Bill in Chancery, circa 31 July 1843 [Clayton v. E. W. Rhodes et al.]
Source Note
and on behalf of , Bill in Chancery, , IL, [ca. 31 July 1843], Clayton v. E. W. Rhodes et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery 1843); handwriting of ; docket by , [, IL, ca. 31 July 1843]; notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 31 July 1843; notation by unidentified scribe, [ca. 31 July 1843]; four pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL. Includes seals.
hundred dollars payable on the first day of November next, and the remainder of five hundred and thirty five dollars on the first day of May next; all bearing interest <interest> from the date hereof as expressed on in the several notes given. Now if the said Joseph Smith, his heirs, executors or administrators shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid the amount of said notes with such interest as may accrue thereon, according to the tenor and effect thereof, the said Erie Rhodes binds himself, his heirs and executors and administrators to make or cause to be made to the said Joseph Smith his heirs and assigns a good and sufficient warranty for the above described land;— and then this Bond to become null and void. Otherwise to be and remain in full force and value. Given under my hand and seal this Sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one
Erie Rhoades LS
In presence of
P S It is the express understanding that should the within bond not hold out according to the number of acres thereon described the said Rhodes is to refund at the rate of ten dollars per acre for all that it may fall short, and should it overrun, the same is to be made up at the same rates by the sd Smith
Erie Rhoades seal
Witness
and your States that the said one hundred and twenty nine and a half of the North East quarter of section Eight in Township Six north Range Eight West of the principal meridian in said Bond mentioned was, at the time of making said Bond understood and intended to be the said North East quarter of section Eight, except about <in Township Six> North Range Eight West of the fourth principal meridian in the county of , except about thirty Seven acres out of the South West corner of said quarter section and bounded as follows Commencing at the South West corner of said quarter section thence Eighty rods East, thence Seventy four rods North thence Eighty rods West, thence seventy four rods South to the place of beginning.
Your further States that all of said land lies in the said County of and that the whole consideratio [p. [2]]