Merrill Papers, Documents 1978.32.0092-1978.32-0102. Community Archives: Thomasville History Center – Merrill Papers. Series 2, Box 1978-32. Folder 10. Items 92-102. Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10428/7271

1. Abstract of Title for 1159 acres of land in 18th district of Thomas County. Paper is issues by F.E. Burke, Successor at First National Bank, Americus, GA. Document made for Henry M. Sapp. Page 3 of PDF contains official GA laws for mortgage and blank certificate of clerk form.

2. Abstract of Title official document paper. Abstract refers to lot number 335, 345, and 346 in 18th district of Thomas County. Names: John Lard, Thomas Adams, William Hall, George Hayes, Richard Foster, Holland (illegible) and L.B. Bush, Jas. T Hayes, H.M. Sapp, (illegible) Rogers & J.P. Rogers, Shadrack Atkinson, Jonas J. (illegible), John C. Montford, Edward Blackshear, Duncan Ray, Thomas E. Blackshear, Harriet Blackshear, Mitchell B. Jones, James M. Blackshear, Mrs. E. Smith, Jas H. Tallman. Dates: 3/28/1821, 3/30/1821, 7/2/1822, 1/8/1822, 4/5/1831, 2/5/1831, 4/3/1831, 5/2/1821, 7/10/1826, 5/22/1826, 7/10/1826, 12/27/1834, 4/14/1835, 1/5/1871, 9/26/1826, 11/9/1826, 4/28/1827, 10/12/1829, 8/2/1827, 8/17/1827, 9/15/1829, 5/2/1821, 5/22/1826, 12/27/1834, 7/10/1826, 4/14/1835, 1/5/1871, 9/26/1826, 11/9/1826, 4/28/1827, 10/12/1827, 8/2/1827, 8/17/1827, 6/22/1829, 7/7/1829, 11/3/1855, 12/1/1855, 1/23/1869, 8/10/1870, 12/1/1883, 12/5/1883, 1/11/1883, 1/22/1883

3. Typed Abstract of Title for 56 acres of land in lot 107 in the 14th district of Thomas County. Lots 108, 125, 7 also mentioned within document. Names: James Bagley, John Tillman, B.W. Daniel, A.T. MacIntyre Jr., H.J. MacIntyre, Cicero H. Young, W.I. MacIntyre, J.R. Battle, B.W. Daniel, Mrs. Tillman, A.Y. MacIntyre, W.A. Pringle, O.A. Parker, C.A. MacIntyre, Frank Hawkins, O. Groover, Gaz D. Williams, M.F. Ball, (illegible) D. Williams, T.J. Ball, Prudential Ins., Merchants and Farmers Bank, J.R. Carter, C.F. Jones, Henry Disston, J.A. Mallette, O.F. Jones, T.M. McIntosh, D.N. Dill, C.I. Webster, W.RM Forster, A.B. Craig. Dates: 1829, 1/27/1872, 12/16/1889, 3/6/1890, 3/25/1892, 6/25/1902, 10/28/1903, 12/31/1903, 12/12/1903, 2/4/1910, 2/7/1910, 2/1/1916, 7/16/1921, 5/23/1922, 5/23/1927, 5/13/1927, 5/26/1927

4. Typed Abstract of Title for 254 acres in lot 124 in 14th district of Thomas County. Lots 125 and 107 also mentioned. Names, Edward Wimbish, Wm. Heard, Geo. Elliott, Faulkner Heard, Elisabeth Heard, Allem Hagan, T. Turnball, R.L. Reaves, J.J. Everett, Tillman D. Purifey, G.L. Heard, Sheppard Russel, I.G. Jordan, Anderson Peeler, C.L. Rossiter, John M. Cohran, A.B. Lawton, N.A. Moses, W.J. Lawton, Nelson Tift, J.J. Everett, J.W.H. Strain, Ansel Dekle, N.M. Lawton, E.L. Lawton, T.J. Lawton, A.C. Lawton, R.W. Lawton, W.T. Lawton, J.L. Simpkins, Matilda Septima McIntosh, W.W. Williams, D. McIntosh, G.D. Williams, H.J. McIntyre, R.P. Doss, J.F. Brown, F.C. Jones, J.M. Jones, Gas D. Williams, J.C. Turner, Cora Mills. Dates: 1821, 6/1/1821, 8/9/1831, August 1834, 1/5/1838, 4/27/1860, 8/3/1838, 12/1/1839, 7/6/1842, 5/14/1845, 6/5/1852, 1/17/1858, 12/14/1852, 1/10/1852, 2/9/1861, 3/7/1861, 11/25/1870, 3/7/1873, 1/22/1877, 8/22/1877, 1/16/1909, 2/11/1909, 12/29/1911, 12/22/1913, 11/7/1912, 12/22/1913

