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MORTGAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY--Courier Job Office, Rome. 

State of Georgia, Floyd County.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That I, Henry Gore of the County of Chattooga and State aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars, cash in hand paid, at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, as well as for the better securing the payment of a certain promissory note which said Henry Gore hath this day made and delivered to W S Cothran & Son bearing even date with these presents, and to become due [[strikethrough]] on the [[/strikethrough]] one day after date [[strikethrough]] day of [[/strikethrough]] next, whereby said Henry Gore promises to pay said W S Cothran & Son Eleven hundred and thirty-five Dollars, for value received, have bargained and sold to said W S Cothran & Son the following property to wit:
Fourteen Bales of Cotton more or less in Walker County Ga and Twelve Bales (unginned) in Chattooga County also nine head of Horses and mules and Bushels of Corn

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the said bargained property, to them the said W S Cothran & Son their [[strikethrough]] his [[/strikethrough]] heirs and assigns And I, the said Henry Gore for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, and against all and every other person and persons whatever, shall and will warrant and defend by these presents. 

Provided nevertheless, that if the said Henry Gore his heirs, executors and administrators, shall and do, well and truly pay, or cause to be paid unto the said W S Cothran & Son their heirs and assigns, the aforementioned sum of eleven hundred and thirty five Dollars, on the day mentioned and appointed for the payment thereof, in said promissory note with lawful interest for the same according to the tenor of said ---- then and from thenceforth, as well this bill of sale, and the right to the property thereby conveyed, as the said promissory note shall cease, determine and be void to all intents and purposes. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the said Henry Gore hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal this 11th day of December 1867
Henry Gore [[Seal]]

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of
(one other interest - not subscribed)
H.H. Smith
Chas H Smith
Noty. Pub

[in left margin]
Copy in Substance of Mortgage & Foreclosure on the back hereof