Deed from

W. W. Turner & Wife to Mary E. Simmons

Dated 3 Jan 1887


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WW Turner & Wife
To} Deed
Mary E. Simmons
Recd. Jany 4, 1887
at 9 ½ O'clock AM
J T Boon R. D. C.

Know all men by these presents that we William W Turner and wife Martha A Turner have bargained and 
sold and do hereby bargain and sell and convey to Mary E. Simmons for the consideration of Seventeen 
Hundred Dollars the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the following described lot or parcel of land 
lying in Butterworths division of the Town of Dyersburg and described as follows: Beginning at the South 
west corner of Stevens Bros Lot running with his East boundary line North 4 1/4o W 19 poles 22 links to a 
stake; Thence south 87o 6-6 poles and 1/3 of a link to TJ Fragins West Boundary line; Thence with said line 
south 4 1/4o East 19 poles & 22 links to his south West corner; Thence North 87 1/2 o West 6 poles and 1/3 
of a links to the Beginning. To Have and to hold to the said Mary E. Simmons her heirs and assigns forever 
and we do hereby covenant and warrant that we have a good title to said lot or parcel of land and we 
guarantee the title to the same and promise to defend the title to the said Mary E. Simmons and her heirs 
against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever. Witness our hands and seals this 3rd day of January 
1887					WW Turner
					MA Turner
State Of Tennessee
Dyer County

Personally appeared before me WL Wilkerson Clerk of the County 

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Court of said County, the above named  WW Turner and MA Turner the bargainers, with whom I am 
personally acquainted, and acknowledged that they executed the above instrument for the purposes therein 
expressed, And MA Turner, wife of the said WW Turner having personally appeared before me privately 
and apart from her husband the said MA Turner acknowledged the execution of the said instrument to have 
been done by her freely, voluntarily, and understandingly without compulsion or constraint from her said 
husband, and for the purposes therein expressed Witness WL Wilkerson Clerk of said Court, at office, this 
4th day of January 1887.
							WL Wilkerson Clerk


NOTE:  This deed was found in Dyer County Deeds Book Z, Page 45-46.  It is transcribed as written with 
grammatical errors. 


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