Name/Title
December 1829 Indenture Deed between Andrew McCord & Selah Smith - signed Hezekiah Watkins & Peter BullEntry/Object ID
002627Tags
Andrew A Cord, Hezikiah Watkins, Peter Bull, Selah SmithScope and Content
This document is a formal indenture (a legal contract) dated December 9, 1829. It concerns a land dispute and subsequent quitclaim agreement in Orange County, New York, involving the descendants of William Bull and members of the Smith family.
Transcription
This Indenture Made the Ninth Day of December, One thousand Eight hundred and twenty nine Between Andrew A. Cord of Hamptonborough in the Township of Goshen, in County of Orange and State of New York, of the first Part, and Selah Smith and his surviving Sons and Daughters, together with Abigail Smith, (the Wife of Isaiah Smith Junr.) and her Youngest Daughter Fanny Smith, of the Second part, Witnesseth. — Whereas, Richard Jerrord and William Bull, Did in the Year One thousand and Seven hundred and twenty three, Obtain a Patent, or Grant of a certain piece of Land, of Six hundred Acres, to Cover the improvements of the Said William Bull, Not Exceeding in the Whole, two Thousand and Six hundred Acres, And Which Lay on the Northwesterly Side of the Said Patented Land, Adjoining the Lands of Christopher, and Elizabeth Den, The Residue of the Said Patented Lands, Which were on the Southeasterly Bounds of the Said Reserved Six hundred Acres, Were it Seems, to be Lotted and Sold to the then friends of Government, of the then Colony of New York, As appears by a Map, of the then Surveyor General Honr. Cadwallader Colden Junr. And Other Writings Relative to the Business of the Secretarys Office of the Said Colony or Province of New York; Lot No. 1, which Lays on the Southeasterly Bounds of the Said Reserved Six hundred Acres, it Seems was Sold, to a Certain Mary Alexander, and from Her Descendants, to Silas Pierson and Isaiah Smith, Since Which; Encroachments were made by accident, or Design, or Both, through injurious means, and Are Still making and Encroaching on the imprescriptible Rights of the Said William Bull, to the Said Reserved Six hundred, for Covering any improvements and the inheritance thereof. — And for the further prevention of those Encroachments on the Said Reserved Six Hundred Acres; Certain Descendants Heirs, and Legatees of the Said William Bull, have By Lease and Deed Relinquished and Quitclaimed Their Undivided Rights of inheritance to the Said Andrew A. Cord, Referring thereto, may Render the Substance (more clearer and Better understood.) — Therefore Now be it known, That the Said Andrew A. Cord for the Trust Reposed in Him As the first [Part] of this present Indenture Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the Sum of twenty five Dollars Current money of the United States, have Bargained Sold and Quitclaimed And by these presents Doth Bargain Sell and Quitclaim Unto the party of the Second part them their Heirs and Assigns forever. — — With this proviso. Nevertheless, That the Said Selah Smith with His Surviving Children Them, Their Heirs and Assigns forever, Shall inherit those Lands Which Lay on the NorthWesterly Side of Lot No. 1 according Colden's map, And by actual measurement is found to be thirty Seven Chains from Christopher Den’s Old Line, and South east therefrom, on the North West Line, Will reach Lot No. 1, as aforesaid and may Extend Northeasterly to the Lands of the Estate of Peter M. Bull Deceased and thence South westerly Along the fence of the Lands inclosed By Benjamin Hawkins to the afore said North West Line; And the Said Abigail Smith and her Said Youngest Daughter Fanny Smith, is to inherit A certain Slip or Strip of Land Which Lays along Between the fence of the Said Benjamin Hawkins, and A Certain Line Known by the Name of Clintons Line, Which Slip or Strip of Land, the Said Abigail Smith and Her Daughter Fanny, them Their Heirs and assigns may inherit for ever. Given Under my hand And Seal, as the party to the first part as Above Mentioned With the Date Day and Year.
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
the Words ("and") and ("Part")
and Lastly ("with the appurtenances appertaining thereto")
interlined before Signing
A. A. Cord [Seal]
Hezekiah Watkins Jun. Peter Bull John Hallack Jun.
