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Note: Homestead Certificate No. 10849 Application 16903 Whereas these has been deposited in the General Land Office (United States a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Gainesville Florida, whereby it appears that, pursuant to the Act of Congress approved 20th May, 1862, "To secure Homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, " and the acts supplemental hereto, the claim of Joel C. Mayo has been established and duly consummated in conformity to law for the North East quarter of Section 14, in Township four North of Range Seventeen West of Tallahassee Meridian in Florida containing one hundred fifty-nine acres and Six - Nine hundredths of an acre according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said Land returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the SURVEYOR GENERAL: Now Know Ye, That is therefore granted by the UNITED STATES unto the said Joel C. Mayo the tract of above described. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of land with the appurtenances thereby the said Joel C. Mayo and to his heirs and assigns forever. In testimony whereof I, Grover Cleveland President of the United States of America have caused these letters to be Patent, and the Seal of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington the 20th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety four, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty first. By the President: Grover Cleveland By M.C. Kean, Secretary L. T. C. Lamar, Recorder of General Land Office Book 21 page 177 THE STATE OF FLORIDA HOLMES COUNTY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That this indenture made this 3rd day of July A. D. 1899 between J. C. Mayo & Lelia Mayo of the County of Holmes in the State of Florida, parties of the first part and Frank Ward of the County of Holmes, 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 Three hundred Dollars to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part., the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained and sold, to the said party of the second part, his heirs end assigns, forever, the following described land to-wit: The North East quarter of Section Fourteen Township Four North of Range Seventeen West containing (160) acres, Lying and being in Holmes County and State of Florida And the said parties of this first part, do hereby warrant the title to said land and will defend the same against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever. In testimony whereof the said parties of the first part J. C. Mayo and Lelia Mayo have hereunto set their hands and seals this 3rd day of July A. D. 1899. Signed, sealed add delivered in presence of J. B. Hewett her Mrs M. C. X Mayo J. C. Mayo (Seal) mark her Lella X Mayo (seal) mark THE STATE OF FLORIDA HOLMES COUNTY This day before the undersigned personally appeared J. C. Mayo and his wife Leila Mayo to me well known to be the Individuals described in and who executed the foregoing Deed of Conveyance, and acknowledged that they executed the same for the uses and purposes therein expressed. And the said Lelia Mayo wife of the said J. C. Mayo upon a private examination by me, held separate and apart from her said husband, acknowledged and declared that she executed the same freely and voluntarily, and without fear or apprehension, compulsion or restraint, of or from her said husband for the purpose of relinquishing all her right of Dower in and to said described property. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal This the 3rd day of July A.D. 1899. E. D. Neel Notary Public. (endorsed ON BACK OF ORIGINAL) ( .50 - Doc. Stamps) STATE OF FLORIDA, COUTY OF HOLMES On-this 10 day pf Nov 1899, at 10 o'clock, A. M. this instrument was filed for record and the same being properly authenticated, I have duly recorded the, same on pages 414 & 415 of Book 2 in the public records of said County, and record verified. A. D. Brownell Clerk. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original filed for record on this the 16th day of April A. D. 1917. R. W. Creel Clerk Circuit Court By Chas . ----ry Deputy Clerk THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: *********************************************************************** He was a railroad man and worked for the L.