White County Tennessee
Deed Book 26; Pages 76-77

Samuel S. Hooper	|
	to		|     Deed
Foster A. Pirtle	|
	We Samuel S. Hooper & Mary Hooper do hereby relinquish and transfer all 
our right and claim to Foster A. Pirtle for the love and affection we have 
for him the aforesaid Foster A. Pirtle his heirs and assigns the following 
tract or parcel of land Situated in the County of White and State of 
Tennessee on the waters of the Caney Fork.  Containing by estimation Two 
Hundred and Twenty Nine Acres more or less, and bounded as follows, to wit: 
Beginning on a post oak the Northwest corner of said Hopper's two hundred 
acre tract, thence South with a line of the same forty seven poles to Sweet 
gum in a pond, thence West one hundred and ten poles to a post oak, thence 
North crossing the Carthage Road at one hundred poles in all one hundred and 
seventy two poles to a maple with gum and white oak pointers in the Swamp, 
thence East passing Crowder's corner, at Sixty eight poles, and with a 
conditional line in all two hundred and eighty three poles to a rock, thence 
South with Crowder's line seventy two and one half poles to a rock, inside 
line, thence West thirty three poles to a black oak and hickory pointers, 
thence South thirty five degrees West with a drain sixty six poles to a post 
oak and post oak pointers, thence North eighty five degrees West, one hundred 
and five poles to the beginning together with the appurtenances thereunto 
belonging, to have and to hold the aforesaid tract of land with the 
appurtenances and advantages to the proper use and benefit and behoof of him 
the aforesaid Foster A. Pirtle his heirs and assigns forever, and the 
aforesaid Samuel S. Hooper, the right, title, interest, claim and demand of 
any for the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with the appurtenances unto him 
the aforesaid Foster A. Pirtle his heirs and assigns forever, will warrant 
and forever defend against the claim or demand of all manner of persons on 
whatsoever claiming under him.  In testimony whereof the said Samuel S. 
Hooper, and Mary Hooper, hath hereunto subscribed their hands and sealed and 
dated the year written, Feb. 12th 1878.
Attest	A. C. Hooper							Samuel S. 
Hooper
	J. L. Pirtle								her
									Mary    X    Hooper
										mark

State of Tennessee	|
DeKalb County	|     Personally appeared before me E. J. Evans, Clerk of 
the County Court of DeKalb County Tennessee, Samuel S. Hooper the with named 
bargainor with whom I am personally acquainted with & he acknowledged the 
within deed to be his act & deed, August 3rd 1878.

Filed and noted in Reception Book No. 2, page 27, August 5, 1878 at 1 O'Clock 
P.M.
									William Holdon, 
Register






S. E. Hooper		|
	to		|     Deed
J. L. Pirtles heirs	|
	We Samuel S. Hooper and wife Mary Hooper have this day bargained and 
sold and do hereby transfer and convey to the heirs of Jacob L. Pirtle and 
their heirs forever, for the consideration of Five Dollars to us paid, and 
other valuable considerations, a tract of land in the State of Tennessee, 
White County, and District No. 5.  Containing by estimation One Hundred and 
Thirty Eight Acres, be the same more or less, and bounded as follows: 
Beginning on a rock (formerly a black walnut corner) in what was Robt. Cooks 
line, running Eastwardly to the ford of the Creek or branch, thence up said 
Creek with its meanders passing the head of the Spring to a white oak at the 
mouth of a hollow, thence up said hollow a direct line made by John Cantrell 
and Smith Cantrell heirs a representatives of Aaron Cantrell, dec'd, to a 
stake outside of the fence on the East side of said Smith Cantrells part of 
said farm, thence Northwardly a new chopped line to a post oak, thence 
Eastwardly to a black oak standing on the line of (then Richard Crowder), 
thence South with said line to a stake in Cooks line, thence West with Cooks 
line to a small white oak sapling his Northwest corner at the mouth of a 
hollow, thence up said hollow a marked line towards the cypress Swamp to a 
small black oak sapling, Geo. Pirtles corner, thence West with said Pirtles 
line to a post oak in the East boundary line of Robt. Cooks tract of land, 
whereon he then lived, thence North with said Cooks line 70 poles to the 
beginning, to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with its 
appurtenances to the said heirs of Jacob L. Pirtle, dec'd, and their heirs 
forever.  I covenant with said heirs that I am lawfully seized of said land, 
have a good right to convey it.  I further covenant and bind myself, my heirs 
or representatives to warrant and defend the title to said land against the 
claims of all persons claiming through or under us and no further or 
otherwise.  Given under our hands and private seals the 30th day of July, 
A.D. 1878.
									Samuel S. Hooper   Seal

State of Tennessee	|
DeKalb County	|     Personally appeared before me E. J. Evans, Clerk of 
the County Court of DeKalb County, Tennessee, Samuel S. Hooper, the above 
named bargainor, with whom I am personally acquainted, and he acknowledged 
the above deed to be his act & deed for the purposes therein contained, 
August 3rd, 1878.
									E. J. Evans   Clk

Field and noted in Reception Book, No. 2, page 27, August 5, 1878, at 3 
O'Clock P.M.
									William Holton, 
Register


										Transcribed By:
										James R. Blanks
										114 Somerset Lane
										Tullahoma, TN 
37388
										August 4, 2001


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