Aff - Scott, Paul Ewing_4/15/1975 (3)7
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AFFIDAVIT FOR TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATE
UPON THE TAX DUPLICATE
STATE OF INDIANA
COUNTY OF GIBSON,SS:
PAUL EWING SCOTT, being first duly sworn upon oath,
deposes and says:
•1: L'i31ie Benson Scot't', the mother of this affiant and
the mother of Sylvester Benson Scott, departed this life, testate,
a resident of Gibson County, Indiana, on May 9th.,. 1974, and
this affiant is the duly appointed, qualified and acting Admin-
istrator with Will annexed of the estate of said decedent, and.
at the time of the death of Lillie Benson Scott she was the owner
of the following described real estate, situate in Gibson County,
State of Indiana, to-wit:
The east half of the southwest quarter of Section
26, Township 2 south, Range 12 west, containing 82.19
acres, more or less;
ALSO, A part of the we'st half of the southwest
quarter of Section 26,�Township 2 south, Range 12 west,
bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning in the east line
of said half quarter section 10.1/4 chains north of the
southeast corner,.of the northwest�quarter of said south-
west�quarter of said section, and •from thence running
south 18 1/2 chains; thence west to the center line of
a public highway running through said half quarter sec-
tion; thence in a northerly direction along the center
line of said highway to a point due west of the place of _
beginning; and thence east to the place of beginning, con-
taining 2.97 acres, more or less, and containing in all
85.16 acres, more or less;
A part of the east half of the northwest quarter
and a part of the west half of the northeast quarter
of Section 35, Township 2 south, Range 12 west, bounded
as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of said
northeast quarter and running thence east 4 chains and
36 links; thence south 13 1/2 degrees east, 3 chains and
90 links; thence east 50 links; thence south 10 1/4 de-
grees east, 6 chains and 50 links;thence south, 27 de-
grees east, 164 feet, more or less, to a point due south
of a point in the north line of said section 800.7 feet
west of the northeast corner o£ the west half of said
quarter section; thence south 1035 feet to a point 800.7
feet west and 1806 feet south of the northeast corner of
said half quarter section; thence west 21.13 chains;
thence south 2 chains and 25 links; thence west 2 chains
and 10 links; thence north, 65 degrees west, 6 chains and
10 links to the west line of said east half of said north-
west quarter section; thence north to the northwest'corner
of said east half of said northwest quarter section; and
thence east to the place of beginning, containing 72.43
acres, more or less; '
ALSO, Part of the west half of the northeast quarter
of Section 35, Township 2 south, Range 12 west, and de-
scribed as follows: Begin in the north line of said half
quarter section 800.7 feet west of the northeast corner
thereof; run thence west 256.3 feet; thence south, 13 1/2
degrees east, 218.9 £eet; thence east 33 feet; thence
south, 10 1/4 degrees east, 429 feet; thence south, 31 de-
grees east, 164 feet; thence north 77T� feet to the place
of beginning, and containing 2.61 acres, more or less;
and containing in all 75.04 acres, more or less;
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A part of the southeast quarter of Section 26,
Township 2 south, Range 12 west, bounded as follows,
to-wit: Beginning at the northwest corner of said
quarter section, and from thence running south 2656 feet
to the southwest corner thereof; thence east 1025.7 feet;
thence north 2669 feet to the north line of said quarter
section; and thence west 1041.7 feet to the place of be-
ginning, containing 63.15 acres, more or less; EXCEPTING
THEREFROM the following: A part of the southwest quarter
of the southeast quarter of Section 26, Township 2 south,
Range 12 west, in Montgomery Township, Gibson County,
Indiana, and further described as follows: Begin at a 5/8
inch iron in the center of the Sylvester Benson public road,
said iron being 693 feet, more or less, east of the west
line and 710 feet, more or less,north of the south line of
said southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; and from
said point of beginning bear north, 3 degrees and 15 min-
utes west, more or less, along an existing fence and its
extension, a distance of 20.05 feet, to a 5/8 inch iron;
thence continue on the same course, a distance of 233.90
feet to a 5/8 inch iron;thence bear north, 84 degrees and
02 minutes east, along an existing fence and its extension,
a distance of 214.70 feet to a 5/8 inch iron at a corner
post; thence bear south, 3 degrees and 44 minutes east,
more or less, a distance of 262.SO feet to a 5/8 inch iron;
thence continue on the same course., a distance of 31.20
feet to a 5/8 inch iron in the center of said Benson Road;
thence bear north, 85 degrees and 20 minutes west, more or
less, on the center line of said'road a distance of 218.70
feet, to a point of beginning, and containing 1.35 acres,
BUT SUBJECT TO half the right-of-way of saidpublic road
off of the south side of the above described tract; and •
being.the real estate conveyed by Lillie B: Scott to Phillip
E. Scott, April 3, 1973, see Deed Drawer 2, Card No. 6160,
and containing, exclusive of said exception, 61.80 acres,
more or less. • �
All of the above described real estate and other real
estate is subject to a Coal Lease and Agreement entered
into under date of June 20, 1969, from Lillie B. Scott,
a widow, Paul E. Scott and Mary Alice Scott, his wife,
and Sylvester B. Scott and Elizabeth F. Scott, his wife,
as Lessors, to Enos Coal Corporation, as Lessee, granting
the right to mine and remove by any method except strip-
mining all of the coal, fire clay, shale and solid miner-
als in connection therewith, lying in and under the above
described real estate (and other real estate), together
with certain surface rights, for a term of forty (40)
years. Miscellaneous Drawer 1, Card No..1176. There
was as of the date of death a balance due on advance
royalties under this contract $40.00 per acre.
This affidavit is executed fo"r'.the purpo§e'.of inducing
the'Auditor of Gibson�County, Indiana, to.transfer-.the �itle�:to the
above described real estate to Sylvester Benson Scott'.and P.aul.Ewin^
Scott, sole surviving devisees under the Last Will and Testament
of Lillie Benson Scott, Deceased.
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��. . Paul Ewing Scd t �
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�^,.! Subscribed and sworn to before me this �� day
of �rMareh;f,:1975. �
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My Commis`sion��expires No � Public
March 25, 1975