Aff - Ballard, Ella Near_1/14/1969. . , � '. ..
AFFIDAVIT FOR TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATE
UPON THE TAX DUPLICATE
STATE OF INDIANA
COUNTY OF GIBSON, SS:
ELLA NEAR BALLARD, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes
and says that she is one and the same person as ELLA NEAR, the grantee in
the deed referred to in numerical paragraph 4 hereinafter, and that she makes
this affidavit to obtain the transfer of the real estate hereinafter described to
her individual name, and says:
1. That George W. Near and Minnie Near, his wife, as tenants
by the entirety,acquired title to the following described real estate,
situate in the City of Princeton, Gibson County, in the State of Indiana,
to-wit:
Lot No. 15 in Estes Addition to the Town, now City,
� of Princeton, ' '
by virtue of a warranty deed dated June 23, 1920; . from Sanford
Trippet and Edith K. Trippet, husband and wife, as Grantors,
Deed Record 88, page 254;
2. That the said George 4V. Near departed this life a resident of
Gibson County, in the State of Indiana, on January 24, 1924, and left
surviving him as his widow, the aforementioned Minnie Near.
3. That subsequently Minnie Near married Andrew Lockhart, and
that the said Andrew Lockhart departed this life in November, 1938.
4. That under date of November 2, 1939, Minnie Near Lockhart,
a widow, as Grantor, conveyed the above described real estate to this
affiant, Ella Near, as Grantee, and the said Niinnie Near Lockhart
reserved a life estate in and to said real estate.
5. Minnie Near Lockhart departed this life on October 24, 1948.
6. This affiant married John P. Ballard on January 19, 1948.
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Ella Near Ballard
Subscribed and sworn to before me this �, '/ day of December, 1968.
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My Commission expires
March 25, 1971