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This indenture
made & entered into this 26th day of June one thousand eight
hundred and fifty one between David Robertson of the one part
and Wm H Allen of the other part all of the County of Clay &
State of Kentucky witnesseth that the said David Robertson for
& in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to him
in hand paid by the said Wm H Allen the receipt whereof the said
David Robertson does hereby acknowledge has given granted bargained,
sold & covey unto the said Wm H Allen a certain tract or parcel
of land situate, lying & being in the County of Clay on Goose
Creek and bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at a rock at the
mouth of a small drain on the north bank of Goose Creek thence
N 21 E 76 poles to 2 white oaks on a point of the ridge thence
up said point N 19 W 18 poles to 2 white oaks, sourwood, &
beech, thence N 17 W 48 to 2 black gums hickory and poplar near
the head of the Turnip Patch Branch thence S 27 W 102 poles to
a rock thence S 4 W to a rock on the bank of Goose Creek at a
fish trap known as Etherons thence S 76 east 43 poles to the beginning
containing by survey about thirty and a half acres. To have &
to hold the above said land and premises to the only proper use
and benefit & behoof of him the said William H Allen his heirs
& assigns forever And the said David Robertson for himself
& his heirs does covenant & agree to and with the said
Wm H Allen to warrant and forever defend the above described tract
of land to the said Wm H Allen his heirs or assigns from &
against the claims of himself & his heirs & from &
against the claim or claims of all & every other person or
persons claiming under through or by him but from no other or
others. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
the day & date above written.
David Robertson
Commonwealth
of Kentucky Clay County, to wit: I William Woodcock Clerk of the
County Court aforesaid certify that this deed from David Robertson
& wife to Wm H Allen was this day produced to me in my office
& acknowledged by the grantors according to law to be their
act and deed whereupon the same together with the foregoing certificate
have been duly admitted to record in my office.
Given under
my hand this 24th day of April 1852
William Woodcock
Clerk
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