This week's document for transcription is the 1846 Deed of Cornelius and Mary Feather selling land in Mercer County, Pennsylvania to Joshua Russell for Donation Lot 963 in Salem township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania for $234.
a) Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book, 1857-1858, Pages 60-61, Image 63 of 353:
The transcription of this deed (with help from FamilySearch Full-Text Search, but many errors corrected) is:
[Page 61, Starting at the top of the right-hand page of the image]
Deed } This Indenture made the twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one
Cornelius Feather}thousand Eight Hundred and forty six Between Cornelius Feather of Salem
to } township Mercer County State of Pennsylvania and Mary his wife of the first part
Joshua Russell } and Joshna Russell of the same place of the second part Witnesseth : That the
said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and
thirty four Dollars to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged , hath granted, bargained, sold, Enfeoffed released and confirmed and
by these presents do grant bargain, sell, enfeoff release and confirm unto the said party of
the second part, his heirs and assigns, All that certain tract or parcel of land, situate in
Salem township County of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania being a part of Donation Lot number
nine hundred and sixty three in the fifth district of donation lands in said County of Mercer
Begining at the North East corner of said Lot No 963 being the numbered Corner, thence by lands
of John W. Hughes North Eighty Eight degrees East one hundred and sixty nine perches is a post
thence south two degrees East one hundred and thirty perches to a pot, thence south eighty
eight west one hundred and sixty nine perches to a birch, thence North two degrees East
one hundred and thirty one perches to a birch to the place of Begining, Containing one
hundred and thirty acres and allowance Being part of a Lot of Donation land Patented by
the Commonwealth of Pa to Corneline Fether dated the seventeenth day of April AD 1846,
Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging and
the remainders and reversions unto issues and profits thereof. To have and to hold the prem-
ises hereby granted, with the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part and
his heirs and assigns to the use of the said party of the second part, his heirs and
assigns forever. And the said party of the first part, and ever heirs, the premises hereby
granted with the appurtenances against all and every person or persons whatsoever lawfully
claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof by from or under them or any of them
of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns, shall and will warrant and
forever defend by these presents. In Witness whereof, the said party of the first part to
these presents hath hereunto set their hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of } Cornelius Feather {seal}
William Ferguson } Mary X Feather {seal}
Wm H Axrtell } her mark
Recorded on the day of the date of the above indenture of the above named Joshua
Russell untill the sum of two Hundred and thirty four dollars being the consideration money
above mentioned in full.
Attest Wm Ferguson } Cornelius Feather
Wm H. Axtell }
Mercer County SS Before me , William Ferguson a Justice of the peace in and for s'd County
Personally appeared the above named Cornelius Feather and Mary his wife, and ackn-
owledged the above written Indenture to be their act and deed, and desired it to be do
recorded the said Mary being of full age, and by me separate and apart from her
said husband Examined, and the full contents of the said Indenture being by me
made known to her, did declare that she did voluntarily and of her own free will
and accord seal and as her act and deed deliver the said Indenture, without any
coercion or compulsion of her said husband. Witness my hand and seal this twenty
sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight humdred and forty six.
Recorded Feby 26, 1857 William Ferguson {seal}
The source citation for this deed is:
"Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States records," Deed of Cornelius and Mary Feather to Joshua Russell, executed 26 May 1846, recorded 26 February 1857; imaged, FamilySearch
2024), Image Group Number: , Item 1, "Deed Book. Mercer Deed Books, 1857-1858," page 61, image 63 of 353; original papers at Mercer County (Pennsylvania) County Clerk.
By this record it appears that Cornelius Feather received Donation Lot 963 in April 1846 from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and sold it immediately to Joshua Russell for $234 in May 1846. The deed was recorded in 1857.
Cornelius Feather (1777-1853) married Mary Partridge in about 1804 and they had five children. They are my 4th great-grandparents through their daughter Sarah Feather (1804-1848) who married Henry Carringer (1800-1879) before 1825.
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