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141 William M. Ross Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that the following √ from xd Receipt was received and recorded on the 8th day of January 1855 to wit Edward W Maris Received Dec 27 1852 of W.m M. Ross Esqr. the sum of One hundred and fifty dollars in cash and ten notes of hand for the following amounts and payable as below named one at 12 months for two hundred dollars, one at two years for two hundred and fifty dolls another at three another at four another at five another at six another at seven another at eight another at nine and another at 10 years from date each for three hundred dollars with interest from date making in all three thousand dollars which when paid will be in full for the purchase money of the farm whereon said Ross now lives it being the same land that I purchased of Martin M. Dean & wife the not all that I purchased of them having previously sold off a part of it to Josiah Jenkins all the balance after deducting the part Sold to said Jenkins is hereby intended to be sold to said Ross and I hereby promise bind & oblige myself my heirs assigns Executors or administrators to give to said Ross or his order when the above obligations are paid and the taxes that shall accrue on Said land are Satisfied (the interest on the above obligations to be paid yearly) a deed for the Same Clear of incumbrance Witness my hand and Seal Dec. 27 1832 Edwd. W Morris (seal) (Note. In consequence of this receipt having been recorded among the chattels through error To correct which it has since been recorded among the Land records in Liber F. J. H. No 3 folio 89) James Steele Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following √ from x.d Bill of Sale was received and recorded on the 27.th Dec 1854 John C. Henry and To wit: Danl M. Henry, Trustees Whereas John N. Steele late of Dorchester County deceased did in his lifetime convey unto John C. Henry and Daniel M. Henry all his property both real and personal in trust for the payment of his debts as by reference to his deed of trust bearing date on the fourteenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and fifty and recorded in Liber W. J. No 5 folios 514 and 515 one of the land record books of Dorchester County aforesaid will fully and at large appear: and whereas the said John C. Henry and Daniel M. Henry undertook the said trust and having ^sold and^ conveyed all the said real and part of the said personal estate and applied the proceeds of the sales thereof to the payment of the said debts the property hereinafter named remains in their hands and possession and is not needed for the payment of any of said debts: and they are willing to reconvey and deliver the same according to the terms of said deed and whereas the said John N. Steele having departed this life on the fifteenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three letters of Administration upon his personal estate have been granted unto his son James Steele according to law. Now therefore Know all men by these presents that the said John C. Henry and Daniel M. Henry trustees as aforesaid for and in Consideration of the premises and also of the sum of one dollar current money by the said James Steele administrator as aforesaid to then in hand paid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt of which they do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained and sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said James Steele administrator as aforesaid the following negroes to wit Joshua Lucy Daniel Marshall Hooper Moses Charles Littleton Henry John Nace Mary Elizabeth and her three children (names not known) ^Sarah and her three children Jack Wesley and another (name not known)^ Margaret and her Son Isaac Maria and Nancy her Child and Lilly all being Slaves for life: and all the books which formed |
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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
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