Notes for Thomas Willie Everidge

Notes for Thomas Willie Everidge

!Charles Brashear:
EXHIBIT "D" of "J.W. HYDEN vs. CHOCTAW NATION"
TO ALL to whom these presents shall come, Oca-ye-mitta of the Choctaw Country, County of Yazoo and State of Mississippi, relict of R. Turner Brashears, late of said Choctaw Country and said Co., sends greetings:
Know ye that whereas the said Brashears died intestate leaving three small children and whereas Thomas Everidge, son-in-law of said Brashears, will become chargeable with the sustenance of said children;
Now, this witnesseth that in consideration of the premises and the further consideration of one dollar to me in hand paid, the receipt thereof is duly acknowledged, I, the said Oca-ye-mitta, have granted, remitted, released, and forever quit-claimed, and with these presents do grant, remit, release and forever quit-claim unto the said Thomas Everidge, his heirs and assigns forever, all the dower of thirds and all title of dower of thirds and all other right, title, intent, property claim and demand whatsoever in law and equity of her, the said Oca-ye-mitta, of and to a reservation of land granted to said Brashears by the Supplement to the late Treaty between the Choctaw People and the United State Government, and also all and every the missuages, lands, tenements, and real estate whereof the said R. Turner Brashears died seized and possessed, or to which he was entitled at the time of his death, in law or equity, in possession or expecting, wherever the same may be, so that the said Oca-ye-mitta her heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and assigns, nor any other person or persons for her, them, or any of them, have claim, challenge, or demand, or pretend to have claim, challenge, or demand my dower of thirds, or any other right, title, claim, or demand of mine to the farm or any part thereof, but thereof and therefrom shall be utterly bound and excluded from with these presents--
In Witness whereof, the said Oca-ye-mitta, having had the foregoing release fully explained, read, and interpreted to her by Edmund McKinney, a sworn interpreter, hath hereunto set her hand and seal in the presence of said interpreter and the undersigned witness, the 22nd day of October, 1831,
/s/ Oca-ye-mitta [X] her mark
in presence of Edmund McKinney, interpreter
A.A. Halsey

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