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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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The State of Florida }
Alachua County       }     Know all men by these Presents:
      That Emma Cathcart & James Carthcart
of the aforesaid County and State, for and in consideration of the sum of Three Hundred
Dollars to us in hand paid by U.A. Wright Trustee for Jesse Edgar Wright & Royal 
Tomkies Wright Minors children of said U.A. Wright & Kisiah Wright
of the County of Alachua in the State of Florida the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, have granted, 
bargained, sold and 
conveyed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey unto them unto him the said U. A. Wright Trustee for Jesse Edgar Wright & Royal 
Tomkies Wright minors &c their heris & assigns
all that certain lot, piece, tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being in the County of Alachua, State of Florida particularly known and described as follows, to wit:
The South half of the North East quarter and the North half of the South East 
quarter section Thirty one in Township Eight South of Range Seventeen East 
containing by estimation One Hundred & Sixty acres of land, more or less, Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and
appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining.
             To Have and to Hold the same unto them the said U.A. Wright Trustee for Jesse Edgar Wright & Royal Tomkies
Wright &c
and to their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, in fee simple absolute. And we the said Emma Carthcart and James H. Carthcart 
do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said U.A. Wright Trustee for Jesse Edgar Wright & Royal 
Tomkies Wright minors &c
that we are lawfully seized in fee of the property herein and hereby conveyed, and that we have good and lawful right to sell and convey the same; that the same is free from all 
encumberances of any kind whatsoever, and that we will and will heirs, executors and administrators shall and will forever warrant and defend the same unto them the said
U.A. Wright Trustee for Jesse Edgar Wright & Royal Tomkies Wright Minors &c
and to their heirs, executors and administrators and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of any and all persons whomsoever now claiming or hereafter to claim the same.
   In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand on this fifth day of January 1883
     Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the
        presence of us as witnesses:                  Emma Carthcart {SEAL}
         F.P Olmsted                                  J.H. Carthcart {SEAL}
         S.A. Jones                                                  {SEAL}
                                                                     {SEAL}

The State of Florida }
Alachua County       }   I Hereby Certify that on the fifth day of January 1883
                             me personally appeared Mrs. Emma Carthcart
wife of James H. Carthcart the grantor in the foregoing conveyance, who being first duly qusetioned and examined by me, separate 
and apart from her said husband, says and acknowledges before me that she did sign the said deed of conveyance for the purpose 
of releasing, relinquishing and renouncing all her right of Dower in and to land in said deed described, and that the said 
Relinquishment and Renunciation of Dower was done and made by her freely and voluntarily, and without any compulsion, constraint, 
apprehension or fear of or from her husband.
         In Testimony Whereof I Have Hereunto Set My
            Hand and 
                                  {SEAL}
                                      F.P. Olmsted   {SEAL}
                                        Justice of Peace
The State of Florida}
 Alachua County     }   Before me personally appeared James H. Cathcart
and Emma Cathcart his wife
who acknowledges that they executed, signed and delivered the foregoing deed of conveyance for the uses and purposes 
therein contained and expressed.
Acknowledged and Subscribed before me this
 5th day of Jany 1883                                        
          F. P. Olmsted
          Justice of Peace
     Filed for Record 5th day of March 1883     J.A. Carlisle Clerk
         Recorded 8th day of March 1883            pr E.C. Wimberly DC      
Transcribed by Andy Anderson 17 November 2004
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