Amanuensis Monday -- 1819 Deed of Martin Carringer Buying Four Lots in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania From William and Sarah Scott for $74

This week's document for transcription is the 1819 Deed of Martin Carringer buying four lots (52 acres) in Greenvilole, Mercer County, Pennsylvania from William and Sarah Scott for $74. 

Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book 1825-1827:  pages 222-223, image 122 of 306]:

The transcription of this Deed Indenture (starting on page 222 near the top of the left-handpage) with the assistance of FamilySearch Full-Text Search:

[Page 222 starting near the top of the left-hand page of the image]:

This Indenture made the fourth day of November in the year of our Lord one thous-

and eight hundred and Nineteen between William Scott & Sarah Scott his wife of 

the township of West Salem in the County of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania of

the one part And Martin Carringer of Township County aforesaid of the other 

part. Whereas the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by parent or grant under the 

great seal bearing date the thirtieth day of July in the year one thousand eight

hundred and thirteen and of the Commonwealth the thirty eighth for the consid- 

eration therein mentioned did grant and confirm unto Jacob Lautgenhiser 

and to his heirs and assigns a certain tract of land situate in the township 

Salem Mercer County by metes and bounds in the same patent particularly 

described containing four hundred acres one eighth & allowance &c with the ap- 

purtenances To hold the same to him his of heirs and assigns forever as in and by the said recited Patent enrolled in patent book H. No 8 page 632 relation being thereunto  (had more fully No and at large appears) who by conveyance dated the twenty sixth day 

of March  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen did convey

fifty two acres & six perches part of the above described part to William Scott & to 

his heirs & assigns as in & by the said recited conveyance will fully and at large

appear & Recorded in the office for recording of Deeds in for Mercer County in Book E. pages 327 - 328 . 329 the 20th day of May A D 1818. Now this Indenture Witnesses

that the said William Scott & Sarah Scott his wife for and in consideration of

the sum of seventy four dollars to them paid in hand by Martin Carringer 

at and before the ensealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof they do 

hereby acknowledge and thereof acquit and forever discharge the said

Martin Carringer his heirs Executors and administrators by these pres-

ents have granted bargained sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released and confirmed

and by these presents do grant bargain sell alien enfeoff release and

confirm unto the said Martin Carringer and to his heirs and assigns 

all the following described lots of land situate in the town of Greenville num-

bered in the general draft No 1 . No 28 . No 3 . No 26 No 1.  Beginning at a post

thence by land of A. G . Longs S 60 W distance 120 feet to a post Thence by front Street

Alley N 30 W distance 60 feet to a post thence by lot No 2,  N. 60 E distance 120 feet 

to a post thence by Front Street S 30 E distance 60 feet to the place of beginning.

Lot N'o 28 Beginning at a post Thence by land of A G Longs N 60 W distance 120 feet

thence by second Street N 30 W distance 60 feet to a post thence by lot No 27 N 60 E

distance 120 feet to a post Thence S 30 E distance 60 feet to the place of beginning.

[Page 223]

Lot N'o 3 beginning at a post thence by Lot N'o 2 S 60 W distance 120 feet to a post thence

by front Street alley N 30 W distance 50 feet yo a post thence by Virgin alley N 60 E dis-

tance 120 feet to a post thence S 30 E distance 50 feet to the place of beginning, and lot

N'o 26 beginning at a post thence by lot N'o 27 S 60 W distance 120 feet to a post

thence by second Street N'o 30 tro a post thence by Virgin alley  N 60 

E distance 120 feet and thence by second Street alley S 30 E distance 60 feet to the

place of beginning. Together with all and singular the right liberties privileges 

hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any 

wise appertaining, and also all the estate right title interest property claim 

and demand whatsoever of them the said William Scott & Sarah Scott in 

law equity or otherwise howsoever of in to or out of the same. To have and to hold

the said lot hereby granted mentioned or intended so to be with the appurtenan-

ces unto the said Martin Carringer his heirs and assigns forever. And the said 

William Scott for himself his heirs Executors and administrators doth covena-

nt promise grant and agree to and with the said Martin Carringer  his heirs and 

assigns that the said William Scott and his heirs the said above described

lot or piece of land hereditaments and premises ^hereby granted^ with the appurtenances unto the 

said Martin Carringer his heirs and assigns against him the said William Scott

and his heirs and against every other person or persons whomsoever

lawfully claiming or to claim the same shall and will qarrant any and forever

defend by these presents. In Witness whereof they have hereunto set their hands 

and seals the day and year first before written.                   William Scott   {seal}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence              Sarah Scott her mark in {seal}

of John Leech //of Received the date of the above written Indenture of Martin 

Carringer Seventy four dollars in full for the consideration therein mentioned.

Attest John Leech                                                          William Scott 

Mercer County Ss   Be it Remembered that on the 12th day of February 1821

before me one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County came personally 

William Scott & Sarah Scott his wife above named and acknowledged the forego-

ingindenture to be their act and deed and conseneted the same should be

admitted of Record and such she the said Sarah Scott being by me examined

seperate and apart from her said husband acknowledged that she signed

the same without any coercion or compulsion of her said husband.  In testimony 

whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid 

Recorded 12th August 1826 -                            John Leech   {seal}

NOTE:  The Full-Text Search transcription was very poor for this deed -- there was no space between the two pages on the image and text often ran across the whole image. I had to transcribe much of the text by typing what I saw on the image.

The source citation for this mortgage record is:

"Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States records," Deed of Martin Carringer and William and Sarah Scott, executed 4 November 1819, recorded 12 Augu7st 1826; imaged, FamilySearch   (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNL-SK7K?view=fullText : accessed Jan 2, 2026), Image Group Number: 008084479, "Deed book, Mercer, Deed Books, 1825-1827," pages 222-223, image 122 of 306; original records in Mercer County (Pennsylvania). Recorder of Deeds.

This land deed documents the sale of  four lots in the town of Greenville in Mercer County, Pennsylvania by William and Sarah Scott to Martin Carringer for $74.  The Scotts apparently purchased the land from Jacob Lautgenhiser (??) in 1818.  

Martin Carringer (1758-1835) is my 4th great-grandfather, who married Maria Magdalena Houx (1768-1851) in 1785 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  Their son, Henry Carringer (1800-1879) is my 3rd great-grandfather.

I found this record using FamilySearch Full-Text Search for Martin Carringer and Pennsylvania.

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Read other transcriptions of records of my relatives and ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

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