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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1845-1851
Volume 818, Page 454   View pdf image
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                                        454

John D. Meekins
        to
Mary Jane Meekins
 (Stamp)    Know all men by these presents,
(  one  )    that I, John D. Meekins of Anne
(dollar)     Arundel County, and State of Maryland, for
and in consideration of the sum of six hundred and fifty
dollars, current money, to me in hand paid by Mary Jane
Meekins of the County and State aforesaid, at and before the
ensealing and delivery^ing^ of these presents, the receipt whereof, I the
said John D. Meekins do hereby acknowledge, have granted,
bargained and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain
and sell, unto the said Mary Jane Meekins her executors, administrators
and ^or^ assigns, the following property, to wit:  one sorrel horse, one
black mare, one chickasaw horse, 2 cows, 2 yearlings, 18 sheep, 7 shoats,
1 sow and pigs, two thousand pounds tobacco part stripped, part
hanging in the house, 1 wheat fan, one two hou^r^se wagon and
gears 11 bushels wheat, 15 barrels corn, 8 hundred pounds Bacon
2 ploughs, 2 cultivators, 1 drag-harrow, 1 corn sheller 3 Bedsteads ^beds^ and
bedding, 1 sideboard, 1 desk, 2 tables, 2 carpets, 12 chairs, 1 Rocking
chair 2 pair shovel & tongs, 1 fender, 2 pair andirons, 1 gun, 4
looking glasses, 1 seife, 1 clock, 1 tea-board and two waiters, 7 silver
tea-spoons, and three large ones, 2 coffee pots, a parcel of china ware,
one wardrobe, together with all my kitchen ware, and now in
my possession, to have and to hold the said property to the said
Mary Jane Meekins, her Executors, Administrators or Assigns
for ever, and I the said John D. Meekins, for myself, my
heirs, Executors and Administrators, the aforesaid property to
the said Mary Jane Meekins, her executors, administrators, and
assigns, against me the said John D. Meekins, my Executors,
and Administrators, and against all, and every person and
persons whomsoever, shall and will warrant, and forever defend by these
presents.  Provided nevertheless that in case, I, the said John D. Meekins
shall pay and satisfy to the said Mary Jane Meekins, or to her
Executor, Administrator or assigns, the sum of six hundred and
fifty dollars current money, with interest for the same, on or
before the 1.st day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty two, then
this bill of sale, and every matter and thing therein expressed, shall
be void, and of none effect; it being the true intent and meaning
thereof that the said property is mortgaged ^by me^ to the said John D.
Meekins to secure to the child of the said Mary Jane Meekins, the
payment of the money aforesaid.  In witness whereof, I the said John D.
Meekins have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal this thirty
first day of January 1851                           John D. Meekins   (Seal)

In presence of Allen Marriott;   Thos Davidson


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