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This Indenture made this twenty third day of September
in the year Eighteen hundred and sixteen between
William Williams & Elizabeth his wife Dan Williams
and Salley his wife Duke Kimbrell and Betsey his
wife all of the County of Madison and state of Kentucky
of the one part: and Green Clay of the same
county and state of the other part witnesseth that the
said William Williams and Elizabeth his wife Dan Williams
and Salley his wife Duke Kimbrell and Betsey
his wife for and inconsideration of the sum of fifteen
hundred and fifty dollars to them in hand paid
the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge hath
granted bargained and sold and by these presents
do Grant Bargain Sell alien in fee off convey and
deliver to the said Green Clay his heirs and assigns
for Ever: a certain tract or parcell of land situate
lying and being in the county of Madison on the
waters of the Buffalo fork of Tates Creek and Jack's
Creek and bounded as follows to wit Beginning
at two hickories on a line of Green Clays & corner to the
land sold and conveyed by James Hockady & wife to Green
Clay, thence with said Clay's line S.55.W.36 poles to his
corner on a hill side near the head of [illegible]hallow at a white
oaktree thence north sixty one poles with another
line of said Clays to a Sugartree Saplin and Mulberry
tree a pointer corner to the land of said Duke
Kimbrell, thence with said Kimbrells line S.51.West
40 poles to his corner at a white oak poplar & beech
Saplin standing at the fork of a branch of Jacks
Creek thence running up the right hand fork as it