State Tax $16.00 Probate Fee.15 $16.15

Deed Robert Filmore Maxwell to Virgil Timothy Denny Filed 12 August 1919 at 2:20 o clock P.M. and noted in Filation Book C on page 156 and recorded in Book 12 on page 588-84. S.S. Stanton Register. J.B. Thompson Attorney-At-Law Cookeville, TN State Tax $16.00 Probate Fee.15 $16.15 For the consideration of the sum of sixteen thousand dollars, paid and to be paid as follows: $5000.00 cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and the balance to be paid as follows: $4000.00 to be paid January 1 st 1921; $4000.00 to be paid January 1 st 1922; and $3000.00 to be paid January 1 st 1923, all of which deferred payments are evidenced by notes of even date herewith, and a lien is hereby retained on the property herein conveyed to secure said three notes according to the terms thereof, we, R.F. Maxwell and wife, C.D. Maxwell, have this day bargained and sold and do hereby transfer and convey unto Virgil T. Denny, his heirs and assigns, the following tract or parcel of land, in the 11 th Civil District of Putnam County, Tennessee, and described as follows: Beginning on a stone, formerly a buckeye and white oak, Allen Young s beginning corner, running thence north 54 poles to a sugar tree and lynn, thence west about 108 poles to the buckeye, an agreed corner recently established between us and Virgil Denny, about 40 or 50 yards east of the horn beam corner in the old line, thence north 24 degrees west 20 poles with said agreed line to a stake in Indian Creek with sycamore pointer, thence down the creek, southwestward, with the meanders of said creek to a stake in the mill pond, being the southwest corner of the 25 acre tract sold by J.N. Maddux to J.W. Sutton, and a corner of the tract now owned by E.H. Maddux, thence south 72 1/4 degrees east 56 poles to a stake, the southwest corner of the original tract with beech and elm pointer, thence south 55 degrees east 12 1/4 poles to a stake, thence south 30 3/4 degrees east 6 poles to a beech, thence south 30 1/2 degrees east 11 poles to a beech, thence south 33 1/2 east 4 poles to a beech, thence south 39 3/4 degrees east 8 2/3 poles to a sugar tree, thence south 52 1/2 degrees east 10 poles to a stake, thence south 31 degrees east 6 poles to an elm, thence south 24 1/2 degrees east 11 poles to a stake and two beech pointers, thence south 23 3/4 degrees east 12 poles to a beech, thence south 46 1/2 degrees east 6 poles to a stake, thence south 41 degrees east 10 1/3 poles to an ash, thence south 341/2 east 21 poles to an elm, thence south 25 3/4 degrees east to a beech, thence south 14 degrees east 4 2/3 poles to a poplar, thence south 10 1/2 degrees east 8 poles to a chestnut stump, thence south 14 1/2 east 6 poles to a chestnut, thence south 39 degrees east 6 poles to a sassafras, thence south 35 degrees east 9 1/4 poles to a chestnut, thence south 40 degrees east 4 poles to a chestnut oak, thence north 80 23 degrees east 29 poles to a rock in Young s line on the ridge, thence north 1 degree west 15 poles to a stake with beech pointers, thence north

10 degrees west 11 poles to a stake, thence north 14 degrees west 20 poles to a stake, thence north 5 degrees west 28 poles to an ironwood, thence north 24 poles to a stake, thence north 18 degrees west 23 poles to a sugar tree, thence north 8 poles to a stake in the Young field, now a stone, between R.F. Maxwell and W. H. Maddux lands, thence south 75 degrees east 29 poles to a small cedar, thence north 17 degrees west 6 poles to a sycamore on the bank of the creek, thence north 25 degrees west down the creek with the middle of same 30 poles to a stake in the creek, thence north 77 degrees west 14 poles to a stake in said creek, thence south 73 degrees west about 7 or 8 ft. south of the creek bluff 15 poles to a stake in said R.F. Maxwell s east boundary line, thence north with said line to the beginning, containing 164 1/2 acres, more or less. Including and excluding an old graveyard, known as the Young graveyard, now enclosed by a stone wall, containing about one half acre, also another strip on the north side of said graveyard about 20 ft. wide and the same width of the old graveyard, both of which are here excluded from this conveyance. This being the lands conveyed to us in five different tracts by deeds which are the last conveyances to this tract, and are recorded in the Putnam County, Tennessee, Register s Office, as follows: Book N page 493 et seq; Book N page 491 et seq; Book Z page 61; Book Z page 62-3; Book 11 page 135; and an agreement recently registered, all of which are here referred to for their contents. To have and to hold all the estate, title and interest in and to said tract of land, with the appurtenances thereto belonging, to the said Virgil T. Denny, his heirs and assigns. We covenant with the said Denny that we are lawfully seized and possessed of said tract of land, have a good right to convey it, and that the same is unencumbered. We further agree and bind ourselves, heirs and legal representatives to warrant and forever defend the title to said land to the said Virgil T. Denny, his heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever. But we are to retain the possession, and have the use of said land until January 1 st 1920. Witness our signatures, this August 12, 1919.

