"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is an 1875 deed in the Taylor County, Iowa deed books for Devier J. Smith and Abbie A. Smith selling land to Bazzel Turner:
The transcription of this deed is (handwritten text in italics, form fields underlined):
DEED RECORD, TAYLOR CO., IOWA
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Devier J. Smith & wife } Filed for record: 24th day of March 18th
To: } A.D. 18 75 , at 9 o'clock, A. M.
Bazzel Turner } E.G. Medford, Recorder
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Know all Men by these Presents, That Devier J. Smith in his
proper person and Abbie A. Smith his wife by said D J Smith her attorney in fact
of the County of Cloud and State of Kansas in consideration of the sum of
Twleve Hundred Dollars,
in hand paid by Bazzel Turner
of Ringgold County and State of Iowa do hereby SELL AND CONVEY unto
the said Bazzel Turner the following
described premises, situated in the County of Taylor and State of Iowa to-wit:
The South East quarter of the South West Quatter of Section No Twenty three (23)
Township No Sixty Eight Range No Thirty four (34) West of 3^rd Principal Meridian. Containing Forty acres by Government Survey.
and they hereby covenant with the said Bazzel Turner
________________________ that they hold said premises by good and perfect title;
that they have good right and lawful authority to SELL and CONVEY the same; that they are free and
clear of all liens and incumbrances whatsoever; And they covenant to WARRANT AND DEFEND the said
premises, against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever. And the said ___________
Abbie A. Smith
hereby relinquishes her right of Dower in and to the above described premises.
Signed this 24^th day of March A.D. 18 75
IN PRESENCE OF Devier J. Smith
Abbie A. Smith by D J Smith
her Atty in fact.
STATE OF IOWA, Taylor County, SS:
On this 24th day of March A.D. 18 75 , before me
the Undersigned a Notary Public within and for said County, personally came Devier J. Smith on his proper person and as Attorney in fact for
Abbie A. Smith personally to me
{ } known to be the identical person s whose name is affixed to the above { Seal } instrument as Grantor s , ^and as Attorny for the said Abbie A. Smith^ and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary
act and deed, for the purposes therein expressed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official seal at Bedford Iowa on the date last above written.
R.B. Kinsell.
Notary Public
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original deed,
Recorder.
The source citation for this Deed is:
Taylor County, Iowa, Taylor County, Iowa, deed records, 1855-1953; index, 1855-1902, "Deed Records (Land) v. Q (cont.) 1874-1875, v. R-S 1873-1875)" Volume S, page 113 (stamped), Deed of Devier J. Smith and wife to Bazzel Turner, 1875; accessed 4 February 2014 on FHL US/CAN microfilm 1,535,636.
Devier J. Smith bought the entire 160 acres in Section 23 in Township 68 North Range 34 West from Tobias and Lydia Denny on 10 December 1867, along with 60.79 acres of land land in Section 18 lot 3 in Township 67 North of Range 33 West, for $1400. He sold the Section 18 lot in 1871 for $1000. He sold the North half of the southwest quarter of Section 23 in 1872 for $3200. He sold parcels in the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 23 between 1871 and 1875 to at least 14 separate transactions for a total of $3,090.50.
The one transaction with the Dennys in 1867 cost $1,400, and he sold all of that land for a total of $7,290.50, for a gross profit of $5890.50.
Devier J. and Abby A. Smith are my second great-grandparents. By 1875, they were residing in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas. Subsequently, they moved to McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska in 1885, and then bought land in Cheyenne County, Kansas before Devier died in 1894 in McCook. Abby came to San Diego to live with her daughter's family in the early 1890s.
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Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver
1 comment:
I really think it is worth pointing out that this is one of those wonderful deeds where folks sold land in prior residence place, giving new residence location in the document.
Sometimes this is the only clue you get for disappearances, and makes looking for the records to account for every land holding all the more important.
Cheers!
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