Territory of Florida }
St. Johns County } Know all men by these presents, that I
George I. F. Of Florida County aforesaid, in consideration of the
sum of Two thousand Dollars to me in hand paid, by the Hon'ble J.M. Berrien
of Georgia and the Hon'ble R.H. Wilde of the same State, the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge, have remited, released, and forever quit claimed &
by these presents, do remit, release, and forever quit claim, unto the said John
Macpherson Berrien, and Richard H. Wilde, their heirs and assigns, all the
right and title, which I the said George I.F. Clarke, have, or ought to have
to the following Lands, Situated in the Eastern of this Territory Viz, One thousand
acres, being and laying, at a place called Darcy's Creek, near the River Santaffe
being a part of a fifteen thousand acre grant made by the Spanish Govern
ment to George Atkinson, of whom I the said Clarke purchased a portion
and One thousand acres being and laying at a place called Tallahassee in
the Neighborhood of Alachua, and is a part of twenty six thousand acre
grant, made me the said Clarke, by the late Spanish Government as
will more fully appear by translated copies of the Surveys and Certificates
executed under said Spanish Government and hereunto annexed To have
and to hold the aforesaid two tracts of Land, making two thousand acres
with all and singular, their privileges and appurtenances, belonging or in
any wise appertaining thereto, unto the said J.M. Berrien & R.H. Wilde
their heirs and assigns, to their own proper use and behoof forever, so that
neither I the said George I. F. Clarke, nor my heirs, nor any person or persons
claiming under me or them, shall at anytime hereafter, by any way or
means have, claim, or demand any right or title to the aforesaid premises
or appurtenances, or any part or parcel thereof - In Witness whereof
I have Hereunto, set my hand & seal this thirteenth day of March in the
year of Our Lord, Eighteen hundred and thirty.-
Signed Sealed & delivered
in presence of attest Note struck out in the fourteenth line
Joseph B. Lancaster "purchased" interlined between the
Wm Livingston twenty second & twenty third line "unto"
George I.F. Clarke (L.S.)
Recorded this 29th day of July 1830
John C. Richards Clk A.C.C.
Transcribed from the Original Record Book pages 207 & 208 1st July 1840
James McNeill Clk
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