William1 & Connell
To – Deed 150 Acres 
Echols & Frazier
Registered March 8th, 1856
Stephen D. Whitten R. D. C.

This indenture made and entered into this 13th day of February A. D. 1856 – between D. J. Williamson 
and Thomas J. Connell of the County of Dyer and State of Tennessee of the one part and J. W. Echols and 
Thos J. Frazier of the same county and State of the other part  Witnesseth that for and in consideration of 
the some of Nine Hundred and Seventy three Dollars in hand paid the receipt of which is hereby 
acknowledged the said Williamson is Trustee and Thomas J. Connell as purchased do hereby convey to 
the said Echols and Frazier all our right title interest and claim in and to the following Tract of land lying 
and being situated to Butler Phillips and McNairy bounded as follows Beginning at a stake with a 
Dogwood Poplar Sweet Gum and Black Gum Pointers the South West cornet of Lot No 14 in the 
Division of said original tract Thence South One Hundred and fifty poles to a Poplar with a Poplar and 
two Black Gum pointers on the South boundary line of said original tract thence East with said line one 
hundred and sixty poles to a sweet gum with a sugartree Ash and Hornbeam pointers thence North One 
Hundred Fifty poles to a stake thence West One Hundred and fifty acres more or less which tract of land 
was sold was sold on the 7th day of October1854 by said Williamson under a deed of Trust executed by 
John R. Robbins on the 12th day of February A. D. 1853 and was purchased by the said Thomas J. 
Connell for the sum of Nine Hundred dollars the aforesaid sum of nine Hundred and Seventy Three 
Dollars being in full for the purchase money and interest thereon up to this date the said land is therefore 
hereby redeemed by the said Echols & Frazier and we the said Thos J. Connell and D. J. Williamson do 
hereby quit claim and relinquish all claim whatever unto the said Echols & Frazier theirs heirs and 
assigns forever in and to said land with all and singular the appurtenances belonging to the same.  
Witness our hands and seal this 13th day of February A. D. 1856.
 Signed Sealed and Delivered
                                                          DJ Williamson Trustee {Seal}
                                                          Thomas J. Connell {Seal}

State of Tennessee)
Dyer County)  On this 13th day of February 1856 Personally appeared before me DJ Williamson and 
Thomas J. Connell both being personally know to me and acknowledged the execution of the foregoing 
deed  to be their act and deed for the purposes therein contained.  Given under my hand this day and year 
above written.                                   R. M. Tarrant    Clerk
                                                 of the county court
Recd Feby 15th 1856 at}
9 O'Clock a.m.        }

NOTE:  This Deed was found in deed book H on pages 467 & 468.  It is transcribed as written with many 
grammatical errors.

1 This is DJ Williamson.  It was a mistake written at time of registration.

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