Book P, Volume 11, pages 228–229 (Book 276, p. 228)

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[register page number] 228

[preceding instrument's closing line of x's]

State of Tennessee,
County of Hamilton.   This Deed made this Fifth (5th) day of September, 1912 by Anderson Bryant, and A. E. Love, of Hamilton County, State of Tennessee to Anderson Bryant, A. E. Love, and Lizzie Dumas, Trustees of the African Methodist Episcool [sic, underscored in original — for Episcopal] Zion Church in America, of Hamilton County, State of Tennessee:

WITNESS, That said Anderson Bryant and A. E. Love in consideration of One ($1.00) Dollar to us in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, we hereby bargain, sell transfer and convey unto the said A. E. Love, Anderson Bryant, and Lizzie Dumas, Trustees, their associates and successor in office the following land in Hamilton County, Tennessee, located and situated in the Fourth Civil District, formerly the old Nineteenth Civil District of Hamilton County, Tennessee, and bounded as follows:-

The West forty-three (43) feet of Lots Number One (1) Two (2) and Three (3), in Block Four (4), in Lookout Mountain's Company's Addition Number Two (2), fronting Forty-three (43) feet on Ellen Street, and running back One Hundred & Fifty (150) feet of uniform width, more or less:

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, The same to the said A. E. Love and Anderson Bryant, and Lizzie Dumas, Trustees and their successors forever in fee simple:

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We covenant that we are lawfully seized and possessed of said Real Estate, have full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same, that the title is clear, free and unincumbered and we will forever warrant and defend the same against all lawful claim.

Witness our hands this Fifth (5th) days of September, 1912.

Geo. W. Yough  )
               ) Witness
G.W. Deas      )

                                        his
                              Anderson  X  Bryant
                                        mark
                                        her
                              Carrie    X  Bryant
                                        mark
                              A. E. Love, Georgia Love

State of Tennessee,
County of Hamilton.   Before me W. E. Hardison a Notary Public duly commissioned and qualified in and for the State aforesaid personally appeared Anderson Bryant and wife, Carrie Bryant, and A. E. Love and wife, Georgia Love, the within named bargainors, with whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledged the execution of the within instrument for the purposes therein contained, and Carrie Bryant, wife of Anderson Bryant, and Georgia Love, wife of A.E.Love, having appeared before me privately, and apart from their said husbands, the said Carrie Bryant, and Georgie Love, acknowledged the execution of the said deed to have been by them freely, voluntarily, and understandingly, without any compulsion or constraint from their said husbands, and for the purposes therein expressed.

Witness my hand and Notarial Seal at office this 5 day of September, 1912.

W. E. Hardison, Notary Public.          W. E. Hardison
Hamilton Co. Tenn.

State of Tennessee,
Hamilton County.   The above Deed and certificate were filed Oct. 14 1912, at 2:25 P.M., entered in Note Book No. 14, Page 501, and recorded in Book P, Volume 11, Page 228 et seq.

Witness my hand at office in Chattanooga, Tenn.

[signature in script, illegible — reads approximately "W. J. Springfield(?)"]   Register
                                                                                 Dep. Reg.

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