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EC Butler To} Deed of Trust D. J. Williamson Registered April 2nd, 1857 SD Whitten, R.D.C. This Indenture made on this 31st day of March, 1857 between EC Butler of Dyer County Tenn of the First part & DJ Williamson of said County of the second part witnesseth that the said party iof the first part for and in consideration of One Dollar to him in hand the Reciept whereof is hereby acknowledged has sold and do by these presents sell grant & convey to the said party of the second part a certain Lot of Tobacco of about two Thousand pounds it being all of the Tobacco I now have. This salw is intended as a security for the payment of One Hundred & Eighteen 82/100 dollars ($118.82/100) due from the said party of the first part to D J Williamson [?] for goods & merchandise for the year 1855. Also Eighty two Dollars & twenty four cents for goods & merchandise for the year 1856 to the same firm. Now if the said party of the first part should pay off the said debts by the time the said Tobacco is ready to ship say in one month then this sale to be void and if default should or shall be made in the payment of the said as aforesaid two debts with all interest then the party of the second part is hereby authorized to ship & sell the said tobacco in New Orleans and Satisfy the said two debts paying the one first mentioned & then the next and all expenses in the premises & the balance if any to me. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the day and year first above written. Test HF Ferguson EH Moore State of Tennessee} Dyer County } Personally appeared before me RM Tarrant Clerk of the County Court of Said County EC Butler the within named Bargainer with whom I am personally acquainted and acknowledged the execution of the foregoing Deed of Trust for the purposes therein contained. Witness my hand at office this 31st day of March A D 1857. Recd March 31st 1957 At 4 O'Clock PM NOTE: This deed was found in Dyer County Deeds Book K, Page 475. It is transcribed as written.
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