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Deed Book K, page 179, White County Courthouse, Sparta, Tennessee.
Witnessed 1 May 1837, Recorded 22 May 1837
(contributed by Sharon Minton Hill, 3/8/1998)
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John Franklin for
James Goard &
others
to James Dillon |
Know all men by these presents that we John Franklin and Margarett his wife, formerly Margarett Goard, Alexander Goard, Nathan Driver and Isabell his wife, George Wood and Margarett his wife, are held and firmly bound unto James Dillon in the penal sum of One Thousand and fifty dollars to be void on condition that the before mentioned John Franklin and Margarett his wife, formerly Margarett Goard, Alexander Goard, Nathan Driver and Isabell his wife George Wood and Margarett his wife, do make or cause to be made the titles of James Goard, Robert Goard1, and Ephraim Goard and the heirs of Robert Goard and Polly Dotson and will make a good title to the Thos. Goard, Ephraim Goard, James Goard, Robert Goard's deceased, heirs at law, Polly Dotson's dec'd heirs at law to their part of all the lands of James Goard, dec'd to the said James Dillon, his heirs and assigns forever, and it is positively understood that if the said Polly Dotson's heirs - Robert Goard's heirs, James Goard, Thomas Goard, Ephraim Goard, when they become of lawful age, do make a title of to all the land now owned by all the heirs at law and John Franklin, Then this obligation to be void. |
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Test: James Anderson
Judymon X Lane |
Signed, John Franklin Seal
Margarett X Franklin Seal
Alexander Goard Seal
Nathan X Driver Seal
Isabell X Driver Seal
George Wood Seal
Margarett Wood Seal |
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The children of James M. Goad (Goard) and Margaret Shockley were: Robert Peter Goad (m. Caroline Julie Ann Stephens)
Mary M. Goad (m. Eli Dodson) Thomas Goad (m. Elizabeth Rebecca Jones) Alexander S. Goad (m. (1) Jane Henderson (2) Jane Cantrell Wilmoth) Isabelle Goad (m. Nathan Driver)
Ephraim C. Goad (m. (1) Susannah E. Partridge (2) Nancy A. Fulton) James Madison Goad (M. Rebecca Fisher) Margaret Goad (m. George Wood) 1 At the time that this legal instrument was made, Robert Goad,
Mary Goad Dodson and Eli Dodson were deceased. In the line which includes "the titles of James Goard, Robert Goard, and Ephraim Goard," Robert Goard probably should have been Thomas Goard. All of the rest of the offspring
of James and Margaret are mentioned with Robert appearing twice, while Thomas is not mentioned at all. It is unlikely that there would have been two sons by the name of Robert. 2. This deed may have been made to assure a
clear title to land in the estate of James Goad dec'd. Some of the direct heirs were deceased and others were not in the local area able to sign the deed (They were likely in northwest Arkansas) |
