Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Reuben Barton, 10 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]
Source Note
, Deed for Property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 10 Apr. 1851, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852). Copied 11 June 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 34, pp. [205]–206; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL. Includes seals.
And Whereas by said Decree the undersigned was appointed a Special Commissioner to sell and convey said lands under said decree, first giving due notice of the time, place and Terms of said Sale, and of the Property to be sold. And whereas as such Commissioner I gave due notice of said sale as required in said decree by advertisement of the time, place, and terms of said Sale, and of the property to be sold by publication forfourweeks for four weeks successively in the Quincy Whig and Popular Tribune two News Papers published, one in the County of , and the other in the County of in said State of , the first of said publication in each paper being more than five weeks prior to said sale, and Stating in said advertisement that the sale would be made upon the 8th. day of April AD 1851, in front of the Public House Known as the , in the City of in said . And Whereas I did on the said 8h. day of April AD 1851 offer for sale in said City of at the place aforesaid, at public , to the highest bidder for cash, the premises aforesaid, in separate parcels as heretofore described according to the directions of said decree, and as set forth in said advertisement And Whereas at said sale became the purchaser of NE 1/4 in 106, the property below described bidding therefor the sum of Twenty five Dollars which was the highest bid, <made> for the same Now Therefore Know all men by these presents, That I, Special Commissioner as aforesaid, acting under said decree in consideration of the premises and of the sum of Twenty Five dollars to me paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged have Granted Bargained and Sold and do by these presents Grant Ba[r]gain, Sell Convey, and Confirm unto the said his heirs and assigns, the following described premises situate in the County of and State of aforesaid to wit: the North East Quarter of Lot four (4) in Block One hundred & Six (106) situated in the City of & County of aforesaid, To have and To hold, together with all the appurtenances thereto belonging to him the said his heirs and assigns forever Provided however that this Deed contains no implied warrants on the part of said . In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of April A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one
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Commissioner as aforesaid,
State of Illinois
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I George Edmunds Jr. an acting Notary Publick of Illinois do hereby certify that on this 10h day of April AD 1851 before me came personally to me personally Known to be the real person described in and who Executed the within Deed and acknowledged that he had Executed the same for the uses and purposes therein Expressed
Witness my hand and Seal Notarial at the day and year aforesaid