Here is a piece of ephemera (actually on a linen-type material) found in the treasure box that my mother left me:
The notice above reads:
PUBLIC SALE!
I will sell at my place, 7 miles northeast from Washington, in Jackson township, beginning at 10 a.m., on
FRIDAY, OCT. 11, 1872.
The following property, to wit:
1 Team of Mares, 2 Sets Harness, Wagon, Buckeye Mower and Reaper Combined, Self-rake, Bobsleds, Corn Plows, Double and Stirring Plows, Scotch Harrow, 2 Milk Cows, Calf, 13 Hogs, Berkshire Boar, 20 Shoats, Corn in field, and all my Furniture.
TERMS: A credit of Twelve Months will be given on sums over $5, with approved security.
D.J. CARRINGER
John S. Reeves, Auctioneer.
David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902) was a second great-grandfather, father of Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946). The farm failed, they went bankrupt and they had to sell the land and everything on it. Subsequently, they moved to Colorado.
I tried to make a source citation for this document using the "Miscellaneous Documents, Unpublished" source template in RootsMagic 6. Here is the result:
"Public Land Sale Notice," 11 October 1872, Washington County, Iowa, personal
paper collection of Randall J. Seaver, Chula Vista, Calif.
Do any readers have a suggestion for a better source template?
This is a wonderful document from a historical and family history perspective, but I can't help thinking about the hardship, the fear, the embarrassment that D.J. must have felt.
More To-Do items to add to my search list for the Family History Library: Land records for when D.J. purchased and sold this land in Washington County, Iowa.
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1 comment:
Randy, that truly is a treasure.
I think I would be inclined to mention some Carringer family provenance in a source citation.
The 1870s were certainly troubled times for many.
The sales of chattels without having to go through the hassle and expense of a Court proceeding instituted by creditors would have been less embarrassing than sale by the Sheriff pursuant to Court order. But I think it would not really be less painful and frustrating.
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