Deed from

Leonard Livingston Binkley to A. M. Stevens

Dated 14 Dec 1893


Dyer County Deeds Book 8, pg 157

Warranty Deed
L.[eonard] L.[ivingston] BINKLEY et al
To
A.M. STEVENS Lumber Co.

Rec'd Dec 18, 1893 at 1 1/3 o'clock P.M. by J. T. BOON

Know all men that for and in consideration of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) to me in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and a further consideration of the surrender of the note given them by A. K. EDWARDS dated Dec. 29th 1890 for balance of purchase money I, L. L. BINKLEY of Dunklin Co., Mo. Have this day bargained and sold, and do by these presents bargain, sell and convey, and do acquit and release unto A. M. STEVENS Lumber Co. a firm composed of G. E. SCOTT, J. M. BRACKIN, E. M. KING and Frank SUMMERS all of Dyer County Tenn. All of that piece and parcel of land known as the TWILLA place lying in the 10th civil district of Dyer County, Tenn. It being the land conveyed to said A. M. STEVENS Lumber Co., to A. K. EDWARDS Dec. 29th 1890 and A. K. EDWARDS and wife to me Oct. 19th 1892.

--Beginning 57 poles East of the North West corner of the land conveyed by D. T. DOYLE to H. C. TWILLA it being the North East corner of W. B. TWILLA;s 20 acre tract of land bought of H. C. TWILLA, thence East 95 poles to the North East corner (it being the North West corner of the Joshua WEAKLY 134 acre tract of land) thence South with the said WEAKLY's boundary line 100 poles to a stake in said line-thence West 30 poles to a stake, thence North 14 ½ poles to a stake-thence West parallel with the South boundary line TWILLA tract 122 poles to a stake in the West boundary line of Thomas MARSHALL's 640 acre tract of which this is a part-thence North 34 ½ poles to the South West corner of said W. B. TWILLA's 20 acre tract on said line-thence East 57 poles to said W. B. TWILLA's South East corner-thence North 57 poles to the beginning-containing by estimation 69 and ¾ acres. -To have and to hold the said land to the said A. M STEVENS Lumber Co. their heirs and assigns forever. And I covenant with the said A. M. STEVENS Lumber Co., that I am lawfully seized of said land and have a good right to convey the same, and that it is unencumbered except the aforesaid note to be surrendered on the receipt of this deed. And I further covenant that I warrant and will forever defend the title to said land against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever. In witness thereof I the said L. L. BINKLEY and T. J. BINKLEY wife of said grantor in token of her release of all right and title of or to dower in the granted premises, and all my right, interest and claim or estate in the said premises, under the homestead laws of the State of Tennessee, or any other statuary provisions thereof have here unto set our hands this 14th day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Interlineations and erasures made before signing. I witness whereof the said part has hereunto set their hand and Seal the day and year first above within signed Sealed and delivered in the presents of
Judson ROBINSON
J. J. GRAHAM

               L. L. BINKLEY (seal)
               T. J. BINKLEY (seal)


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