"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is an 1871 deed in the Taylor County, Iowa deed books for Devier J. Smith and Abbie Smith selling land to A.H. Owens:
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: March 18th A.D. 18 71
03 } at 5 o'clock, P. M.
04 To: A.H. Owens } WARRANTY DEED.
05 } E.G. Medford, Recorder
06 Taylor County, Iowa.
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07 Know all Men by these Presents:
08 That We Devier J. Smith and Abbie A. Smith
09 of the County of Taylor and State of Iowa in consideration of
10 the sum of Ten Hundred Dollars,
11 in hand paid by A.H. Owens
12 of Taylor County and State of Iowa do hereby SELL AND
13 CONVEY unto the said A.H. Owens
14 the following described premises, situated in the County of Taylor and State of Iowa
15 to-wit:
16 Lot No. Three (3) of fractional Section Number Eighteen (18) in Township
17 Number Sixty Seven (67) North of Range Thirty three (33) West. Containing Sixty
18 acres and seventy nine (79/100) hundredths of an acre
19 and We hereby covenant with the said A.H. Owens
20 that We hold said premises by good and perfect title, that We have good right and lawful authority
21 to sell and convey the same, that they are free and clear of all liens and incumbrances whatsoever,
22 And We covenant to WARRANT AND DEFEND the said premises, against the lawful claims of all per-
23 sons whomsoever. And the said Abbie A. Smith hereby
24 relinquishes her right of dower in and to the above described premises.
25 Signed this 18^th day of March A.D. 18 71
26 IN PRESENCE OF { U.S. Revenue Stamp } Devier J. Smith
27 Abbie A. Smith
28 STATE OF IOWA }
29 Taylor County } SS
30 On this 18th day of March A.D. 18 71 , before me
31 R.B. Kinsell a Notary Public
32 within and for said County, personally came Devier J. Smith & Abbie A. Smith
33 personally known to be the identical person s whose name s are
34 affixed to the above instrument as Grantor s , and acknowledged the
35 same to be Their voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein
36 expressed.
37 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
38 my official seal at Bedford on the date
39 last above written.
40 R.B. Kinsell.
41 Notary Public
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42 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original deed, as filed for record
43 on the 18th day of March 18 71
44 E.G. Medford 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 600 (stamped), Deed of Devier J. and Abbie A. Smith to A.H. Owens, 1871; accessed 4 February 2014 on FHL US/CAN microfilm 1,535,634.
Devier J. Smith bought the 60.79 acres in Section 18 in Township 67 North Range 33 West from Tobias and Lydia Denny on 10 December 1867, along with 160 acres in the southwest quarter of Section 23 in Township 68 North of Range 34 West, for $1400. He sold the Section 18 lot in the present transaction for $1000. It's not possible to tell explicitly what his profit on the sale of this property is.
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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