26 August 1841

 

 

 

 

 

John McAninch

 

 

To

Deed

Registered the 19th day of February 1842

Ferguson McAninch &c [etc.]

 

 

Know all by these presents that I John McAninch of Giles County, Tennessee, have this day for

and in consideration that Alexander Ferguson, John H. McAninch and Samuel D. McAninch have

agreed to bear the burden and make the payment which I now owe for the steam sawmill that is to

say to Amis and Underwood and such other debts as may now be a claim upon my landed estate by

Judgement or otherwise the amount supposed to be about twenty five hundred dollars, they are each

to pay an equal portion with myself and in consideration that they have agreed to pay their proportion

respectively. I have sealed, aliened, conveyed and by these presents do alien and convey to the said

Ferguson, John H. McAninch and Samuel D. McAninch as tenants in common with me, they each

holding one part, and I one, so that I + the said Ferguson + John H. + Samuel D. are to be tenants in

common of the Steam Saw Mill and the land thereto attached in said County Also three fourths of all

the rest of my Real Estate in said County where I now live + the saw mill tract is hereby conveyed for

the consideration aforesaid, and I the said John McAninch for myself my heirs executors &c, do by

these presents agree to warrant the title of the said land and saw mill to the said Ferguson, John H. +

Samuel in their respective portions

Given under my hand and seal the 26th day of August 1841

[no witnesses listed]

John McAninch {seal}

 

State of Tennessee Giles County

Personally appeared before me Edward D. Jones Clerk of the County Court of Giles County the

within named John McAninch with whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledged that

he executed the within deed for the purposes therein contained

Witness my hand at office this 6th day of September A.D. 1841

E.D. Jones Clerk

 

Recorded 19 February 1842, Giles County Deed Book P pg.420

 

Transcribed from Deeds, v. O-P, 1839-1842, TSLA film EX 19936, LDS film 968,859

[Tennessee State Library and Archives], Saturday, 13 Dec. 2003, FHC, Atlanta Ave., H.B. /Frank