Volume 131, pages 488-492
Collin County Deed Records, Texas
The State of Texas
County of Grayson
(Exerpts from the Deed)
Grantors: Mrs. M.A.FORBIS, a femme sole,
R.L.FORBIS and M.L.FORBIS, husband & wife, T.C.FORBIS and Annie FORBIS, husband &
wife, J.A.FORBIS and C.J.FORBIS, husband
& wife, Josie MERRITT, a femme sole
(Note: Josie Forbis married 1) George W.
Burke; 2) Sol Merritt; 3) Ed Brown), U.H.ROSS and Mary A. ROSS, husband &
wife, all of Grayson County...the said
Josie MERRITT, R.L. FORBIS and T.C. FORBIS being children and heirs at law of
T.C.FORBIS by his surviving wife, M.A.FORBIS...said heirs together with John
FORBIIS & Mrs. Zora BRYANT are all of the children & only heirs of said
T.C.FORBIS by his surviving wife....(*)Donia
HANNA being the only surviving heir of T.C.FORBIS by his first wife, Sarah;
and J.A.FORBIS being the only surviving heir by Sarah J. (Note: Mary J. is the correct name), the 2nd wife of T.C.FORBIS.
Grantee: S.C.STEPHENS
In consideration of $1500 cash plus $3805 paid in 10 annual installments.
Property description: 120 acre tract on the waters of Honey Creek in Edwin
RIGHTMAN Survey; 100 acre tract formerly sold to T.C.FORBIS by T.J. AUSTIN; 320
acre tract also on Honey Creek in a survey by A.G.STAPP and a survey by J.
HEARN.
There is reserved, however, from the tract last described, about 1/4 of an acre
of land for Graveyard purposes which is surrounded by metes and bounds as
follows: Beginning 165 yards South of the N.W.corner of said 100 acre tract in
the West line of the BUTLER survey; Thence East 17 yards; Thence South 70
yards; Thence West 17 yards; Thence North 70 yards to the beginning.....
Witness our hands this the 26th day of July A.D.1905.
Signed: Mrs. M.A.FORBIS; R.L.FORBIS; M.L.FORBIS; U.H.ROSS; Mary A.ROSS;
T.C.FORBIS; Annie FORBIS; J.A.FORBIS; C.J.FORBIS; Josie MERRITT.
Deed filed for record
W.M.SHIRLEY, Clerk, Co.Court
by G.E.STROTHERS, Deputy.
(*)[Note: In 1903 J. S. Hanna and wife, Donia
Hanna, deeded their share of the property
of her father,
Thomas C. Forbis, to J. A. Forbis (her half-brother).]
Below is additional genealogy information by Shirley D. Webb:
The Graveyard mentioned in
this Deed is known as "
Thomas Calhoun FORBIS was born in1827 in Wilson Co, TN;
he died before 1896 in
Thomas C. Forbis’s wives
were:
1. Sarah J. DOUGLASS
(1836-1857) m.
2. Mary Jane ORGAN (1840-1862) m. 1859 Wilson Co TN
3. Louisa BECK
4. Mary A. BECK (1838-1907) m.
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