Grant, bargain and sell, convey and confirm:
Being the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section No. 33; and the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section No. 34 in Township No. 19 North of Range No. 2 West of the 3rd P. M., containing 80 acres more or less.
State of Illinois, Logan County, -ss- I, G. W. Turley, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, do certify, that the persons whose signatures appear to the foregoing deed of conveyance are personally known to me; and acknowledge that they had executed the same, as their free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal, this 14th day of May, 1847. G. W. Turley Jus. Peace.
Submitted by Cheryl Rothwell, third great grandniece of Thomas Mathews/Matthews and fourth great grandniece of Roland BirksThis page is "Roland Birks to Thomas Mathews" on the Logan County, Illinois, ILGenWeb site. The address of this page is http://logan.illinoisgenweb.org/deeds/birkstomatthews.htm.