. al. |
To | Deed
R. C. Pirtle | One 50 � Revenue Stamp Canceled
State of Tennessee, Putnam County. Know all men by these presents,
that we Richard F. Cooke and Elizabeth Byers for and in consideration of the
Sum of Forty Dollars to us in hand paid do hereby relinquish all the right,
title claim and interest that we have to an undivided tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the County of White and State aforesaid, and on the waters
of Townsand's Mill Creek and in Civil Districts No. 5th & 6th, and containing
by estimation about Two Hundred Acres be the Same more or less, unto Robert
C. Pirtle his heirs and assigns forever, it being a tract of land that Jesse
A. Cooke died Seized and possessed of and part of a tract known as the Robert
Cooke old place. In witness whereof we have hereunto Set our hands and Seals
this October 20th, 1869.
Test R. L. Lindsey Richard F. Cooke
Seal
M. L. Byers Elizabeth Byers Seal
State of Tennessee |
Putnam County | Personally appeared before me E. A. Stone Clerk of
the County Court of Said County R. L. Lindsey and M. L. Byers the Subscribing
witnesses to the within Deed, who being first duly Sworn deposed and Said
that they were acquainted with Elisabeth Byers & Richard F. Cooke the within
bargainers and that they acknowledged in their presence the due execution of
the within and foregoing Deed to be their act and deed for the uses &
purposes therein expressed. Witness my hand at office on this 23rd day of
Oct. 1869.
E. A. Stone Clk
Thomas Jones et al |
To | Deed
R. C. Pirtle | State of Tennessee, White County, Know all men
by these presents that we Thomas Jones and Susannah Jones for and in
consideration of the sum of Five Dollars to us in hand paid do hereby
relinquish all the right and title claim and interest that we have to an
undivided tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of White and
State aforesaid and on the waters of Townsand's Mill Creek and in Civil
Districts No. 5th & 6th and containing by estimation about Two Hundred Acres
be the same more or less, unto Robert C. Pirtle his heirs and assigns
forever, it being a tract of land that Jesse A. Cooke died seized and
possessed of and part of a tract known as the Robert Cooke old place. In
witness whereof we have hereunto Set our hands and Seals this March the 25th
1872.
In the presence of his
S. W. Johnson Thomas X Jones
Seal
his mark
J. E. X King, proved her
mark Susana X
Jones Seal
mark
State of Tennessee |
White County | Personally appeared before me F. M. Sims Clerk
of the County Court of Said County, S. W. Johnson and John King the
Subscribing witnesses to the within Deed and after being duly Sworn according
to law deposed and Say they are acquainted with Thomas Jones and Susannah
Jones the within bargainers and that they Signed and acknowledged the
execution of the foregoing Deed of conveyance in their presence for the
purposes and things therein named. Witness my hand at office the 26th day of
October 1874.
F. M. Sims Clerk
Field and noted in Reception Book, No. 2, page 9, Jany 20, 1875 at 10 O'Clock
A.M.
William Holton,
Register
R. C. Pirtle, et al |
To | Deed
C. & W. T. Anderson | We Robert C. Pirtle and Ursley C. Pirtle for and
in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred and Ninety Five Dollars to us in
hand paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged have this day bargained
and Sold and do hereby transfer and convey unto Charles Anderson and William
T. Anderson and their heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land
containing by estimation Two Hundred Acres, Situate lying and being in White
County, Tennessee, in the 5th and 6th Civil Districts of Said County, in two
tracts, and bounded as follows, viz: 1st Tract, Beginning on a black walnut
on the North Side of Said Creek and running 30 East, 132 poles from the
house occupied by the Said R. C. Pirtle, thence South crossing the Creek to a
white oak standing in a hollow nearly North of the Grave Yard near Jacob
Pirtle's old house being marked as a conditional corner between Jacob Pirtle
and S. D. Arnold and R. C. Pirtle, thence with Said Conditional line down
Said hollow on a westerly direction on a plain marker line to the West
boundary line of Said tract to a stake in Said line on the South Side of Said
Creek, thence North crossing Said Creek and up a branch to a double white oak
at a rock near the ore bank, thence East 154 poles to the beginning.
Supposed to contain 131 Acres. 2nd Tract, Containing by estimation 60 Acres
and bounded as follows viz: Beginning on a black walnut and a rock the
Northeast and beginning corner of the above described tract and near the
Spring branch of Sarah Montgomery running from Said black walnut and rock a
Northwest corner and conditional line 146 poles to a spanish oak, thence West
29 poles to a Spanish oak corner, thence South 103 poles to a stake and
pointers on the North boundary line of the above described 131 Acre tract,
thence East 136 poles to the beginning: to have and to ;hold unto the Said
Charles and W. T. Andersons their heirs and assigns forever, two & three
eights of the above described tracts of land, We covenant with thee Said
Charles & W. T. Anderson that we are lawfully seized and possessed of the
Said 2 3/8 of Said tracts of land and the Same is unincumbered and we have
good right to convey the same, we further covenant with the Said Charles
Anderson and Wm T. Anderson their heirs and assigns to forever warrant &
defend the title to Said 2 3/8 interest of Said land against the lawful
claims of all persons whomsoever. In witness whereof we have hereunto set
our hands and seals this 19th day of January A.D. 1875.
Interlined before Signed
Test F. M. Sims R. C. Pirtle Seal
John M. Anderson her
Ursley X Pirtle
Seal
mark
State of Tennessee |
White County | Personally appeared before me F. M. Sims Clerk of
the County Court of Said County, Robert C. Pirtle the within bargainer with
whom I am personally acquainted and acknowledged that he executed the within
Deed of conveyance for the purposed and things therein expressed and Ursley
C. Pirtle wife of the Said Robert C. Pirtle appeared before me Separate and
apart from her Said husband and acknowledged the execution of the foregoing
Deed to have been done by her freely voluntarily and understandingly, and for
the purposes and things therein named, without restraint or compulsion of her
said husband. Witness my hand at office the 19th day of January 1875.
F. M. Sims Clerk
Filed and noted in Reception Book, No. 2, page 9, January 20, 1875, at 3
O'Clock P.M.
William Holton,
Register
Transcribed By:
James R. Blanks
114 Somerset Lane
Tullahoma, TN 37388
August 15, 2001
Note: The previous deeds refer to land owned by Jesse A. Cooke, son of Robert
Cooks from his 2nd marriage. Jesse A. Cooke is buried in the Cooke Family
Cemetery near Shady Grove in White County TN. He was born March 12, 1826 and
died January 8, 1848 . He was not married.
