MISC LAND RECORDS, YELL COUNTY, AR
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This file contains the following documents:
- F.H. Smith and his wife Sealy Jane Smith to Trustees of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South
- Deed - Elias and Sarah Cathey to John Connally
- Plat of James B. Jameson Land by W.D. Briggs
YELL COUNTY, AR DOCUMENTS
Yell County Arkansas August the 18th AD 1877
Know all men by these Presents That I F.H. Smith for and in
consideration of the sum of Five dollars to me in hand paid by the
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, To wit Jacob McCarty,
R.L. Pilgrim, W.L. Buford, Z.P. Ford and I.M. Tatum, Trustees in trust
herein after mentioned of the other part all of the County of Yell
and state of Arkansas witnesseth that the said F.H. Smith and his wife
Sealy Jane Smith for and in consideration of the sum of Five dollars to
them in hand paid at or upon the sealing and delivery of these presents
the said receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have given granted
bargained sold released and conveyed and by these presents have given
granted bargained sold released and conveyed unto them the said Jacob
McCarty, R.L. Pilgrim, W.L. Buford, Z.P. Ford and I.M. Tatum and their
successors Trustees in trust for the uses and purposes hereinafter
mentioned and declared all the estate right title interest property
claim and demand whatsoever either in law or in equity which he the
said F.H. Smith and his wife Sealy Jane Smith have unto and upon all and
singular a certain lot or piece of land situated lying and being in the
County and state aforesaid and described as follows to wit one square
acre lying on the north and south line lying in the SoEast corner
Section Nineteen North East Quarter of the North East Quarter it being
a part of The North East Quarter of the North East Quarter containing
one square acre in the South east corner all in Township four North of
range twenty two west containing in the aggregate one square acre to hold
all and singular described as aforesaid with all the aforesaid privileges
unto the said Trustees and successors in office forever in trust that
they shall erect and build or cause to be erected and built thereon a
house or place of worship for the use of the members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South according to the rules and discipline which from
time to time may be agreed upon and adopted by the ministers and preachers
of the said church at their General Conference and in further trust and
confidence that they shall at all times forever hereafter permit such
ministers and preachers belonging to said church as shall from time to
time be duly authorized by the General Conference of the Ministers and
preachers of the said Methodist Episcopal Church South or by the annual
conference to preach and expound God's holy word therein and the said
F.H. Smith do by these presents warrant and forever defend all and
singular the before mentioned and described lot or piece of land with
all The appurtanances [sic] thereto belonging unto them the said Jacob
McCarty, R.L. Pilgrim, W.L. Buford, Z.P. Ford, and I.M. Tatum and to
their successors chosen and appointed as aforesaid from the claims of
him the said F.H. Smith his heirs and assigns and from the claims of
all other persons whatever in testimony whereof the said F.H. Smith and
his wife Sealy Jane Smith have hereto set their hands and seals day and
year aforesaid.
F.H. Smith
{Seal}
C.J. Smith
{Seal}
[Note: Her signature is truly C.J. Smith, not S.J. Smith per the body of
the document.]
State of Arkansas
County of Yell
Be it remembered that on this day came before the undersigned a just of
peace within and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and acting
as such Frederick H. Smitha and Cealy J. Smith his wife to me well known
personally and to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the
foregoing deed and the said Frederick H. Smith and Cealy J. Smith
acknowledged that they had executed the said deed for the consideration
and purposes therein mentioned and set forth and the said Cealy J. Smith
being by me first made acquainted with the contents of said instrument
acknowledged on an examination apart from her husband that she executed
the same freely and without compulsion or undue persuasion of her said
husband. Given under my hand on this 13th day of July A.D. 1878.
Daniel L. Smith, J.P.
State of Arkansas
County of Yell
I, W.W. Brooks, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-Officio Recorder,
within and for the said County of Yell and State aforesaid, do hereby
certify that the annexed instrument of writing was filed in my office for
record, on the 31st day of January A.D. 1880, and that the same is now
duly recorded in Record Book G, Page 474 and 475.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal, at my office, this the 31st day of January A.D. 1880.
W.W. Brooks, Clerk
[Note: This may be recorded in Record Book 7 - the handwriting is
unclear.]
Submitted by: Karen Groce
kag1@ra.msstate.edu
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Deed - Elias and Sarah Cathey to John Connally
This Deed of Conveyance made and executed at the Township of Lower
Lafave within the County of Yell in the State of Arkansas this the
24th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty by and from Elias Cathey and Sarah Cathey of the County and
State aforesaid of the first part hereto and with John Connally of
the County and State aforesaid party of the second part hereto witnesseth
that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the
sum of thirty three dollars by the said party of the second part at and
before the ensealing and delivery of these presents unto them in hand
paid the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained
and sold aliened and conveyed and do hereby grant bargain and sell alien
and convey unto the said party of the second part the hereinafter described
track or parcel of land namely the North half of the North East Quarter of
the North East Quarter of Section twenty four in Township four Range
Twenty three ... twenty acres more or less ... County in the State of
Arkansas ... with all and singular the appurtenances to the said premises
belonging.
To have and to hold the above granted track or parcel of land and
premises unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns
forever and the said parties of the first part and their heirs shall
and will warrant and defend the same unto the said party of the second
part his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims of all persons
whatsoever. And the said Sarah Cathey wife of the said Elias Cathey for
and on her part and behalf does hereby freely and fully relinquish and
release unto the said party of the second part all her right and claim
to dower in and to the aforesaid granted and bargained premises.
In witness whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto set
their hands and affixed their seals at Yell County the day and year herein
before written.
Elias Cathey {Seal}
Seah (x) Cathey {Seal}
Signed sealed and delivered in the presents of
James M. Ryan
W.A. Carter
[Note: There indication of recording of this document.]
Submitted by: Karen Groce
kag1@ra.msstate.edu
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Plat of James B. Jameson Land by W.D. Briggs
Called on by James B. Jameson on this 6th day of March 1860 to survey
tract of land it being the NW fr 1/4 of section 19 and the W 1/2 of NE
1/4 of sec 19 Township 4 North Range 22 West commencing at the NW corner
of section 19 run south 40 chains [forward?] No. 1/2 mile corner made
corner on a Pos tOak 18 in. in diameter marked with a crop and below with
the initials JB & BT thence East at a variation of 7 E 53 chs 84 L made
corner stake from which willow oak 14 in. bears N 33 1/2 W 14 L m JJ&BT
thence North 38 chs 75 L with a variation 8 degrees E to section line made
corner stake from which a Hickory 12 in. bears S 16 1/2 W 24 L on JJ&BT
thence to the beginning 55 chs the following Plat laid down on a scale
of 20 chs to the inch.
Surveyed and Plated by W.D. Briggs Yell County surveyor and certifide
[sic] to be correct as above given. Fees: surveying $3.00, Plat $.50,
Record $.50, Calculation $.50, Hier [sic] of hands $1.50. Total $6.00.
[Note: The plat drawn has dimensions: 40 chains by 55 chains by 38
chains 75L by 53 chains 84 L, and is described as 213 & 54/100 acres.
To me this is not obvious from the description given above by the surveyor.]