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Georgia, Clark County } This indenture made this fifth day of July in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six between Nathaniel L. Barnard, of the County and State aforesaid of the one part and Richard D. Moore trustee of Mrs. Francis E. Barnard & children of the same county of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Nathaniel L. Barnard for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand dollars to him in hand paid, at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, as well as in consideration that the remainder and usufruct in the Land hereinafter described is hereby turned over to said Trustee in part payment of his indebtedness as former trustee to his wife and her children and of the fact of his insolvence in consequence of the emancipation of his Slaves by the government, hath granted, bargained, sold, and conveyed & doth by these presents, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto said Richard D. Moore Trustee as aforesaid one undivided moiety and half of all that Tract of land in remainder, after the determination of the life estate therein of his step mother, Mrs. Ann P. Barnard, together with the usufruct therein in common with her during her natural life as said remainder and usufruct are devised to him in and by the last Will & Testament of his father Mr. John B. Barnard, situate, lying and being in the County of Liberty and State aforesaid containing two thousand acres more or less and known as North Hampton where said John B. Barnard lived and which he devised to his widow for life, remainder to son Nathaniel L. Barnard to one undivided half and the other undivided half to the children of his brother, with the right to said Nathaniel L. Barnard to cultivate the same in common with the widow during her natural life. To have and to hold said Estate in remainder and usufruct unto him the said Richard D. Moore, Trustee as aforesaid, his heirs and assigns, together with all and singular the rights of members and appurtenances thereof to the same in any manner belonging to his and their own proper use, benefit and behoof forever in fee simple.
And the said Nathaniel L. Barnard for himself his heirs executors and administrators the said bargained premises unto the said Richard D. Moore, Trustee as aforesaid, his heirs and assigns, will warrant and forever defend the right and title thereof against themselves and against the claim of all other persons whatever.
In witness of these presents duly stamped, the said Nathaniel L. Barnard hath hereunto set his hand & seal the day and year first above written.
N.L. Barnard
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of
Wm. S. Mitchell
S.J. Mays Notary Public
Recorded 21st Nov. 1867
Jesse Brewer C.S.C.L.C.
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Barnard similarly also sold “one undivided moiety & half of all that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the County of Liberty and State aforesaid containing seven hundred and fifty acres of land, more or less, and known as the Ben Law Tract and which was devised by his Grand Mother, Mrs. Sarah M. Law to her son Edmund Law upon condition that if he died without leaving a child or descendant, then to go to the children of John B. Barnard who had intermarried with Martha J. Law, the sister of said Edmund who died without issue, and said John B. Barnard at the time of said Edmund’s death had two sons, his only living children of whom said Nathaniel L. Barnard was one, adjoining lands formerly owned by Rosewell King now deceased and Lands of Mr. Remshart, situate lying and being in said County of Liberty on the Waters of North Newport River…”
Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1860-1870, Book P, page 450-1; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RS51-B : accessed 30 Dec 2023), Family History Library microfilm 008564333, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” image 602 of 699, item 2 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.