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The People Who Lived on the Land that is Now Redstone Arsenal, page 139
, isepi., d/wi i-yut <> * ThonW Jones, Judeeof probute. ,' JOhn W Jamar ........................................ I Ti) • Voses Love. State of Alabama, aadlson county. hA At>. c • P"?.<4 %*oK15 ^ajM M“S Know all men by these presents: That I, John J? Jamar, a single man, of said ■ county and state, in consideration of Two thousand eight hundred (J2800.00) dollars, to me In hand paid by Moses Love, of the county and state aforesaid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do tive grant bargain, sell oonvey and confirm and by these presents have tlven -granted bargained, sold, conveyed and confirmed unto the stld Moses Love, the following described feal estate sltuatedin the county of Madison state of alabuoa, tonlt: ■ All that part of fractional section five, township six, range 1, west lying, north of Tennessee River. Also a part of the south west quarter of section thirty two, township five renge one, west in Madison county, Alabama. Both of said tracts being described as follows, towit: Beginning at a point where the TesBessee River intersects the west boundary of fractional section 52, township 5, range 1, west, thence along the river south 46 decrees east 11.78 chains, thence south 53> de;rees east 13.44 chains, thence south 53 decrees east 24.15 chains to the quarter section line, thence along same north 1 degree 30 minutes west 29.74 chains thence north 88 degrees 30 minutes west 42.50 chains to the section line, thence south on the section line six and thirty three hundredths chains to the place of beginning containing 87.# acres. $ ‘ TO Have and to hold the above described real estate together with the tenements and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining unto the said Moses Love his heirs and assigns forever. And I the above named grattor .10 in considertlon of the premises ; warrant that I aa seized in fee simple^f the title to said property that the samels clear of all incumbrances and that I have th* right to sell and convey the same as aforesaid, and : I will and my heirs administrators and executors shall defend forever the title of the afor-egranted p-enlses unto the said Moses Love his heirs and assigns from and against the law- ■ ful claim or demand of any person whomsoever. IK Testimony whereof, I the said John J Amur have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal ■ tUia the 28th day of September, 1917. State of Alabama, . John Jamun. seal Madison county. I, Ola TAylor a notiry public in and for seld county end state hereby certify that John H JAaar, a single man, whose name is signed to the foregoing conveyance and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that being informed of the contents of the conveyance, that he executed tho same voluntarily on the day the samebears date. Given udder my hand this the 28th day of Septeekier, A.D. 1917. Ola Taylor H.P. Moses Love bought bottomland. Deed photographed by John P. Rankin. Being the youngest son of Moses Love, James was tasked with the chore of feeding the stock. James said the men and his older brothers left for the field early, sometimes by 6 a.m., so James had to feed the stock even earlier. Sometimes his father would wake up at 4:00 or 4:30 in the morning, and, fearing he would go back to sleep and oversleep, would wake up James at that time and have him go feed the stock. James would go out and put the food in the troughs and the hay in the mangers. He said it took the horses about 30 or 40 minutes to eat. Apparently, James continued to perform the task of feeding the stock throughout the years, as he laughed and said that when he was a young man, on the rare 139 - (4172)