Master in Chancery [], Deed for Property in , IL, to , 1 Apr. 1847, Ivins v. E. Smith et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery 1845). Copied 1 Apr. 1847 in Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. R, pp. 459–461; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
quarter Section at public auction after having given four weeks previous Notice of the same <time> and place of Sale in Some public News paper printed in Said and that he execute a certificate thereof to the purchaser thereof and that he Report his proceedings herein at the next term of this court to which time this caused is continued and that Said apply the proceeds of Such Sale first to the payment of the cost and expenses of this proceeding 2nd pay to the the Sum of Four hundred and forty three Dollars ($443) together with Six percent Interest thereon from the 26th day of October 1844 to the day of Sale in discharge of the Said mortgage debt and 3rd. the ballance if any to the Said Adm[inistrato]r. of the Said Joseph Smith Decd and it is decreed that the Said writing in said bill mentioned be taken and Established to be a mortgage & the Said description therein corrected and Stand and be taken to be and mean the description in said bill and in this decree Set forth
Presiding Justice of the Circuit Court State of
Date Signed May 26th 1845
And whereas the Said Defendant failed to pay the Said Sum in Said Decree Specified at the time and in the manner Speceified and whereas in default being made as aforesaid then Master in , of said County of did first give public notice of Said sale by the publication of an advertisement in the Warsaw Signal a newspaper printed and in general circulation in said which advertisement contained the names of the parties to Said Suit a description of the premises as Set fourth in Said Decree and the time terms and place of Said Sale and published weekly for four Successives weeks before the day of sale as by said Decree was ordered and directed to be done and on the Sixteenth day of August AD 1845 in further compliance with the times of Said Decree between the hours of nine O clock in the morning and the Setting of the Sun of the same day at the Door of the court house in the Town of in Said County did Sell at Public to who was the highest and best bidder the Said mortgage premises in Said Decree and Advertisement mentioned for the Sum of Five hundred and twenty two Dollars and Eighty five cents ($522.85).
Now therefore in consideration of the premises & of the Said Sum of Five hundred and twenty two Dollars and Eighty five cents paid to the Said then Master in Chancery by the said and the Said premises not having been Redeemed according to law I, Master in chancery (and Successor in office of the said ) in Said capacity as master in Chancery do hereby grant Sell and and convey Unto the Said the mortgaged Premises in said Decree and advertisement mentioned which are described as follows to Wit Begining at a post on the East and West Centre line of Section five (5) in Township Six (6) North of Range Eight (8) West of the 4th Principal Meridian from which a black Oak 20 S 83¾° W 19 and a Hickory 15 inches diameter bears North 56½° E 30 links thence S 89° 35 minutes E along Side line 24, 63 chains to a post at the NE corner of Said quarter Section from which a Burr Oak 14 inches diameter bears N 1/4° E 151 links distant thence S 0° 40 minutes E 40, 54 chains to a post in a mound at 1/4 Section corner betwen Sections 5 & 8 thence North 89½° West along Section line 24, 63 chains to a Stone thence north 0° 40 minutes West to said place of begining containing One hundred acres more or less on the east side of Said quarter Section To have and to hold the aforementioned premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto him the Said his heirs and assigns forever