Deed from Celia A. Lunsford
to William F. Barner

(Dinwiddie County, Virginia)

This Deed made this the 28th day of July 1868 between Celia A. Lunsford of the one part, and William F. Barner of the other part, Whereas D. A. Lunsford at the last term of Circuit Court of the City of Petersburg, Va., received a Judgment against his mother the said Celia A. Lunsford for Four hundred Dollars with interest from the 29th day of May 1868 and $11.03 cost of suit, and whereas the said Celia is old and infirm and without means at this time to discharge said debt and the said Barner the Son in law of the said Celia has agreed to pay off and discharge said debt and he has further agreed and does hereby obligate and bind himself his heirs executors to support and take care of and cloth and furnish the said Celia with the comforts and necessaries of life so long as she shall live, upon the condition that she the said Celia A. Lunsford will grant and convey to him the tract of land in Dinwiddie County and the house and lot of land in the East side of Halifax Street in the City of Petersburg, Va., [   ] by her thereafter [     ], now therefore in consideration of the promises and of the sum of Ten Dollars cash in hand paid  [   ] the said Lunsford by the said Barner the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, she the said Celia A. Lunsford does by these presents grant bargain sell and convey unto the said William F. Barner and his heirs forever with general warranty that certain tract or parcel of land with the appurtenances lying and being in the County of Dinwiddie containing one hundred thirty acres (130) be the same more or less, it being the same land conveyed to John Harris by Edward W. Parker and wife, Susan R. Parker by deed dated the 15th of September, 1828 and the said Harris having died it was inherited by his sister and only heir the said Celia A. Lunsford, also the said C. A. Lunsford does grant and convey unto the said W. F. Barner and his heirs forever that certain other tract of land in said county containing twenty five acres more or less adjoining the lands of [        ] St. J. Hearterett and on the south side of the old stage road. Also she does grant and convey unto the said W. F. Barner a certain lot or parcel of land with the appurtenances lying and being in the South Side of Halifax Street in the City of Petersburg, Va., which she purchased of R. R. Collier, Trustee on the 3rd day of November, A.D. 1860. And the said W. F. Barner on his part does oblige himself to pay to D. A. Lunsford or his representative the debt before mentioned of Four hundred Dollars with interest from the 29th day of May, 1868 and $11.03 costs and he does further oblige himself to furnish the said Celia A. Lunsford with a comfortable support and maintenance at his house so long as she shall live and in the event of his death then his estate is to be bound for her support and maintenance and he is to furnish her with free comfortable suitable clothing and maintenances as long as she shall live. In Testimony Whereof the said Celia A. Lunsford and the said William F. Barner have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals this the day and year above written. I, Alexander Dorman a Notary Public in the City aforesaid, the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Celia Ann Lunsford and William F. Barner whose names and signatures in the foregoing writing bearing date in the 28th of July A.D. 1868 and hereto [   ] have severally acknowledged the same before me in my [    ] given under my hand this the 28th of July A.D. 1868.  Alexander Dorman, Notary Public.

In the Clerks Office of the Hustings Court of the City of Petersburg, July 31st, 1868. This deed from Celia A. Lunsford to William F. Barner was . . .[proved and recorded].

[Deed Book 31, Page 305, Petersburg, Virginia]

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