Cemetery Deed
Gift deed to
C. P. Church
W. C. West & Others
In consideration of the love we have for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Sparta Presbytery Tennessee we W. C. West & wife Elizabeth West; Maranda Johnson, Landona Loftis, J. P. West, Almon West, G. W. West, Mary Bartlett, June Bartlett, I. L. West, Dora Pendergrass, J. L. West, Harrison Loftis, Jr, and W. C. West, Jr. do by these presents give transfer and convey to W. C. West Elder of Spring Creek Congregation of the C. P. Church and as Trustee, and J. P. West and Harrison West, Jr. and Almon West as Trustees and their successors in office forever for the benefit of said Spring Creek Congregation of the C. P. Church, the following described tract or piece of land lying in the 15th Civil District of Putnam County Tennessee on the Waters of Spring Creek and bounded as follows, beginning at a stone marked A on the West side of the public road, and running North 81 3/4 degrees West 37 poles to a stone marked B above the Spring thence North 2 poles to a stone marked C below the Spring thence North 60 1/2 degrees East 20 poles to a stone marked D thence East 21 poles to a stone marked E on the West side of the road thence South 5 degrees West with the road 17 poles to the beginning - said Spring Creek Church being situated on said land to have and to hold the same to the said Elder and Trustees and their successors in office forever. It is agreed and understood that all orthodox Christians may have preaching in said house so as not to conflict with the services of the said C. P. Church - but no church to be organized in said house or church. We convinat with said W. C. West, J. P. West, and Harrison Loftis, Jr., and Almon West as Elder and Trustees that we are lawfully seized of said land and have a good right to convey it and we will warrant the title thereunto the parties herein conveyed to, for the purposes expressed herein, and their successors in office forever, against the claims of all persons whomsoever this conveyance carries with it the church house and the grave yard or cemetery thereon, with all expertainances thereto witness our hand this 16th day of December A. D. 1896
Witnesses W C West
Harrison Loftis Elizabeth West
P D Bartlett J. P West
Almon West
Harrison Loftis Jr (Grandson of W C West)
Dora Pendergrass
S J Bartlett
M E Bartlett
Landona Loftis
I L West
J L West
George W West
Maranda Johnson
W C West, Jr
State of Tennessee
Putnam County
Personally appeared before me Henry P Davis a Notary Public in and for said county. W C West, Elizabeth West, J P West, Almon West, Harrison Loftis, Jr., Dora Pendergrass, S. J. Bartlett, Landona Loftis, J. L. West, I. L. West, and George W West and W. C. West, Jr. bargainors with whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledged that they executed the within deed of gift for the purposes therein expressed, and Elizabeth West wife of W C West, Dora Pendergrass wife of Travis Pendergrass, S. J. Bartlett wife of Josiah Bartlett, M E Bartlett wife of P D Bartlett, Landona Loftis wife of Harrison Loftis having appeared before me privately and apart from their said husbands and acknowledged the execution of the said gift deed or within instrument to have been executed by each of them freely voluntarially and understandingly without compulsion or constraint from their said husbands and for the purposes therein expressed. Witness my hand and notarial seal at office the 16th day of December A D 1896.
Henry P Davis
Notary Public