5. Typed Abstract of Title to 61 acres in southwest corner of lot 107 in 14th district of Thomas County. Names: James Bagley, Allen Brown, Isham Ellerbee, Robert W. Blake, Anderson Peeler, Wm. Peeler, W. Peeler, T. McAuley, Cassandra C. Tillman, W.W. Groover, J.J .Everett, Alexander B. Lawton, S. Beloit, A.B. Lawton, N.M. Lawton, Leonora Lawton, Thos. J. Lawton, W.F. Lawton, R.W. Lawton, A.B. Lawton, Walter Gwynn, Mattie L. Gwynn, Clara J. Lawton, A.C. Lawton, J.L. Simpkins, Matilda Septima McIntosh, G.D. Williams, W.W. Williams, D. McIntosh, H.J. MacIntyre, R.P. Doss. Dates: 1829, 11/13/1846, 5/30/1849, 8/6/1859, 11/1/1859, 11/23/1870, 3/7/1871, 1/22/1877, 8/29/1877, 1/15/1909, 2/11/1909

5. Typed Abstract of Title to 61 acres of land in southwest corner of lot 107 in 14th district of Thomas County. Names: James Bagley, Mark Corley, Joshua Groover. Dates: 1829, 7/9/1842, 8/15/1842

6. More legible copy of note 5, but with additional records. Additional names: Gas D. Williams, J.F. Brown, F.C. Jones, J.M. Jones, J.C. Turner, Cora Mills. Dates: 12/29/1911, 12/22/1913, 11/7/1912, 12/22/1913

7. Handwritten notes regarding land transfers. Names: Hall, Maria Hadley, Maria Kennedy, Hansell Merrill, Watson, J.P. Blackshear, John Goseer Dates: 1872, 1889, 1887, 12/8/1910, 2/25/19133, 12/17/1912, 1897, 1902, 1904

8. Typed page of Investment Offerings by Citizens and Southern Company dated February 15, 1923. Security Maturity Dates range from July 1927 - January 1936. Security offerings include: S.A. Lynch Corporation, Fitzhugh Knox (R.E.M), Central Mtg & Realty Co (R.E.M), Second Baptist Church (1st Mtg), Central State Electric (1st Mtg), Thos. M. & Jno. K. Swift (R.E.M), W.G. Starnes (R.E.M.), Thomas E. Scott (R.E.M), Ben T. Sheridan (R.E.M), Atlanta Biltmore Hotel (1st Mtg), Orndorff Hotel (1st Mtg), Andrew Jackson Hotel (1st Mtg), D.A.R., Hotel Carling (Jacksonville) (1st Mtg), International Power Securities. StockS listed: Southwestern Railroad, Augusta & Savannah Railroad, Bibb Manufacturing Company (1st Pfd), Citizens & Southern, Georgia Railroad & Banking Company, Ga. Railway & Power (Pfd.), Cortex Cigar Company (Pfd.), Bolomons Company (Possibly "Solomons"), Ga. Railway & Electric Company (Pfd.), Ga. Railway & Electric Company (Guaranteed)

9. Handwritten and faded notes regarding property transfers.

10. Handwritten notes regarding Leonard Title Abstract. Names: Neil McKinnon, J.N. McKinnon, Allen Spears, BF Hawkins, X Hirt (possibly Hint), JB Watkins, Lovejoy, JA Mitchell, Belle Reid, T.C. Mitchell, Lula Mitchell, BN Stone, Leonard. Dates as written (assumed 1800's unless full year included): 2/27/56, 3/18/56, 12/2/72, 2/24/79, 3/26/79, 1/24/79, 2/26/79, 6/11/83, 2/3/86, 3/1/90, 3/27/90, 3/1/1890, 3/27/1890, 1/20/1892, 3/18/1914, 8/18/1916, 8/19/1904, 2/23/1907, 2/20/1907, 4/27/1907, 2/9/1909, 6/5/1909, 6/14/1909, 2/18/1910, 7/11/1914, 1/27/1915, 5/4/1916, 9/7/1916, 9/6/1916, 9/8/1916, 9/21/1923, 10/13/1931, 11/2/1931, 2/24/1932, 7/5/1930, 7/25/1930