It has been quite a few tomorrows since I sent the following email to the list. As I have already told Sharon the these documents shed no further light on Edward's heirs including young William Mayes son of Edward's second marriage to Sarah Roach. Anyway entered directly after the deed that I transcribed and sent to the list (see below) were the following two documents' State of Tennessee Grainger County Personally appeard before Me M. Goldman clerk of the the county court of said county James G. mayse Hamilton Roach David Yates Mary kidwell Robert owens and Phebe Mayse part of the within named bargainers with whom I am personally acquainted and who awknowledged that they Executed the within Instrument for the purposes therein contained. witness my hand at aoffices this 13 day of november A. D. 1866. M. Goldman clk. and Julia C. Roach Elizabeth Yates and nancy owens wives of the said hamilton Roach david yates and Robert owens having appeared before me privately and a part from their said husbands and have??? awknowledged the Execution of said deed to have been done by them freely intentionally and understandingly without compulsion or constraint from their said husbands and for the purposes therein Expressed witness M Goldman Clerk of said Court at office the 13th day of November 1866 M. Goldman clk Bye for Now Gail in MO ----- Original Message ----- From: Gail Roorda <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:07 Subject: [TNGRAING-L] Heirs of Edward Mayes February 1866 > Dear all, > > As I said in my last letter to the list re Solomon 1810 census lookup I have > had little chance to research. However I did finally get a chance to get a > photocopy of the document heirs of Edward Mayes from the film I had ordered > at the FHC in St. Joe. > > You are all forwarned, I trancribed this document fairly rapidly. Usually I > spend hours transcribing and carefully checking and rechecking things, but > |I have tried to be as accurate as I have time to be. <Very Big Grin> > > Deed from heirs of Edward Mayes deceased to John Mayes. > > We James G. Mayes, Hamilton roach and his wife Caroline Roach formerly > Caroline Mayse, David yates and his wife Elizabeth Yates formerly Elizabeth > Mayse mary Kidwell formerly mary mayse robert owens and his wife nancy owens > and Phebe mayse heirs at law of Edward mayse deceased for the consideration > of one hundred and fifty dollars paid or ? to be paid the Receipt of which > is hereby acknowledged have this day bargained sold and conveyed to John > Mayse and his heirs forever our undivided interest in a certain tract of > land situate in Grainger County Tennesssee in the 5th Civil District of > which the said county which the said Edward mayse dide seized adjoining the > lands of Samuel Jones John Mayse Enos Hammers and the land formerly owned by > s? A Brooks now owned by Absolum Cameron containing twenty??? five acres > more or less to have and to hold the same the said John mayse and his heirs > forever?? do covenant to and with the said John mayse that we are lawfully > seized of said land havc a good right to convey it and the same is > unencumbered and we do further covenant that we will ever defend the title > to said land both in law and Equity witness our hands and seals this > February 14?? 1866. > > It is impossible to reproduce the signatures accurately since the plain text > permitted in lists doesn't allow formatting. > > The following names were preceeded by acknowlege or various abbreviations of > acknowlege with seal afterwards and interspersed with his mark or her mark > and the marks etc. > > The signatotories were James G. Mayes, Hamilton Roach, Julia C. Roach, David > Yates, Elizabeth Yates, Mary Kidwell, Robert Owerns, Nancy Owens, Phebe > Mayse. > > More tomorrow, > > Gail > > > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to [email protected] > >