Benjamin and Robert Simpson stood surety for Jacob Jones on two notes for debts Jones owned Robertson H. Baker totaling $557.37. On 2 April 1855, “desirous that the said Benjamin & Robert should not suffer any loss,” Jacob Jones conditionally conveyed to them a 171 1/2 acre tract that Jones had bought from Baker. However, if Jones paid off his notes, the deed would be void.

Deed Book 1, page 32, Wilson County Register of Deeds Office, Wilson.