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United States \ To	J
fiilihu Carver )
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Tlie Tract Boole of Original Entries of Bovern-m^nt 1-and.s in Hancock County,Miss..certified to Jane 8th.. ,1900,137 James Hill,tlie then Register of the U.S.Land Office at Jackson?Miss,, and filed as a part of the records of said County on July 2nd.,19GBD, shows that Lots 7 & 8 of Section 10,Township 9,Range 14,was sold by the United States to Elihu Carver Aug.ll,1834,at the rate of &1.25 per acre,under Certificate $ 941. *
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Elihu Carver (Seal) her
Justin x, Carver (Seal).wife mark
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George Sheriff
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Sfce cial Warranty Deed.
Dated March 7,1835. Consideration:$144.00.
Conveys all that piece of land in Hancock County,Miss.-,situate on the West bank of the Bay of 3t
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Louis being the undevided half of the division No*7 & 8 of Section Ho. 10 Township Wo. 9,S* of Range Mo.14 with, the reserve of one arpent on the East boundary already sold to Alexander Gerard,together with, all appurtenances thereto belonging.
|igned in the presence of one witness.
Acknowledged March 7,1825,berore J. Monet,a Justice of the Peao# of Hancock County,Miss. Seal affixed. Separate examination for wife.
First filed for record and recorded July 26,1839,in Book D.,pages 464-465 of the Hancock County Deed Records;and,after the burning of the records of said County,filed for re-record on June 26th,. ,1854,and re-recorded on same day in Book B,pages 132-133 of said ?fincock Sounty ?~Deed Records. ....?-__________
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J.W.Pendleton and George Sheriff To
Major E.Carver & Julius ^onet,Esq_.
"We obligate ourselves to let- Major > E.Carver and Julius Monet,Esq.., divide the tract owned by ua bordering on Lake Bourne near the Bay St* Louis,giving each of us an equaL ?sm front upon the Lake,also an equal part of the whole tract of land. We agree to abide by their devifflion of the tract of land under the penalty of one thousand dollars. Uiven under our hands and seals this 8th. day of August,1836.
Attest-	J.W.Pendleton (Seal)
Willis H.Arnold.	Geo.Sheriff (Seal) "
The above agreement is recorded with the report of the survey and deed from Pendleton & wife to George Sheriff,in Book B,pages 130 &	131	,
of the Hancock County Deed Records.
Elihu Carver (Seal) and J.Monet (Seal) To
J.W.Pendleton & George Sheriff
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The following is the report,of sur-
vey and division made under the J	Agreement described in Item Ho."4
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)	"Whereas we !&lihu Carver and
Julius Monet were duly appointed1 pn the eighth day of August 1836 by J.W.Pendleton and Geo.Sheriff as':, arbitrators to dlvide"a certain tract of land containing one hundred? : acres,situated on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico,so as to give eadi an eq.ual front on the said Gulf and an equal quantity of the said land,' ?? ftnfl having accepted the said appointment,do make and publish the following as our award in the premises,that is to say the tract of land shall be divided ,and we accordingly devide the sameby a lihe commence on the said Gulf ^4 aha. and 40 Lka. *outh 50 degrees West of the place; where the section^line between sect. 10 & 11 township Ho.nine Range Ho*j 14 comes to the said shore, the said dividing line running from .-the ,?||| point of departure H.32 degrees W. 30 ch. xfa tne HV Dounufaxy of ~ne j;
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