"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is a land deed in Louisa County, Iowa dated 15 February 1864, recorded on 8 February 1865, transferring 60 acres in two different parcels in Louisa County for $1200 paid by Henry Carringer to William McCullough.
The transcription of this deed is (handwritten parts in italics):
1 William McCullough }
2 To }
Filed for Record Feby 8 1865 at 7 o'clock P.M.
3 Henry Carringer }
4 Know all men by these presents that
William
5 McCullough and Catherine E.
McCullough of Louisa County State of Iowa
6 in consideration of the sum of
Twelve Hundred Dollars in hand paid
7 by Henry Carringer of Louisa County
State of Iowa, the receipt whereof
8 is hereby acknowledged do by these
Presents: Grant, Bargain Sell and Convey
9 unto the said Henry Carringer heirs
and assigns the following described
10 premises situated in the County of
Louisa State of Iowa, to wit: The North
11 half (½) of the South twenty (20)
acres of the North west quarter (¼) of the
12 South west quarter (¼) of Section
number nineteen (19) in Township 75 (75) Seventy
13 Five North of Range (4) four west of
the Fifth Principal Meridian in
14 in the County of Louisa; also, the
north west quarter (¼) of the North East
15 (¼) quarter of Section No. (29)
Twenty nine, in Township Number (75) Seventy five
16 North of Range No. (5) five,
containing 40 acres more or less. To
17 Have and to Hold the said premises
unto the said Henry Carringer heirs and
18 assigns forever. And the said
William McCullough & Catherine E. McCullough
19 grantors herein does hereby warrant
with the grantee his heirs and assigns, that
20 they are lawfully seized of said
premises: that the said premises are free from
21 any incumbrance; that they have good
right and lawful authority to sell
22 the same, and they do hereby
covenant to Warrant and Defend the said prem-
23 ises against the lawfull ????? of
all persons whomsoever. And the
24 said Catherine E. McCullough wife of
the said William McCullough hereby
25 relinquish her Right of Dower in and
to the above described premises. In Wit-
26 ness Whereof, We the said Grantors
have hereunto set our hands and seal this
27 Fifteenth day of February A.D. 1864.
28 Wm McCullough {seal}
29 C.E. McCullough {seal}
30 State of Iowa } ss
31 Louisa County } On the
Fifteenth day of February A.D. 1864
32 before me a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County personally
33 came William McCullough and
Catherine E. McCullough to me person-
34 ally known to be the identical
persons whose names are affixed to
35 the above deed as Grantors, and
acknowledged the same to be their
36 voluntary act and deed. Witness my
hand and seal the day
37 and year above written.
38 James Goble
39 Justice of the Peace
The source citation for this deed is:
Louisa County, Iowa, Louisa County, Iowa, deeds records, 1839-1935; index, 1839-1901, "Deeds, v. 14, 16, 1863-1865," Volume 16, Page 236 (stamped), William McCullough to Henry Carringer entry, accessed on FHL microfilm US/CAN 1,005,863.
I have a significant doubt that the designations of the Ranges for the two different parcels is correct - one says Range 4, the other says Range 5. Both are for Township 75. I have not looked at the BLM maps to determine which one is correct.
The record image was obtained with my iPhone in February 2014 at the Family History Library from the microfilm machine. The image above is pretty fuzzy, but it is readable.
Henry Carringer (1800-1879) is my third great-grandfather, and the father of David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902). He came to Louisa County, Iowa from Mercer County, Pennsylvania in about 1858 with several of his children, and died there in 1880.
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Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver
1 comment:
Hi Randy - I'm always fascinated by land records. Why are you dubious about the different parcels being in different ranges? Also, if the parcel in Sec. 19 actually was "the North 1/2 of the South 20 acres" the parcel contained 10 acres. It's an awkward description indeed and may be garbled. Such things are not unknown. Fascinating stuff, land records.
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