Page 132 and 133 of Lincoln County, TN Count Records - Book

The Comonwealth of Kentucky to ___________________of Lincoln Co.  
Greeting wheras William McMillian and Elizabeth his wife.  John Frame
and Elizabeth his wife by their certain indenture of bargin and sale
leaving date 29th day of November 1811 have sold and conveyed unto 
John Sympson on certain lot or cave of land with the appurtenances 
lying and being in the town of Winchester and county of Clark and 
wheas the said Elizabeth cannot conveniently travel to our county 
court of Clark to make acknowledgement of the said conveyance.  Know 
ye therefore that we trusting to your fidelity and providence 
circumspection do give unto you or any two or more of you power to
receive said acknowledgement as the said Elizabeth shall be willing
to make before you of the conveyance aforesaid contained in the said
indenture hereunto ____________________ and we therefore command you
personally to go to the said Elizabeth and receive her 
acknowledgement of the same and examine her privately and apart from
the said John Frame her husband whether she doth the same freely and
voluntarily without his persuading or threat and whether she be
willing that the same should be recorded in our county Court of Clark
aforesaid.  And when you have taken her acknowledgement as aforesaid
that you send and certify us thereby in our said County Court under
your seal returning also this writ and this indenture Writing.

                                            David B.
County Clerk of our said Court this 2 Day of December 1811

                                            David Bullock

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Page 134, Court Records for 1812, Lincoln Co, TN

Lincoln County Court

By virtue of the above commission to us directed we have examined 
Elizabeth Frame the wife of John Frame -- the indenture _____________
Separate and apart from her said husband and she freely and voluntarily
relinquishes her claim of Dower in the land premises conveyed by said
indenture and that the same should be recorded is willing without the
persuasion or threat of her                 husband John Frame.

Given under our hands and seal this 3 day of October 1812.

                                 John Jones       (seal
                                 William Husbands (seal)