Robert Filmore Maxwell b. July 1855 d. ca. 1933, Warren Co., TN s/o Gordon C. Maxwell & Josephine M. Shanks md 20 September 1879, Martha Ann Maddux b. 27 June 1859, TN d. 8 January 1897 Both Buried: Smellage Cemetery, Boma, TN 1880 Census Place: District 11, Putnam, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255275 National Archives Film T9-1275 Page 163B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Robert MAXWELL Self M M W 25 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: VA Martha MAXWELL Wife F M W 21 TN Occ: Keeps House Fa: VA Mo: TN Timothy Denny Denny, Timothy - Farmer b. 22 December 1825, Gordonsville, Smith Co., TN d. 5 November 1898,, on a Friday at home on Indian Creek, Silver Pt., TN near Buffalo Valley, TN Private: Co. A 84 th Confederate Infantry s/o Zachariah & Catherine (Stallings/Stallions) Denny md 26 September 1876, Elizabeth Hettie Paul b. 26 October 1844, TN d. 22 March 1922, Little Indian Creek, Silver Point, Putnam Co., TN d/o Thomas Paul & Sarah Denny Both Buried: + Capt. William Jared Cemetery, near homestead on Big Indian Creek, TN, Putnam Co., TN, near Buffalo Valley. Virgil Timothy Denny - b. 17 November 1884, Indian Creek, Silver Point, near Buffalo Valley, TN d. 26 June 1949, Indian Creek, Silver Point, near Buffalo Valley, TN md 28 November 1917, Silver Point, TN, Audra Camilla Anderson Buried: Cookevile City Cemetery, Cookeville, TN Minnie Myrtle Denny - b. 18 February 1882, Bible, 1881 on Tombstone Indian Creek, Putnam Co, TN d. 10 May 1957, TN on a Friday morning - Hazelwood Rest Home, Lebanon, TN Buried: + Rock Springs Cemetery, Rock Springs, TN 1880 Census Place: District 11, Putnam, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255275 National Archives Film T9-1275 Page 161A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Timothy DENNY Self M M W 55 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC Kitty DENNY Wife F M W 35 TN Occ: Keeps House Fa: SC Mo: NC Betsy Ann DENNY Sister F S W 47 TN Fa: NC Mo: NC Aro BALLARD BroL M W W 35 TN Occ: Labors On Farm Fa: TN Mo: NC Census Place: District 11, Putnam, Tennessee Source: 1900 Census Name Age PB FB MB Hettie Denny 55 Widow TN SC SC Minnie M. 19 Dau TN TN TN Virgil T. 15 Son TN TN TN Elizabeth 67 Sister-in-Law TN TN TN Hansford Reeder 24 S-Brd TN TN TN Denny, Virgil Timothy - Virgil Timothy was a farmer & businessman. b. 17 November 1884, at home on a Monday, Big Indian Creek, near Buffalo Valley, TN d. 26 June 1949, Big Indian Creek, Buffalo Valley, TN Died on his farm, on a Sunday, self inflicted wound from a shotgun. s/o Timothy & Elizabeth Hettie (Paul) Denny md 28 November 1917, on a Wednesday, TN, Audra Camilla Anderson Virgil Timothy & Audra Camilla (Anderson) Denny Picture made 19 December 1917, TN

