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     McNairy County, Tennessee Deed Book Y, pp. 200-1 30 December 1898

     T. [THOMAS] E. DEVAULT  to  J. P. WILLIAMSON

     60 acres

     Know all men by these presents: That T. E. DEVAULT and wife have
     this day bargained and sold to J. P. WILLIAMSON for the
     consideration of four hundred dollars to us in hand paid the
     following tract of land lying and being in McNairy County, State of
     Tennessee and bounded as follows:

     Beginning at a stake in the center of the Purdy and Savannah road at
     the mouth of ditch, runs North about twenty degrees, West 60 poles
     to a stake in the ditch and sweet gun pointers, then continuing
     North 8 1/2 degreees, West 94 poles to a spanish oak, dogwood, and
     two hickory pointers, then North 11 degrees, East 39 1/2 poles to a
     post oak, hickory and two dogwood pointers on the North line of the
     West end of G. W. Inman's South line, then West with said line 49
     poles to a ..... near G. W. INMAN'S house and a corner of the
     original tract, then South 76 poes to a post oak stump , the South
     East corner of G. W. INMAN'S land, then West 30 poles to a hickory
     and pointers, then South 84 poles to a stake in the creek, then down
     said creek in an eastern direction 52 poles to the bridge on the
     Savannah road, then in an Eastern direction with said Purdy and
     Savannah raod 44 poles to the beginning, containing sixty acres.

     To have and to hold the same to the said J. P. WILLIAMSON and his
     heirs forever, we covenant with the said J. P. WILLIAMSON that we
     are lawfully seized of said land and have a good right to convey the
     ame and that it is unencumbered in any way and we bind ourselves and
     heirs to warrant and forever defend the title of the same to the
     said J. P. WILLIAMSON and his heirs forever against the lawful
     claims of all persons.

     T. E. Devault M. S. Devault

     30 December 1898