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The State of Alabama
Barbour County

Know all men by these presents, That we, Jno. Gill Shorter & Mary Jane Shorter his wife, for & in consideration of the sum of Five Dollars to us in hand paid, by James Moore, Jesse Timothy & Isham Cooly Freedmen, and Trustees of the first African Baptist Church of Eufaula, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, have bargained, sold, & conveyed, and by these presents, do bargain, sell & convey unto them, the said James Moore, Jesse Timothy & Isham Cooley Trustees as aforesaid, the following lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Eufaula in the State & County aforesaid to wit; The North half (N1/2) of Lot No 7 in Block C, in Section 4, Township 10, & Range 29, containing one fourth of an acre. To have and to hold, unto them the said James Moore, Jesse Timothy & Isham Cooley, Trustees as aforesaid & their successors, to and for the use of the said First African Baptist Church of Eufaula, the said granted premises forever in fee simple.

In witness whereof the said Jno. Gill Shorter and Mary Jane Shorter his wife, have hereunto set their hands & Seals the 12' day of March 1868.

N.B. The word Baptist interlined before signing & delivery 

Jno Gill Shorter [Seal]
Mary J. Shorter [Seal]

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