Pocahontas star herald., 1916-05-26
0Milrnallon NslIss

The south ono haif sauHheast fractional
gUsrfrr. fIriit bank urf'yrf ssfi'aH and thr
,,s.t uus.hnIf n W-unbrtrr section I and fhn
east fraftIsnal half of the .hrHsJ frae.
. tlanal ouarief lett bank ~ river section aud
tbe northeast frarilunaluuartor right bank
7 nfrlysr. aud North OF cut-oHstrtinn 10, an ln
/ township 4, north rarsr west
ina, ihc said Paul sloan, claims tI1c 20 thc
aid landsas fellows anl ls the purchaser or
assignee Of The purchasers and the leral rr9
I raseutatIyos of said purchaser and h'ldsand
claims rudrr and through same az certain
I sherIn', sales made hy she collector af taxes.
I and the county rlofk aud thr commissioner
/ of state lands. ln pursuance ot The laws Of
/ the state of Arkansas and ~ certain sales
made by The order decree and authority uf
] certain courts ~ record % The state ~ Ark
Ansas OF said land As hereinafter set forth
and which sales and his title - said lands
Hereunder said Paul sloan. viii AK TO he
confirmed as followsi
/ That south half southeast fractional quar-
| ter right bank - river, section township "
north range 1 west. forfeited for the taxes of
/ 100 ard was sold 10 obe Hardin At the tax
sale held on June - 1901. and Joseph 7. Rob
/ Insnn. clerk % Randolph county, ON June q,
/ Issl. executed clerks tax deed for said lands
TO oec Hardin.
That tho vest half n orihwest quarter sec
tion z, township u north range ! vest for
| feltsd Tor the taxes 1870 aud is'o and was sold
| % Henry sloan az the tar sale held on Nov
ember Is. 1874. and II. @. sloan, who was the
same person n Henry sloan. and wife on
| Feb. a. is7i. conveyed said lands 10 Andrew
Balfour. that Andrew Baliour died issA. and
| a. the result OF partition suit wherein all OF
| his heirs and legal Representatives were part
I les Ia the Lawrence countychaneery court
] N. wayland. o. C. stewart and II Z. Mat
thews commissioners In chaneery on May 5th
! Iss5 conveyed said lands 70 obcdlah Hardin.
That tho cast fractional halt northeast
I fractional quarter left bank ~ river section
1. township ". north range ! west, forfeited
for the taxes iss3 and was sold 10 the state
% Arkansas az the tax sale held on April u.
1854. and Joseph 7. Ro' lnson. clerk for Ran
dolph county on April Is. iss6. certified said
lands 20 the state OF Arkansas, and the state
OF Arkansas hy Paul N. Cobbs commissioner
OF state lands on November l, isSs conveyed
said lands 10 :. r. HunFerford Jr.. and :. r.
Hungerford Jr and wife on Jan. q. 1891 con-
veyed said lands 70 obedlAh Hardin.
That Mr. fractional northeast quarter sec.
10 twp. Il north range west forfeited for the
taxes isss aud eighteen acres thereof was
sold 70 II. Hay at the tax sale held on June
n. Iss3 and that Hatley Hay. who Was the
same person as u. Hay and wife. conveyed
.sld lands TO Charles n. souter. that Charles
H. souter and wife on July "a 1901. conveyed
said lands TO Jodie r. Waldron and J. r.
-. Hs.s1Ha
waldron. on April 10, 1911, conveyed said
lands 10 NJ. y. Sloan.
That fractional northeast quarter section
10. township Il north range ! west forfeited
for the taxes OF isOo and Ss acres thereof
was sold at the tax sale held on June "a. isga.
TO obe Hardin and Joseph T. Robinson. clerk
OF Randolph county on June "a. iSa9. executed
his clerks tax deed for said lands to ODE
Hardin,
That obedlah Hardin died intestate about
the year isgo leaving Henrietta L. Hardin his
widow and william Hardin. Joe Hardin.
Clay Hardin. Frank Hardin. Buretta Hardin.
Virginia Hardin and Robert T. Hardin, his
only children and sole heirs at Law. That
Joe Hardin died interstate In the year 1909.
leaving a widow who Is now dead. but no bod
ily issue. That William Hardin died intes-
tate In the year 1913. leaving surviving him
Mary J. Hardin his widos, and Florence
Hardin ConmAn, Myrtle HardlE Nance, For
est Hardin, Lulu Hardin. Clarence Hardin.
Iva May Hardin, Willie Hardin. Lille Har-
din, Ernest Hardin. James Y. Hardin.
That Clay Hardin died In 1904. Frank Har.
din died in 1905. and Burstta Hardin died In
1907. all intestate. unmarried and without
bodily issue. That Virginia Hardin married
one Batta. who is now dead and died intes-
tate In the year 1900. leaving surviving her.
Mary Batta her only child and sole heir at
law.
That division OF the lands Of Obediah
Hardin. deceased was had whereby william
Hardin and Virginia Cox nee Hardin we're
considered the sole owners OF the lands lying
I'm section 10 above, aud Henrietta L. Hardin
Il. T. Hardin aud Mary Batta were consider
ed the sole owners OF the land in section 3
and above.
That Virginia Cox and husband. on Oct. &,
1904. conveyed all OF their interest in all Of
the above described land TO Ellsworth n.
Kelley. That william II. Hardin and wife
on Feb Q, 1905, conveyed all Of their interest
In all OF the above described land to Ellsworth
n. Kelley. That Ellsworth N. Erwin nee Kel-
ley, and husband on April &. 1910. conveyed
all OF their interest In said lands except the
south half southeast fractional quarter,
right bank OF river section 3 township II
north range west to NJ. r. Sloan, that Hem
rietta l.. Hardin, II. T. Hardin. Virginia Cox
and husband, and Mary l.. Batta, on April q,
1909, conveyed the south fractional half.
southeast quarter right bank OF river section
3, township II north II west, TO r. w. Moore.
that Robert W. Moore, on October y. 1910.
conveyed the lands last above described to
NJ. +. sloan, that Henrietta L. Hardin. Rob
ert Hardin, Virginia Cox. and Mary l.. Batta
on Dec, 6, 1909. conveyed all OF their interes {
In all OF the lands FIRST above described 10 NJ.
b. Sloan, that William Hardin and wife on
April o. 1910 conveyed all Of their interest in
all OF the lands first above described except
the south fractional half southeast fraction
al quarter, right bank Of river. section 3
township II north range I west TO NJ r. sloan.
That Mary J. Hardin, Florence Hardin Cor
man and husband, Myrtle Hardin Nance and
husband, Forest Hardin and Mary Hardin.
guardian for Lulu Hardin CIarpnre Hardin,