Aff - Skelton, Arthur_3/25/1969.. r ,- � �
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STATE OF ZNDIANA
COUNTY OF GIBSON
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AFFIDAVZT AS TO TENANCY BY ENTZRETY
Arthur E. Skelton, being first duly sworn upon his oath,
deposes and says:
That he is more than fifty (50) years of age, a resident
of.Gibson County, indiana, and his occupation is a Retired Farmer.
That he is familiar with the following described real
estate located in Gibson County, Indiana, towit:
of the Base Line,
A part of the NEa of the SW'� of Section 35, Township 2 South� Range 11
West of the Second Principal,Meridian Line, bounded as follows: Begin
in the N line of said quarter quarter section at a point 505 feet W of
the NE corner of said quarter quarter section and run thence S on a
line parallel to the E line of said quarter quarter section 1320 feet
- to the S line of said quarter quarter section; thence E 208 feet;
thence N on a line parallel to the E line of said quarter quarter section
1320 feet to the N line of said quarter quarter section; thence E 208
feet to the point of beginning, containing 5.44 acres, more or less,
in Gibson County, Indiana, subject to all rights of the Deep Vein
Coal Company to the coal, clay, shale, rock and other mineral sub-
stances in'the coal lying in and under the surface of said lands as
shown by a certain deed recorded in Deed.Record 89 at page 372 of the
Office of the Recorder of Gibson County, Zndiana. ALSO, a part of the
NE�d of the Sw'�-of Sec. 35, Town 2 S, R 11 W, bounded as follows:
� Begin in the N line'of said quarter quarter section at a point 505 feet
W of the NE corner thereof, and run thence S to the S line of said
quarter quarter section; thence w 161 feet; thence N to the N line
of said quarter quarter section; thence E to the place of beginning,
containing 4.88 acres, more or less, bei ng the said land conveyed to
James M. Austin by Clarence A. Bruce and Myrtle Bruce, his wife, by
Deed recorded in Deed Record 88 page 537, subject to all rights to the
coal and other mineral substances lying in and under said real estate
heretofore conveyed to the Deep Vein Coal Company. Being the same real
estate described in Deed Record No. 134, Page 97, Office of the Recorder
of Gibson County, Indiana;
ALSO, '
A part of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section
thirty-five (35), Township two (2) south, Range eleven (11)west,
bounded as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of said quarter
quarter section and run thence south eighty (80) rods to the southeast
corner thereof; thence west eighteen (18) rods; thence north eighty
(80) rods to the north line thereof; thence east eighteen (18) rods to
the place of beginning, EXCEPTING THEREFROM the following described
parcel: Beginning at the northeast corner of said quarter quarter
section and funning thence west along the north line thereof two
hundred sixteen (216) feet to the center line of an existing drainage
ditch; thence south along the center line of said ditch three hundred
fifty-four and ninety-three one-hundredths (354.93) feet, more or less,
to the point where the center line of said ditch intersects the center
line of a ditch running in an easterly and westerly direction; thence
in an easterly direction along the center line of the ditcH so inter-
sected to the point where.said center line of said ditch intersects the
east line of said quarter quarter section; thence north along said
east line three hundred fifty-three and ninety-three one-hundredths
(353.93) feet, more or less, to the place of beginning, containing
� one and sixty-seven one-hundredths (1.67) acres, and containing exclusive
of said exception seven and thirty-three one-hundredths (7.33) acres,
more or less. Being the same real estate described in Deed Record
No. 139 Page 179, Office of the Recorder of Gibson County, Indiana -
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A part of the Northeast quarter of the Southwest Quarter
of Section 35, Township 2 South, Range 11 West, bounded as follows,
towit: Beginning at'an iron 526.02 feet East of the NE corner of said
quarter quarter section, and run thence South to the S. line of said
quarter quarter section to an iron; thence E along said S line 147.9,-ft.
to an iron; thence E 1323.2 feet to the N line of said quarter quar� r
section to an iron; thence W 153.85 ft. to the point of beginning,
containing 4.58 acres, more or less. EXCEPTING ALWAYS that part of the
above described real estate heretofore conveyed away and leaving
remaining 4 acres, more or less;
and that he knows of his own knowledge that said above described
real property was formerly owned by Arthur E. Skelton and Augusta
Skelton, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety.
Affiant further states that he knows of his own knowledge
that the said Augusta Skelton died testate, on or about December 15,
1968, and that the said Arthur E. Skelton and Augusta Skelton were
husband and wife, at t}ie time of the death of the said Augusta Skelton.
Affiant further states that he knows of his own knowledge that
the value of the estate of said Augusta Skelton at the time of her
death, within the meaning of the Federal Estate Tax laws, was less
than Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00), and that the estate of said
decedent was not subject to any Federal Estate Tax.
1969.
Further this affiant sayeth not.
Sutiscribed and�sworn
- My Commission Expires:
= � =�November 7, 1972
before'trie this 25th day of March,
, NOt�Y Pllb11C
THIS INSTRUMENT PREPARED BY: JOHN W. BALLARD, ATTORNEY.