"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is an 1870 deed in the Taylor County, Iowa deed books for Devier J. Smith and Abby A. Smith selling land to D.B. McMurry:
The transcription of this deed is (handwritten text in italics, form fields underlined):
01 DEED RECORD, TAYLOR CO., IOWA
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02 Devier J. Smith } Filed for record: July 1st A.D. 18 70
03 } at 9 o'clock, A. M.
04 To: D. B. McMurry } WARRANTY DEED.
05 } James P. Flick, Recorder
06 Taylor County, Iowa.
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07 Know all Men by these Presents:
08 That We Devier J. Smith and Abby A. Smith
09 of the County of Taylor and State of Iowa in consideration of
10 the sum of One Hundred Dollars,
11 in hand paid by D. B. McMurry
12 of Taylor County and State of Iowa do hereby SELL AND
13 CONVEY unto the said D. B. McMurry
14 the following described premises, situated in the County of Taylor and State of Iowa
15 to-wit:
16 Lot No. Five (5) it being ^Situated in the South
17 West fourth (1/4) of the South West qtr (1/4) of Section
18 Twenty three (23) in Township No. Sixty- eight
19 (68) Range Thirty four (34) West as Shown by the
20 Surveyor's Platt made June 11^th 1870 and Recorded
21 in Book B. Surveyor's Record Page 366
22 and we hereby covenant with the said D. B. McMurry
23 that we hold said premises by good and perfect title, that We have good right and lawful authority
24 to sell and convey the same, that they are free and clear of all liens and incumbrances whatsoever,
25 And We covenant to WARRANT AND DEFEND the said premises, against the lawful claims of all per-
26 sons whomsoever. And the said Abby A. Smith hereby
27 relinquishes her right of dower in and to the above described premises.
28 Signed this 18^th day of June A.D. 18 70
29 IN PRESENCE OF { U.S. Revenue Stamp } Devier J. Smith
30 Abby A. Smith
31 STATE OF IOWA }
32 Taylor County } SS
33 On this 18th day of June A.D. 18 70 , before me
34 L. N. Lewis a Notary Public
35 within and for said County, personally came Devier J. Smith and
36 Abby A. Smith his wife
37 personally known to be the identical person s whose name s are
38 affixed to the above instrument as Grantor s , and acknowledged the
39 same to be Their voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein
40 expressed.
41 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
42 my official seal at Bedford on the date
43 last above written.
44 L. N. Lewis
45 Notary Public
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46 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original deed, as filed for record
47 on the 1st day of July 18 70
48 James P. Flick 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. M-N (1869-1872), v. O to p. 311, 1872-1873)" Volume M, page 177 (stamped), Deed of Devier J. and Abby A. Smith to D.B. McMurry, 1870; accessed 4 February 2014 on FHL US/CAN microfilm 1,535,634.
Devier J. Smith bought the southwest quarter of Section 23 in Township 68 North Range 34 West from Tobias and Lydia Denny on 10 December 1867. He then sold half of it to his father, Ranslow Smith, on 2 March 1868 for $500. He bought that half back from Ranslow Smith on 15 September 1869. So at the time of the current transaction, he owned the full 160 acres in the Southwest quarter of Section 23.
Apparently, he subdivided the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter into about 40 lots, each containing about one acre, and sold them for about $75 to $200 each. You can see the Section location and the boundaries of the Devier Smith properties in Finding the Taylor County, Iowa Properties of Devier J. Smith.
There are a total of 16 deeds similar to this one sold between 1870 and 1875 - only the lot number, the grantee, the date and the price varies.
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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