Transcription of Lien: Georgia, Hall County Matthew Parker a mechanic or brick mason or stone cutter claims a lean (lien) on the bakery or bake oven erected on the lot adjoining the A. J. Odell property near Lasseter and Striklins Storehouse in the city of Gainesville in said county, of C. Lewis for balance due for buiding said bake oven the same being the sum of five dollars and fifty cents.
Matthew Parker
This June 22nd 1871
Test J. J. Wayne C.S.C. (Test. means testator or witness – J. J. Wayne, Clerk of Superior Court)
Mathew Parker was a brick mason. His father George Parker, Sr. and his brother Thomas Parker were also brick masons. In some documents, they are also farming.