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to the said Instrument of writing as Grantor
thereof, who being by me privately examined
separate and apart from her said husband
acknowledged to me Commissioner, that she
signed sealed and delivered said Instrument
of writing on the day & in the year therein
stated, & for the uses & purposes therein
mentioned, as her voluntary proper act
and deed free and without any fears
thereat on Compulsion of, or on the part
of, her said husband.

In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of Office at New Orleans
aforesaid this 21st day of February A.D. 1855.

Signed Marcells A Fonte
Commissioner of Mississippi
in and for Louisiana.

{seal}

State of Mississippi
Bolivar County

Personally appeared
be Thos. H. Christmas an acting Justice of
the Peace in and for the County of Bolivar
and State of Mississippi A. Hamilton Polk
whose name is attached to the foregoing deed
who acknowledged that he signed sealed and
delivered the same on the day and year
therein written, and for the purposes therein
specified as his voluntary act and deed-
Also appeared Emily Polk wife of the said
A. Hamilton Polk, who upon a private
examination separate and apart from