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377 Henry V. D. Johns of the City of Baltimore of the other part; whereas the said Somervill owes and stands justly indebted to the said Johns in the sum of six thousand dollars current money being the balance due for the purchase money of a parcel of land and premises lying in the County aforesaid purchased from the said Johns by the said Somervill on or about the twenty seventh day of January eighteen hundred and forty six for the sum of seven thousand dollars of which one thousand dollars were at or before the day of the purchase aforesaid paid and the remaining six thousand dollars agreed to be paid by the said Somervill in four equal annual instalments of fifteen hundred dollars each from the first day of April eighteen hundred and forty six with legal interest from the said twenty seventh day of January eighteen hundred and forty two payable semi-annually for which the said Somervill executed to the said Johns his four several bonds each for fifteen hundred dollars payable respectively in the manner and at the times limited for the payment of the instalments aforesaid upon the two first of which said bonds with interest bearing a credit of one hundred and seventy two dollars and fifty cents judgment has been recovered against the said Somervill and thereon execution issued and levied upon certain real and personal property of the said Somerville now in the hands of the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County And whereas also in consideration of the execution of these presents the said Johns reserving all his rights and liens as vendor of said real estate and all other his rights under said judgment and execution hath agreed to extend credit to the said Somervill on the said judgment till the first day of January eighteen hundred and fifty and that the balance of said purchase money to wit the sum of three thousand dollars be divided into three equal instalments of one thousand dollars each payable respectively on the first day of July eighteen hundred and fifty the first day of July eighteen hundred and fifty one and the first day of July eighteen hundred and fifty two the legal interest on the whole of said debt remaining due and unpaid to be paid semiannually And whereas also in consideration of the aforesaid extension of credit and in order to secure the payment of the whole of said debt of six thousand dollars with interest as aforesaid the said Somervill hath agreed to convey to the said Johns the negroes hereinafter mentioned all of which have been heretofore given to the said Somerville by one John Scrivenor his father in law and to that end he the said Somervill is willing to execute these presents Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said Somervill for and in consideration of the premises and of the sum of five dollars current money to him in hand paid by the said Johns at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold and transferred and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell and transfer unto the said Johns his executors administrators and assigns the following personal property to wit negroes Sam thirty six years of age Nelly about thirty four years Henrietta ten years old Gracianna six years of age Moses seventeen years of age Dinah aged about thirty four years William aged about twelve years Sam aged about ten years Abram aged about nine years Sarah aged about seven years Alice aged about three years Margaret aged about six years and Stephen about one year old all slaves for life also Tom aged about fourteen years to |
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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1845-1851
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