p.528. This indenture made this 20th day of March, A.D. 1940, between Lonas Gamble of Anderson County, in the State of Tennessee, of the first part, and R. E. Peters and wife, Mrs. Mary Peters of Anderson Count, Tennessee, of the second part, Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars to him in hand paid by the said parties of the second part, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and the further consideration of $750.00 evidenced by one promissory note of same date as this deed, and due and payable as follows: $50.00 due and payable on the first day of November, 1940 and $100.00 due and payable on the first day of each November thereafter until the full amount of this note and interest has been paid, and to secure the payment of said note a specific lien is hereby retained on the property her conveyed, had granted, bargained, sold and conveyed, and do hereby grant, bargain, sell, and convey until the said parties of the second part the following-described properties, to wit: A tract of land known as the A.E. Gamble tract and willed to Lonas Gamble. Situated in District No. 9 of Anderson County, Tennessee. Beginning on a rock on top of Chestnut Ridge; thence 49 1/2 E. 35 1/2 poles to a chestnut and pointers John Davis corner; thence with the Davis line N. 40 1/2 W. 218 poles to Davis corner on top of Pine Ridge; thence S. 54 1/2 W. 34 1/10 poles to a rock; thence S. 40 1/2 E. 221 poles to the beginning. Containing 47 acres more or less. This being one of the tracts conveyed by Lonas Gamble to Elmer Gamble and by Elmer Gamble to Samuel C. Gamble and conveyed by Samuel C. Gamble to Lonas Gamble by deed dated March 12, 1931 and which deed is of record in Book of Deeds "A", Vol. 4, page 362, Register's records of Anderson County, Tenn. |
Robert Earl (Bob) Peters was the son of my great grandparents Alva Edward Peters and Sallie Jane Cole. As such, Uncle Bob was the brother of my grandfather Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr. Uncle Bob's wife was Mary Hudson. We had two Mary Peters in the family, so Mary Hudson was often referred to as Mary Bob to distinguish her from Mary Murphy who married Howard Peters. Mary Murphy was similarly referred to as Mary Howard. Uncle Bob and Aunt Mary bought their land in 1940. They lived on it for less than three years because the government took their land and everybody else's land on the west end of Anderson County to build the X-10, Y-12, and K-25 plants that were part of the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. Uncle Bob's land was in Bear Creek Valley, and is now a part of the Y-12 complex. |
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