Territory of Florida }
St. Johns County } Know all men by these presents that I George I.
F. Clarke of Territory and County aforesaid, in consideration of the sum of three
thousand Dollars to me paid by paid by Duncan L. Clinch Colonel of the United States
Army, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have remitted, released and
forever quit claimed, and by these presents do remit release and forever quit
claim, unto the said Duncan L. Clinch his heirs and assigns, All the right &
title which I the said George I.F. Clarke, have or ought to have to the following
Lands, Situated in the Eastern section of this Territory viz, A tract of One
thousand acres, laying at Spring Grove, alias Silver Spring, on the south west
side of Lake George, being a part of a four thousand acre tract made to me, the
said Clarke, by the late Spanish Government, of this Country, another tract of One
thousand acres, being a part of a four thousand acre grant made to Charles w.
Clarke, by the said Spanish Government, and sold by him to me the said George I.F.
Clarke, and which is situated on the westward of the big Savannah of Alachua
in Chachala Hammoc, another tract of One thousand acres, situated at a place called
Cedar, alias, Baggs Hammoc, to the south of Orange, alias, Thinells, Lake,
being a part of a two thousand acre grant made to me the said Clarke by the
said Spanish Government, and another tract of five hundred acres, being the
westermost moiety of a thousand acre grant made to me by the Spanish Govern
ment and located in the Picolata Swamp on the westward of the St. Johns River
To Have and to hold, the aforesaid four tracts or parcels of Land making
three thousand five hundred acres, which will now more particularly appear by these
several services and certificates, executed and the said Spanish Government
translated copies of which are hereunto annexed, unto the said Duncan
L. Clinch, with all and singular, the privileges and appurtenances belonging
or appertaining thereto, and to his heirs and assigns, to his and their proper
use and behoof, so that neither I the said Clarke nor my heirs nor any
person or persons claiming under me or them, shall at any time hereafter
by any way or means, have claim or demand, any right or title to the aforesaid
premises or appurtenances to 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 & thirty
Signed Sealed & delivered Note, on the first page and last line "tract"
in presence of Struck out and "grant" interlined above it
Joseph B. Lancaster
William Livingston George I.F. Clarke (L.S.) |