Murray County, Georgia
Deed
Record Book G, Page 455
Summary: In this Lumpkin County, Georgia, deed (filed in Murray County, Georgia), on 26 September 1840, A.B. Barker binds himself unto Peter Hedrick, for a total obligation of $425, under the following condition: A.B. Barker sells land lot 282 in the 8th District, Third Section, of Murray County, Georgia, to Peter Hedrick, receiving from Peter a promissory note for $262.50, due 26 December 1841. If A.B. Barker makes good the title to the land whenever the note is due, then the above obligation of $425 will be null and void; otherwise, it remains in force.
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A.
B. Barker }
Bond
to }
Peter
Hedrick }
Georgia Lumpkin County }
Know all men by these
presents that I A. B. Barker am held and firmly bound unto Peter Hedrick in the
final sum, of four hundred and twenty five dollars for the true payment of
which sum to the said Peter Hedrick I bind myself my heirs &c severally
& firmly by these presents in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 26th day of September 1840. The condition of the above
obligation is such that whereas the said A. B. Barker has this day sold unto
the said Peter Hedrick one lot of land Number 282 two hundred & eighty two
in the eighth district of the third section of originally Cherokee now Murray
County for which the said Peter Hedrick has made & executed his promissory
note for 262½ two hundred & sixty
two & a half dollars due the twenty fifth of December in the year eighteen
hundred & forty one if the said A. B. Barker shall make or cause to be made
good & sufficient titles to the said lot or parcel of land whenever the
said note shall be due & paid then this obligation to be null & void
else to remain in full force & virtue in law in witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal the day & date above written.
Signed sealed & delivered
in presence of
Bozzel Lowrey }
John Hedrick }
February 28th 1841
I assign }
the within land to
William }
W.
Anderson for value receivd }
of him Peter Hedrick }
A. B. Barker {seal}
Recorded & certified for
the 27th Oct 1848
Robert McCamy Clk
_________________________
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Transcription notes: Transcribed by dkp, 2014, from my
photocopy of the deed record on file at Murray County
courthouse. “Lumpkin
County” in the transcript
heading is not an error—it is in the deed record. Apparently the bond was
executed in Lumpkin and a copy filed in Murray.