& N. Railroad Co. traveling the panhandle of Florida. He met Georgia Hatcher in 1901 in Aiken, South Carolina while getting his "britches" repaired at her shop. They married and returned to Florida. For reasons unknown Georgia Hatcher Mayo took her two babies and left Joel Mayo about 1904 and returned to South Carolina and her family. She never spoke of Joel again. After her children were old enough to ask she told them that he was dead. After her death his portrait was found ripped in half in the bottom of her trunk. ******************************************************************** CHANCERY ORDER BOOK 2 page 46 In Circuit Court of Holmes County, First Judicial Circuit of Florida, In Chancery. J. C. Mayo vs Georgia Mayo Divorce. Now on motion of solicitor for complainant for a decree pro-confesso, and it appearing from the papers on file in this office that there was due and legal service in said case upon the said respondent in person, and no plea answer or demurrer being on file in this office on this the second rule day after service was had upon the respondent: It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the matters and things set forth in said. bill of complaint be taken as confessed, and this case proceed expartee to a final hearing. Done and ordered on this the 1st, day of October A.D.1906. W. H. Brett Jr., Clerk of said Court, By L H. Carnhuff Dep. Clerk. Book 21 page 64 IN CIRCUIT COURT OF HOLMES COUNTY JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY J. C. Mayo Vs Georgia Mayo This cause coming on upon application of Complainant's solicitor for for a decree pro-confesso, and it appearing from the papers on file in this office that there was due and legal service in said case upon the respondent Georgia Mayo by publication in the Holmes County Advertiser a weekly newspaper published and partly printed in Bonifay, HoImes County, Florida, and by posting a copy of the order for publication made in said case, at the court house door in said Holmes County, on the same day that the order for publication was made in said case, and by sending a copy of said order for publication to the said respondent Georgia Mayo at Granitville, South Carolina and there being no plea, appearance, answer or demurrer or other pleading by said respondent on file in this office on this the 3rd, day of February 1908, and the second rule day, after service upon the said respondent had been perfected: It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the matters and things as set forth in the bill of complaint in this case be taken as confessed, and that this case proceed expartee to a final hearing. Done and ordered in Bonifay Holmes County, Florida on this the 3rd, day of February 1908- W. H. Brett Jr, Clerk of said Court By W. V. Mayfield Deputy Clerk. CHANCERY ORDER BOOK 2 page 46 In Circuit Court of Holmes County, First Judicial Circuit of Florida, In Chancery. J. C. Mayo vs Georgia Mayo Divorce. Now on motion of solicitor for complainant for a decree pro-confesso, and it appearing from the papers on file in this office that there was due and legal service in said case upon the said respondent in person, and no plea answer or demurrer being on file in this office on this the second rule day after service was had upon the respondent: It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the matters and things set forth in said. bill of complaint be taken as confessed, and this case proceed expartee to a final hearing. Done and ordered on this the 1st, day of October A.D.1906. W. H. Brett Jr., Clerk of said Court, By L H. Carnhuff Dep. Clerk. Book 21 page 64 IN CIRCUIT COURT OF HOLMES COUNTY JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY J. C. Mayo Vs Georgia Mayo This cause coming on upon application of Complainant's solicitor for for a decree pro-confesso, and it appearing from the papers on file in this office that there was due and legal service in said case upon the respondent Georgia Mayo by publication in the Holmes County Advertiser a weekly newspaper published and partly printed in Bonifay, HoImes County, Florida, and by posting a copy of the order for publication made in said case, at the court house door in said Holmes County, on the same day that the order for publication was made in said case, and by sending a copy of said order for publication to the said respondent Georgia Mayo at Granitville, South Carolina and there being no plea, appearance, answer or demurrer or other pleading by said respondent on file in this office on this the 3rd, day of February 1908, and the second rule day, after service upon the said respondent had been perfected: It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the matters and things as set forth in the bill of complaint in this case be taken as confessed, and that this case proceed expartee to a final hearing. Done and ordered in Bonifay Holmes County, Florida on this the 3rd, day of February 1908- W. H. Brett Jr, Clerk of said Court By W. V. Mayfield Deputy Clerk. *************************************************** Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 Name: Joel Columbus Mayo Death Date: 1938 County of Death: Washington State of Death: Florida Race: White Gender: Male Source Information: Ancestry.com. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: State of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998. Description: This index covers the death records in the State of Florida, USA, from 1877 to 1998. Most records contain a name, race, death date, death place, gender, birth date, volume number, and certificate number. <img src=" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cat1/jcmayo.jpg ">
Joel Columbus Mayo ca 1903
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