This indenture made this fifteenth day of September 1827 between John BARTLET Jr. of Jefferson County and State of Kentucky of the one part and John JONES (tanner) of the same county and state of the other part whereas there is now in the hands of a deputy sheriff of Jefferson County a venditioni exponis execution issued from the clerks office of the Jefferson Circuit Court dated the 24th of July 1827 in the name of James HARBISON against John BARTLET Sen. and John BARTLET Junior for the sum of seventeen hundred and twenty dollars damages and twenty three dollars 55 ˝ cents costs - said execution being for the benefit of said John JONES and a previous ex’on in said case having been put in the hands of the said sheriff and the said John BARTLET Jr. gave up under said ex’on one hundred and seventy acres of land in Jefferson County on Fern creek on which he then and yet resides to satisfy the same and the said land is now advertised for sale by the sheriff under said vend. exponas ex’on and in order to prevent the same the said John BARTLET Jr. has proposed to the said JONES if he will not force a sale of said land under said ex’on at this time that he the said BARTLET Jr. will on the first day of April next pay to the said JONES the sum of eight hundred dollars thereof with six per centum interest thereon per annum from the date hereof til paid in the gold or silver coin and the residue of the amount of said execution afsd on the first day of April 1829 with like interest thereon per annum from the day hereof till paid in the like coin and moreover that he the said John BARTLET Jr. will as a further security to the said JONES for the payment of said sums at the periods afsd convey to him a tract of two hundred and twenty five acres of land in Shelby or Oldham County on which ____POWERS lives and two negro men both of a dark complexion one named Joe about 25 years old and the other named Henry about 21 or 22 years old and that the lien created on the said 170 acres of land under sd ex’on shall still remain thereon and the sale thereof postponed until the sd first of April next - the said BARTLET agreeing if said eight hundred dollars and interest afsd is not punctually paid by the time afsd that sd Jones may immediately thereafter take into his possession the negro men afsd and sell the same and the said 225 acres of land afsd or as much of both or either as will produce the said sum of $800 and interest afsd to the highest bidder - publickly for cash in the coins afsd in hand sale to be made before the dove of the union hall in Louisville first giving ten days notice thereof by advertisement in one of the newspapers printed in Louisville, or the said JONES may at his option sue out ex’on in sd case and the sheriff or other officer having the collection thereof shall sell the sd 170 acres of land more of less under sd ex’on or so much thereof to the highest bidder publickly for cash in gold or siver coin in hand as will pay and satisfy said sum of $800 & the interesst thereon in the coin afsd and the costs and expenses of sale in the collection thereof - the said BARTLET Jr. expressly waving all right to replevy sd debt or execution or to have his property sold under said ex’on on credit to satisfy the same and moreover if said BARTLET Jr. shall pay off said sum of $800 and the interest afsd by the time afsd and shall fail to pay the residue of the amount of said debt and execution by the sd first of April 1829 and the interest thereon as herein provided then the said 170 acres of land afsd shall be sold in manner afforesaid by the sheriff or officer having the collection of said execution and if the same shall not sell for a sum or sums sufficient to pay and satisfy the same or the first sum of $800 and interest and costs of sale as herein provided then the two negro men afsd if living and to be had shall be sold in manner afsd either by said JONES or the sheriff or other officer having the colletion of said execution and herein provided to satisfy the deficiency if any in either case and in the event of the negros not selling for a sum or sums sufficient for that purpose or the death of either or if one or both shall not become at then the said 225 acres of land afsd shall be sold in manner afsd and on the terms aforesaid. The said John BARTLET Jr. expressly waiving his right to replevy sd debt or having his property sold on a credit to satisfy said ex’on or any part thereof - Now therefore this indenture witnesseth that the said John BARTLET Jr. in consideration of the premises and one dollar to him in hand paid the receipt of which is acknowledged hath and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell alien convey and confirm unto the said JONES and to his heirs and assignes the said two tracts of land herein described with the appurtenances and the two negro men aforesaid - To have and to hold the same to the sd JONES and to his heirs and assigns - To his and their only proper use and behoof forever and the said John BARTLET Jr. doth covenant and agree to and [with] the said John JONES and with his heirs and assigns that he the sd BARTLET Jr. will and his heirs executors and adm’ors shall warrant and forever defend the said lands and negroes to the said JONES and to his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatever lawfully claiming or to claim the same - to be held by him in trust for the objects and purposes herein before declared and set forth and no other and said BARTLETT is to remain in the possession of said lands and negroes until he is divested thereof under authority of this deed and shall pay all taxes and public dues thereon and shall not remove or permit said negroes to be removed out of Jefferson County aforesaid - In testimony whereof the parties have hereto set their hands and seals on the day and year first written.

	John BARTLETT Jr. {seal}
	John JONES {seal}

I Worden POPE clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky do certify that on this day the within deed was produced to me in my office and acknowledged by John BARTLETT Junior and John JONES parties thereto to be their act and deed and that I have recorded the same in my said office - Witness my hand this seventeenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven__

Worden POPE

Transcribed from microfilm and contributed by George C. Allison.