Showing posts with label Court Records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Court Records. Show all posts

Monday, December 12, 2005

1818 Herkimer Ny Justice of the Peace Document CONKRITE & EARL

19 Sept 1818 Herkimer Ny German flats Justice of the Peace Document

A Justice of the Peace summons from Joel Bell ordering the summons of John Earl to his offic e at German flatts to answer Abraham Conkrite? re trespass on the case to damages of $25.00

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Recognizance Bond Cummings vs Chace 1783

Document of 1783 is a Memorandum for the Recognizance of Ebenezer Chace Labourer of Freetown who puts up 9 Pounds in sureties and James Winslow Cordwainer and Benjamin Weaver Gentleman all of Freetown the Sum of 4 Pounds Ten Shillings each to be levied on their Goods or Chattels,Lands Tenements and for want thereof their Bodies that on the second Tuesday of March next to answer to such Matters and Things as shall be Objected against Him but more especially that of theft. On the back it says Recognizance Bond Cummings vs Chace 1783

Friday, September 09, 2005

1880 South Carolina Planter's Contract Document

Memorandum of Agreement between the Planter, Robt. [Robert] P. Hamer and the Laborer, Washington M. Laurin dated Feb. 25, 1880 in Marion County, South Carolina. Memo states the laborer is to be engaged to work on lands of the planter so the following census finding makes no sense.

A search of the online 1880 U.S. census reveals a black family named HAMER in Manning, Marion, South Carolina, including a 10 year old son named Robert.

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Browne HAMER Self M Male B 50 SC Farmer SC SC
Clara HAMER Wife M Female B 45 SC Keeping House SC SC
Tristram HAMER Son S Male B 18 SC At Home SC SC
Frances HAMER Dau S Female B 16 SC At Home SC SC
Clara HAMER Dau S Female B 14 SC At Home SC SC
Daniel HAMER Son S Male B 14 SC At Home SC SC
Robert HAMER Son S Male B 10 SC At Home SC SC
Dol Roe HAMER Son S Male B 7 SC SC SC
Rose HAMER Dau S Female B 5 SC SC SC

Monday, August 01, 2005

Estate of William Walley, Gilmanton New Hampshire 1821

Inventory of estate of William Walley? late of Gilmanton, [New Hampshire] deceased.

Dated Gilmanton, Feb. 13, 1821

At bottom "household furniture which the widow carried to said Kelleys"

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

New York Legal document 1713 Nicholas Dallie (Daley)

Dated January 5th "in the Twelfth Year of the Glorious Reign of Our Sovereign Lady Anne...." This is a deed of sale between "Nicholas Dallie [he signs "Dally" as does his wife, and is likely an old form for Daly] of the City of New York Carpenter and Elizabeth his Wife...

Give Grant Relase Renounce...Bargain and Sell unto the said Isaac Quintard...All that a certain House and Lott or Toft of Ground...being within the City of New York bounded on the North by the Street or Highway commonly called Maiden Lane, On the West by Smith's Street, On the South by Crown street, and on the East by the House and Lott of Matthew Benson, Containing in Breadth to the front of Maiden Lane aforesaid being the North End thereof Twenty one foot...and on the East side by the said Matthew Benson sixty six foot All English Measure...." And so on for another twelve lines.

Besides the note on the verso which is signed by three persons (David Letellier, Susan Letelier, and John Conrad with some writing after Conrad I cannot make out) there is another notation written and signed by a justice of the peace, Abraham Wendell. This note is dated a day later, January 6th 1713.

Friday, November 26, 2004

Probate of Will, October 11, 1871, Mrs. Hannah Smith

Probate of Will, October 11, 1871, Mrs. Hannah Smith.

Last Will and Testament, written in fully legible legal hand, measures 15" x 24" or more. Interesting content often includes household inventories, bequests to the poor, in addition to lands and monies disbursed among family and friends. Attach to it is the Probate Court certification that the terms of the will have been complied with



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Thursday, November 25, 2004

Court Document, 1833-1918- Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania

1833 document from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania signed Ulrich Strickler, John Strickler and others. It is about land and business with these men

Louisiana Plantation Estate Purchase April 1817

Louisiana Plantation Estate Purchase April 1817

There are many signatures on this French document