d/o Lewis Monroe Anderson & Matilda Isabelle Wallace b. 9 February 1899, Putnam Co., Boma, TN d. 26 October 1990, Cookeville General Hospital, TN Both Buried: +Cookeville City Cemetery, Cookeville, TN One child born to Virgil Timothy Denny & Audra Anderson Tim Denny. who md Geraldine Loftis. J.W. Sutton = James W. Sutton J.N. Maddux = James Nelson Maddux - b. 14 February 1853 - d. 24 February 1900, he md Eudora Dora Jared - b. 26 December 1852, Putnam Co., TN d. 17 February 1925 James was the s/o Snowden Horton Maddux & Lucy Ann Leftwich. Eudora was the d/o Josiah Jared & Frances Woodbury Bennett. Josiah Jared s father, Joseph Jackson Jared was a Rev l War Solider. E.H. Maddux = Ernest Haywood Maddux - b. 1 December 1882, he md 9 March 1917, Elmo Lewis Nichols - s/o James Nelson Maddux & Eudora Dora Jared. W.H. Maddux = William Hickman Hick Maddux b. 30 July 1852 d. 21 February 1926 Buried: Smellage Cemetery, Boma, TN - s/o George Maddux & Elizabeth Brown C.D. Maxwell = Callie Dora Judd who md 7 December 1905, Robert Filmore Maxwell. Hansford Hance Reeder = b. 30 September 1877 d. 5 December 1951 md Melonee Young b. 4 January 1880 d. 22 January 1945 They were buried: Young Family Graveyard, Located near the foot of Hopewell Hill, Putnam Co., TN The graves of this cemetery were all moved to the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Baxter, TN. Graves recorded in September 1982 by Carolyn (Shanks) Huddleston at the Young Family Graveyard: Fred P. Young b. 28 September 1877 d. 14 September 1879 s/o John H. Young John H. Young b. 17 September 1850 d. 25 April 1888 Edith P. (Swearingin) Young b. 1 February 1849 d. 9 August 1923 Melonee (Young) Reeder b. 4 January 1880 d. 22 January 1945 Hansford Hance Reeder 30 September 1877 d. 5 December 1951 John H. Young b. 4 January 1880 d. 22 January 1945 f/o Phillip, bro/o Melonee and Fred P. Young. Another graveyard located near Denny s Seminary on the Young home place, later the Elijah Mannon DuBois & Lois Vida Jared home place, called the Peter Young Graveyard. Peter Young b. 22 April 1816 d. ca. 1891- s/o Mark Young & Ruth Raulston Mary Young b. 15 October 1817 d. 16 May 1891 Mannon Young b. 3 May 1914 d. 13 June 1916 s/o Elijah Mannon Dubois & Lois Vida Jared Ruth Raulston b. ca. 1781, Buffalo Valley, Putnam, TN d. ca. 1840, Buffalo Valley, Putnam, TN d/o Col. James Raulston & Jane Simmons md 1806, Mark Young - b. 8 January 1780, Essex, VA d. 8 February 1857, Putnam Co., TN - s/o William & Elizabeth (Huff) Young William Young was the s/o William & Patience (Sinclair) Young Ruth & Mark settled in Putnam Co., TN Buffalo Valley area. Patsey Young b. ca. 1805, Jackson, TN md Mark Cameron James Young b. ca. 1807, Jackson, TN d. ca. 1830 Elizabeth Young b. ca. 1810, Jackson, TN d. ca. 1830 md Bluford Helm John Young b. ca. 1813, Jackson, TN d. ca. 1849 Peter Young b. 22 April 1816, Jackson, TN d. 21 March 1891 md Polly Price b. ca. 1820, Jackson Co., TN Hannah Leanah Young md Joseph Young - b. ca. 1814, Jackson, TN Jackson, TN Ruth Young b. ca. 1828, Jackson, TN md Hyrum Holmes b. ca. 1824, Jackson, TN *See Chapter 14 - Matthew Raulsten for complete family listing.

Allen Alan Young = His farm joined to Virgil Timothy Denny s farm. John Young - b. ca. 1788 d. 1835, Nashville, TN of yellow fever. md Matilda Gibson b. ca. 1790 d. 1870 Allen Alan Young b. ca. 1814 d. ca. 1860 md Mary Melinda Crowell Listed in the 1850 census as living in the 13 th District of Putnam Co., TN. John Madison Young b. ca. 1834 Lewis Hartford Young b. ca. 1835 Matilda Young b. ca. 1838 Robert Young b. ca. 1840 Churchwell Young = b. ca. 1842 Adolphia Young b. 1845 Elizabeth Young b. ca. 1846 Marley Young b. ca. 1850 Adolphia Young b. ca. 1816 d. 5 July 1852, nr. the Wood River 100 miles out of Winter Quarters Adolphia Young died of cholera. md Rhoda Jared 26 July 1836, Jackson Co., TN - b. 24 October 1820, Putnam Co., TN d. 29 March 1899, Provo, UT d/o Moses Jared & Malinda Byrne Rhoda Jared Young md 2 nd in Salt Lake City, UT, Alfred Douglas Young Cousin of her husband s. *See Story of Rhoda Jared Young. *See Chapter 8. John Harman Young b. ca. 1818 d. ca. 1860 md 1 st Jane Nichols b. 18 July 1836 d. 16 April 1870 - d/o John Bird Nichols & Felicia Hughes Simmons Jane was raised by her aunt Settie & her husband, the good Dr. Helms. John Harman Young md 2 nd ca. 1871, Francis Elizabeth Armistead. John Harman Young was in the Civil War later he was killed by bushwhackers. William Lafayette Young b. 13 June 1859 - d. 31 May 1932 md Smith Co., TN, Jane Armistead d. 10 February 1939. Both Buried: Gordonsville Cemetery, Gordonsville, TN John A. Young b. 21 March 1861, Smith Co., TN md Alice Perkins James M. Young b. 10 March 1863 md Emma Cardwell Robert A. Young b. ca. 1864 md 1 st Ella Lee Bolton md 2 nd Etta Thackson Melanie Young md John Hill Lewis Joshua Young b. 5 November 1871 md 3 November 1895, Evelyn Jane Smith Anna Annie Young b. ca. 1819 d. before 1860 - md Elijah C. Crowell Elijah Crowell was in the Civil War later killed by bushwhackers. *See next page for Land maps of the Virgil Timothy Denny farm.