Property Warranty Deed for Ella Wall (December 8, 1924)
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Title
Property Warranty Deed for Ella Wall (December 8, 1924)
Alternative Title
Property Warranty Deed for Wall
Subject
Apopka (Fla.)
Deeds--Florida
Description
Property warranty deed certifying the transfer of land from A. M. and Julia A. Starbird to Ella Wall on January 26, 1924. The property transferred was the north half of the north half of Lot 27 Block J in the Town of Apopka, Florida. The deed was certified by the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Orange Countya on December 8, 1924. Wall had later purchased the rest of Lot 27 Block J in 1928. The deed was notarized by W. G. Talton and witnessed by R. M. Moore.
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.
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.
Source
Original property warranty deed, December 8, 1924: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 34, African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Publisher
H & W. B. Drew Company
Date Created
1924-01-26
Date Accepted
1924-12-08
Contributor
Wall, Ella
Starbird, A. M.
Starbird, Julia A.
Talton, W. G.
Moore, R. M.
Mundy, Carol E.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original property warranty deed, December 8, 1924: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida.
Is Part Of
Series I, box 1, folder 31, African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Carol E. Mundy Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1720-2010 finding guide.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
180 KB
Medium
1-page notarized property warranty deed
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Apopka, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Collected by Carol E. Mundy between 1990 and 2009.
Purchased by the University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives in 2009.
Rights Holder
All rights are held by the respective holding institution. This material is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce and or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/.
Contributing Project
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
Apopka Historical Society. Apopka. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004.
External Reference Title
Transcript
DREW'S FORM R. E. 4
Warranty Deed
A. M. Starbird & Julia A. Starbird.
To
Ella Wall
Apopka, Fla.
State of Florida,
County of Orange
On this 8th day of Dec. A. D. 1924 at 1:15 o'clock p.m. this instrument was filed for record, after being duly acknowledged and proven, I have recorded the same of pages 487 of Book 259 in the Public Records of said County.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of said State, in and for said County.
[?] Clerk
[?] D. C.
State of Florida
County of Orange
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That on this 26 day of January A. D. 1924 before me personally appeared A. M. Starbird and Julia A. Starbird to me known to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing conveyance to Ella Wall and severally acknowledged the execution thereof to be their free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and the said Julia A. Starbird the wife of the said A. M. Starbird on a separate and private examination taken and made by and before me, and separately and apart from her said husband, did acknowledge that she made herself a party to the said Deed of Conveyance, for the purpose of renouncing, relinquishing and conveying all her right, title and interest, whether of dower or of separate property, statutory or equitable, in and to the lands therein described, and that she executed said deed freely and voluntarily and without any constraint, fear, apprehension or compulsion of or from her said husband.
WITNESS my signature and official seal at Apopka in the County of Orange and State of Florida the day and year last aforesaid.
W. G. Talton (Seal)
Notary Public, State of Florida at Large
My commission expires November 13, 1927
This Indenture, MAde this 26th day of January A. D. 1924, BETWEEN A. M. Starbird & wife Julia A. Starbird of the County of Orange and State of Florida parties of the first part, and ELLA WALL of the County of Orange and State of Florida party of the second part, WITNESSETH, that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of Forty ($40.00) Dollars, to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold and transferred, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and transfer unto the said party of the second part and her heirs and assigns forever, all that certain parcel of land lying and being in the County of Orange and State of certain parcel of land lying and being in the County of Orange and State of Florida more particularly described as follows: To-wit- The N .1/2 of the N. 1/2 of Lot 27 Twenty-Seven Block "J" Town of Apopka as per recorded PLatt thereof in Plat Book "A". Page 109 of Public Records of Said Orange County.
TOGETHER with all the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances, with every privilege, right title, interest and estate, dower and right of dower, reversion, remainder and easement thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same in fee simple forever.
And the said parties of the first part do covenant with the said party of the second part that they are lawfully seized of the said premises, that they are free from all incumbrances and that they have good right and lawful authority to sell the same; and the said party of the first part does hereby fully warrant the title to said land, and will defend the same against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in our Presence:
W.G. Talton
R.M. Moore
A.M. Starbird (Seal)
Julia A. Starbird (Seal)
Warranty Deed
A. M. Starbird & Julia A. Starbird.
To
Ella Wall
Apopka, Fla.
State of Florida,
County of Orange
On this 8th day of Dec. A. D. 1924 at 1:15 o'clock p.m. this instrument was filed for record, after being duly acknowledged and proven, I have recorded the same of pages 487 of Book 259 in the Public Records of said County.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of said State, in and for said County.
[?] Clerk
[?] D. C.
State of Florida
County of Orange
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That on this 26 day of January A. D. 1924 before me personally appeared A. M. Starbird and Julia A. Starbird to me known to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing conveyance to Ella Wall and severally acknowledged the execution thereof to be their free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and the said Julia A. Starbird the wife of the said A. M. Starbird on a separate and private examination taken and made by and before me, and separately and apart from her said husband, did acknowledge that she made herself a party to the said Deed of Conveyance, for the purpose of renouncing, relinquishing and conveying all her right, title and interest, whether of dower or of separate property, statutory or equitable, in and to the lands therein described, and that she executed said deed freely and voluntarily and without any constraint, fear, apprehension or compulsion of or from her said husband.
WITNESS my signature and official seal at Apopka in the County of Orange and State of Florida the day and year last aforesaid.
W. G. Talton (Seal)
Notary Public, State of Florida at Large
My commission expires November 13, 1927
This Indenture, MAde this 26th day of January A. D. 1924, BETWEEN A. M. Starbird & wife Julia A. Starbird of the County of Orange and State of Florida parties of the first part, and ELLA WALL of the County of Orange and State of Florida party of the second part, WITNESSETH, that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of Forty ($40.00) Dollars, to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold and transferred, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and transfer unto the said party of the second part and her heirs and assigns forever, all that certain parcel of land lying and being in the County of Orange and State of certain parcel of land lying and being in the County of Orange and State of Florida more particularly described as follows: To-wit- The N .1/2 of the N. 1/2 of Lot 27 Twenty-Seven Block "J" Town of Apopka as per recorded PLatt thereof in Plat Book "A". Page 109 of Public Records of Said Orange County.
TOGETHER with all the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances, with every privilege, right title, interest and estate, dower and right of dower, reversion, remainder and easement thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same in fee simple forever.
And the said parties of the first part do covenant with the said party of the second part that they are lawfully seized of the said premises, that they are free from all incumbrances and that they have good right and lawful authority to sell the same; and the said party of the first part does hereby fully warrant the title to said land, and will defend the same against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in our Presence:
W.G. Talton
R.M. Moore
A.M. Starbird (Seal)
Julia A. Starbird (Seal)
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1-page notarized property warranty deed
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Citation
“Property Warranty Deed for Ella Wall (December 8, 1924),” RICHES, accessed April 18, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/2890.