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Rockingham County DB 11:54 1832

This Indenture.................of our Lord one thouxxxx.................Samuel Cootes of the.................of the one part and.......................aforesaid of the other part Wxxxxxxx..................of the County & State aforesaid by........ly called a Deed in Trust bearing date on..........the year 1816 and admitted to record in the.........Court of Rockingham did grant bargained & Sxxx.............Dove & his heirs & assigns a certain tract or parcel............said Indenture or deed in Trust mentioned and......... or estimate as containing two hundred eight.................purpose of securing the payment of certain debts...........Indenture or deed in Trust mentioned to a certain.............with full power and authority to and........in the...........his heirs executors or administrators to sell & dispose..........to the purchaser of the said tract or parcel of........purposes in the said Indenture or Deed in Trust.......and whereas since the execution of the said .........said George Dove has departed this life without........or published any last will or testament and then......Cootes having administered on the Estate of the.......Dove decd and being as administrator as aforesaid..........the said James Ewing to advertise and sell a...........said tract or parcel of land for the purposes..........in Trust mentioned and having duly and..........with the terms conditions and requisitions of the deed in Trust advertise the time and place......said Samuel Cootes as administrator as aforesaid......12th day of May in the year 1832 expose to........auction to the highest bidder for ready mxxxx.......Town eight acres (being the hereinafter descxxxx.....eight acres of the said tract or parcel of land......ces to the said eight acres belonging or appertaining......Nathaniel Britton being the highest bidder.......acres became the same...............Now this Indenture witnesseth that the...........as administrator as aforesaid in further........deed in Trust and for and in consideration......thirty two dollars to him in hand.......payment of the debts in the said.........
The said Samuel Cootes having......by these presents doth.........Nathaniel Britton...........tract or parcel.......to the beginning (being a part........conveyed in trust as aforesaid together......the appurtenances therewith belonging..............appertaining To have and to hold the said tract......with its appurtanances unto the said Nathaniel.......and his heirs and assigns forever to the only proper......behoof of him the said Nathaniel Britton and his......assigns forever and the said Samuel Cootes as Administrator as aforesaid the said eight acres of land hereby conveyed with the appurtenances unto the said Nathaniel Britton and his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of them the said Samuel Cootes his heirs or executors and all every person or persons claiming by through, or under him shall and…..warrant & forever defend by these In….whereof the said Samuel Cootes discharging….fulfilling the duties devoving on him as administrator…Estate of the said George Dove decd as Trustee as aforesaid hath hereunto set his hand & seal the day and year first written

?: Jacob Cootes Jr

....am Houdeshell

.....ry Taflinger

Samuel Cootes