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This Indenture made and entered into this 19th day of
August 1839 between Simeon S Lewis of Charleston in the County of
Washington in the one part and between Wm King of said Charleston on the
other part Witnesseth that the said Simeon S Lewis for the Consideration named
after mentioned in this deed covenants grant and to convey from him et al and each otherly named
demises hand and appurtenances unto the said Wm King his Executors heirs
institutes and assigns a Certain lot of land situated in said Charleston
and bounded on the North by the land of [illegible] and on the West by
and bounded on the South by the land of [illegible] and on the East by
way and Castley bounded on the North by [illegible] and Meadow Parks of Collies land
but is suffered to extend boundaries off fifty feet across a called the Sack land lot
for a more particular description of the bounds the aforesaid King hence to a tree
from a and the Indian corner to oak Sack land lot it being the land he has not’s’d a
acre’s containing
To Have and to Hold the said demised premises with their appurtenances
as he and during the term of ten years from and after the 25th day of March
and to be completed and ended on the 25th day of March 1852 and the said
Simeon S Lewis for himself his Executors and Administrators doth covenant and agree
to pay or cause to be paid to the said Simeon S Lewis his heirs and assigns the sum
of ten dollars a year Each and every year during the term of ten years that
to pay on the 25th day of March 1840 and four dollars on the 25th day
of March 1841 and so on four dollars on the 25th day of March in each and every
following year ending on the 25th day of March 1852 And it is further agreed
with the said Simeon S Lewis and Wm King that the said Simeon S Lewis shall
with a good and lawful lien secure one eighth of some size lot of land adjoining the
land of [illegible] and near a certain Spring of water and execute a bonding
16th thereum within one year from this date then in much of said lot shall be
reduced and offset out of the foregoing sum And it is further agreed that if the
said Wm King shall pay to the said Simeon S Lewis any part of the aforesaid sum in
advance before the time same becomes due then the said Simeon S Lewis shall allow interest
on said sum according to the time the same is paid until the whole
money shall be paid according to the terms of this lease
In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and the
year before written Witness
Dan King Simeon S Lewis (L.S.)
Henry C King John King (L.S.)
Washington for Charleston August 19th 1839 personally came before me the
within named Simeon S Lewis and acknowledged the within instrument to be his hand
and seal act
Dan King Justice Peace
Recorded Oct 19 1839 by J. D. S. Clerk
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