Quit-Claim Deed for Ella Wall (June 1, 1928)

Quit-Claim Deed for Ella Wall (June 1, 1928)

Quit-Claim Deed for Wall

Apopka (Fla.)

Deeds--Florida

Quit-claim deed certifying the transfer of land from J. D. Beggs, Leila S. Beggs, Annie E. Beggs, Laura B. Casey, and T. L. Casey to Ella Wall on May 22, 1928. The property transferred was Lot 27 Block J in the Town of Apopka, Florida, for $38.28. The document was notarized by Ruth W. McClure on May 24, 1928. The deed was certified by Bill Robinson, clerk of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Orange County on June 1, 1928. Wall had previously purchased the north half of the north half of Lot 27 Block J from A. M. and Julia A. Starbird in 1924.

Ella Wall (1874-1938) was an entrepreneur and businesswoman of Apopka who served as the inspiration for a character in Zora Neale Hurston's novel Mules and Men. Wall was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1874 and moved to Apopka as a widow. Throughout her lifetime, Wall purchased four parcels, of land. She operated an orange grove and also constructed small wooden buildings that she rented out to migrant workers. Wall was also a friend of Michael Gladden, Jr., the executor of the George W. Oden estates, until her death in 1938.

Original quit-claim deed, June 1, 1928: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 132, African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

1928-05-22

1928-06-01

Wall, Ella

Beggs, J. D.

Robinson, Bill

McClure, Ruth W.

Beggs, Leila S.

Beggs, Annie E.

Casey, Laura B.

Casey, T. L.

Mundy, Carol E.

Digital reproduction of original quit-claim deed, June 1, 1928: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 132, African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Series I, box 1, folder 132, African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-2010, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Carol E. Mundy Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Folder referenced in African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-2010 finding guide.

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Collected by Carol E. Mundy between 1990 and 2009.

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Cepero, Laura

Apopka Historical Society. Apopka. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004.

2-page notarized property warranty deed