John Anderson's Executor to Charles Q. Armstrong's Heirs - 333.3 Acres

Prior to the deaths of both Anderson and Armstrong, Anderson had bonded to sell this land to Armstrong, but a deed was never conveyed prior to their deaths. As John Anderson's Executor, Thomas W. Riley completed the conveyance as shown below.

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Bullitt County Deed Book P, Pages 162-163

This deed of conveyance made this seventh day of July 1862 by Thomas W Riley, executor of the will of John Anderson, late of Bullitt County, of the first part and Amanda F. Armstrong, widow, and M. Kate Armstrong, Annie Eliza Armstrong, John Allen Armstrong, Lillie Armstrong, and Mattie Armstrong, the last named five being the infant children of Charles Q. Armstrong, late of the city of Louisville now deceased of the second part.

Witnesseth that the party of the first part for an in consideration of the sum of $10,000 paid before the sealing and delivery hereof, the receipt whereof the party of the first part does hereby acknowledge, has given, granted, bargained and sold and does hereby sell and convey to the party of the second part and their heirs and assigns forever a certain tract of land lying and being in the County of Bullitt and State of Kentucky and bounded as follows.

Beginning at a stake in the county road leading from Shepherdsville by way of Stephen Sanders' to Louisville in a line of Harrison's land and corner to the 300 acres of Anderson's heirs, running thence with the line of said 300 acre tract South 80 3/4° West 343 poles to a stake in a hollow, a white oak and red oak marked as pointers to said corner in the original line of the tract, thence with the original line South 8° East 186 poles to an elm, corner to Joseph Brooks' 690 acres, thence North 57 1/2° East 197 poles to a double white oak and wild cherry, thence South 43 1/2° East 75 poll to a beech, thence South 22 1/2 poles to a stake corner to Pindell, thence with the same North 85° East (passing a sugar tree marked as a pointer to the corner at 8/10 of a pole) whole distance 94 1/2 poles to a stake, thence North 203 poles the general course of the road to the beginning.

The last line being the line of the land sold to Ballard, now Harrison's land, with its appurtenances, containing by John Robb's survey 333 1/3 acres, be the same more or less, with all and singular the appurtenances thereto belonging to the party of the second part, their heirs and assigns forever.

This tract of land was sold by the party of the first part to Charles Q. Armstrong in his lifetime and a bond for a title was executed and possession of the land delivered to said Armstrong, but no conveyance has been heretofore made. Armstrong departed this life in April 1862 leaving the grantees named herein as his widow and heirs, and the intention of this conveyance is that the said grantees shall take and hold under this deed of conveyance as they and each of them would have taken had the conveyance been made to the said Charles Q. Armstrong in his lifetime, and the land hereby conveyed had descended to the grantees as his widow and heirs at his death. And the party of the first part as executor as aforesaid does hereby convenant and agree to and with the party of the second part that the title to the tract of land hereby sold and conveyed he will forever warrant and defend to the party of the second part and their heirs and assigns forever against the claims of all persons whatsoever claiming or to claim the same. In testimony whereof he has hereto set his hand this day and year first above written. (signed) Thomas W. Riley, Executor of John Anderson.

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