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Howard County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1854-1860
Volume 814, Page 178   View pdf image
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William D. and John W. D. Mackey which
bond is for the sum   ten thousand dollars
on which bond the said Pierce and Warfield
are sureties in consideration thereof
and of the sum of five dollars in hand
paid at and before the sealing and delivery
of these presents the receipt of
which I do hereby acknowledge I do
hereby bargain and sell to the said Myers
Pierce and seth W. Warfield all my crops
of corn and wheat now growing on the
farm in Howard county called "Waveland"
and also all my right title and
interest in Negro slaves Julia Isabella
and her two children Levi, Jane and her
two children and in the proceeds of the
sale of negro Jerry ordered to be invested
by the orphans court of Howard county
(the said negroes having been the
property of my late wife) provided that
if the said Alexander L. Mackey shall discharge
all sums due by him as guardian of
the said children above named and shall
relieve the said Pierce and Warfield and
their representatives from all legal liability
as sureties on the said guardians bond
and shall repay to the said Pierce and Warfield
all sums that they or either of them
shall at any time pay on account of their
liability as such sureties then these
presents to be void but it is expressly
stipulated that the said Pierce and Warfield
and their representatives shall have
power to take possession of said crop of
corn and wheat at the time of the maturity
of each and to sell and dispose of
the same for their indemnity unless
the same are previously redeemed by me
and the conveyance of the above named
negroes is made subject to the Mortgage
rights of Mrs Mary Anne Dorsey
Witness my hand and seal this third day
of June Eighteen hundred and fifty six
signed sealed and delivered
in presence of the words     A. L. Mackey (seal)




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