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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 we E C Bailey and Mrs M J Bailey
                                                                  of the aforesaid County and State, for and 
in consideration of the sum of Eighty Dollars                                                                
to us in hand paid by O G Roberts
of the County of Monticello               in the State of Georgia            the receipt whereof
we do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained, sold and conveyed, and by these presents do grant, bargain,
sell and convey unto him the said O G Roberts
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:
Beginning fifteen (15) feet from the center of the Florida Southern
Railway track running most six hundred and twenty five (625) feet
along the North line of Section Thirty Two (32) Township Nine
(9) Range Twenty (20) Thence South Two hundred and Eighty feet
thence East six hundred and Twenty five (625) Thence
North Two hundred and Eighty (280) feet to point of begin-
ning
containing by estimation Four (4) 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 him the said O G Roberts
and to his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, in fee simple absolute.  And we the said 
E C Bailey and Mrs M J Bailey
do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said O G Roberts
that we are lawfully seized in fee of the property herein and hereby conveyed, and that we are 
have good and lawful right to sell and convey the same; that the same is free from all encumbrances of any kind whatsoever, and that 
we will and our heirs, executors and administrators shall and will forever warrant and defend the same unto 
him the said O G Roberts
and to his 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 seals on this 
12th day of November A. D. 1883
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us as witnesses:                   E C Bailey {SEAL}
O B Bailey                                                                         M J Bailey {SEAL}
Ino T Meadon                                                                          {SEAL}
                                                                          {SEAL}
Notary Public
                      The State of FLORIDA, Alachua County.
       I Hereby Certify that on the 12th day of November before me personally 
appeared Mrs. M J Bailey
wife of E C Bailey 
the grantor in the foregoing conveyance, who being first duly questioned 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 official Seal
A J DaCosta                                                                         M J Bailey {SEAL}
Notary Public
                       The State of FLORIDA, Alachua County.
       Before me personally appeared E C Bailey
and Mrs M J Bailey
to me well known, as the identical person described in and who executed the foregoing deed of conveyance 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
12th                                                                                 day of November 1883
A J DaCosta 
Notary Public state at
Large                                                                               
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
Filed 13th                                               day of November A. D. 1883
Recorded 20th                                            day of December A. D. 1883
Transcribed by Karen McColl 29 March 2023
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