This Indenture made and entered into the twenty sixth
day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty
one Between George I. F. Clark of the City of St.
Augustine East Florida of the one part and Joseph
and Charles Lawton of the City of Charleston So
Carolina of the second part Witnesseth that for
and in consideration of Two hundred
and twenty four Dollars to me in hand paid, the
receipt where of is hereby acknowledged. I have granted
bargained sold and delivered and by these presents
do grant bargain sell and deliver unto the said Joseph
and Charles Lawton of the second part their heirs
and assigns for ever all that or parcel of land
lying and being in the County of Alachua containing
one thousand acres more or less bounded on the
west by lands sold by me to Waters Smith by
two deeds bearing date the one on the eleventh day
of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty
nine, the other dated the fourth day of August one thous
and eight hundred and thirty for one thousand
acres each both of which sa deeded to the
said Waters Waters Smith are duly recorded
in the County Court of Alachua Book A page
291 & Book A page347 and are hereby refered to
for greater certainty in the premises on the North
by a tract of three thousand acres belonging to
Domingo Fernandez and on the South and east
by lands of the United States at Cooly Creek
San Falaska hammock county of Alachua
east of the road called Rails Trail being the
North east end part of a three thousand acre tract
purchased by the party of the first part from Do
mingo Fernandez which said three thousand acres
is a part of a survey of six thousand acres and
which six thousand acres is also itself a part
of an absolute grant of sixteen thousand acres
made by Governor Coppinger of East Florida
on the sixteen day of March one thousand |