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Land deed for property in West Virginia owned by the Crawford family

February 7, 1903

Hill Top, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A land deed for property in Fayette County, West Virginia owned by the Crawford family. The quarter-folded document has handwritten and pre-typed lithographed fields. When folded the front of the document reads: [Pd 2.00 DEED. J. L Johnson and Linnie T. Johnson TO W.C. Smith and James Crawford Dated February 7 1903 Received for Record this 26th Day of February 1903 William Grafton Clerk. Recorded in Deed Book No 26, page 272 William Grafton Clerk. Blanks of all kinds for sale at the Journal Office, Fayetteville, W. Va. C + J] The interior page one reads: [This Deed, Made this 7th day of February 1903 between J L Johnson and Linnie T Johnson his wife of the County of Fayette and state of West Virginia of the first part, and W. C.

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Catalog reference: 2017.93

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