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$4,000. This building was burned by northern vandals in 1863. The
records were taken to Springfield, Mo., and there lost or destroyed,
in great part.
Early History.-The southern part of the town site was originally
entered by George Sanders, by whom the first house was built. The
tract adjoining this on the north was entered by Evan S. Polk. John
Sanders, brother to George, seems to have been most actively
interested in having the town laid off. This was done in 1837 by
Thomas McCuistion, county surveyor.
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Land Records Madison County Arkansas
POLK EVAN S 34 17N 26W 160 1848/05/29
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James Saunders Deed 120 acres
Conveyed by Every Body
Registered the 14th of Sept 1827
Heirs of Miller
This Indenture made this 31st day of August 1826 in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty six between John Miller, Harmon Miller, Daniel B Miller, Joseph H.
Miller, William R. Miller, Nancy Miller, Kerin Happuck Miller, Reuben Smith and Poly his wife
of the county of Maury and state of Tennessee also William Hall, Benjamin Hall, William Haskins
and Mildred M. Haskins his wife, & Edward Hall of the County of Pittsylvania and state of Virginia,
all heirs and descendants of Harmon Miller dec'd of the one part & James Saunders of the county
of Maury and state of Tennessee of the other part witnesseth that the said John Miller, Harmon Miller,
Daniel B Miller, Joseph H Miller, William R Miller, Nancy Miller, Kerin Happuck Miller, Reuben Smith
and Poly his wife, William Hall, Benjamin Hall, William Haskins and Mildred his wife, & Edward Hall,
for & in consideration of the sum of Eleven hundred & six dollars to them in hand paid by the said James
Saunders, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath bargained, sold, and confirmed, and by
these presents doth bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said James Saunders a certain tract or parcel
of land lying situated, and being in the county of Maury and state of Tennessee on the waters of
Rutherford
Creek, being part of the tract of land whereon Harmon Miller, dec’d formerly lived, thence hath (with?) his
line South eighty degrees east forty poles to a stake, thence due South eleven poles to a stake, thence
East with said Daniel B. Miller line one hundred and thirty six poles to a dogwood in John Blanton’s line
the said Millers north East corner, thence north with Blanton’s line seventy four poles to a hickory.
Blanton’s
corner thence East with his line thirty nine poles & three fourths of a pole to an ash & white oak.
Blanton’s
corner thence north with Byers line sixty four poles and a half to a poplar, the north East corner of said
Harmon Miller dec’d, original tract, thence West with the old line seventy three poles and one fourth of a
pole to Ezekiel Polk’s corner of a 50 acre tract purchased out of the original tract of said Harmon Miller
dec’d, thence south with said Polk’s line of the fifty acre tract of fifty five poles to his corner, thence West
with said Polk’s line one hundred and thirty eight poles to a stake in Robert Campbell’s line, thence South
with said Campbell’s line sixty eight poles and three fourth of a pole to the beginning, containing one
hundred
and twenty acres be the same more or less, thence undivided interest in said tract above described
being