Item 47b: Photostat Copy Signed by Isaac Brown, May 22, 1986, of Land Deed Application by Isaac Vanburen, 21 December 1821, Corroborated by Eliphalet Smith, (Removed to Legal Box #2) , 18 January 1822
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 102b
Dates
- Created: 18 January 1822
Creator
- Brown, Isaac Brownell 1848-1925 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Land Deed
General Condition:
Fair. The photostat copy is in good condition but the original seems to have suffered tears and other damage, making it hard to fully see.
Measurements:
12 ¾ in. x 7 ⅞ in.
Description:
The following item is a photostat of a record for Isaac Vanburen’s warrant application, dated January 19, 1822. In the application, Vanburen has requested 100 acres of land that has previously been unseated and unimproved. The land is located in Providence, PA, in Luzernze county. It is bounded by other held lots, including the previous lands of Joseph Horsefield on the south, and Andrew Henderson on the east. The record goes on to say that the lands were first improved and testified as such, in April of 1819, grain raised there before so. Vanburen and his family were fully settled on the lands on December 8, 1821, and the deed here testifying is sworn before Roswelll Weller and Thomas Dyer, two justices of the peace. The bottom of the page has a note of sworn testimony by Vanburen before Dyer, that there was never another warrant on the land to his knowledge. On the second page is a testimony by Eliphalet Smith, wherein he states that the lands in Vanburen’s petition were, to his knowledge, never released by the Commonwealth, nor owned by another party before Vanburen took residence up on them. Additionally, he confirms that the lands were unimproved until April 1820, as Vanburen’s deed attests. That testimony was signed on January 18, 1822, and witnessed by Roswell Weller and Thomas Dyer. On a third page, dated May 22, 1896, there is a testimony by Isaac B. Brown, Deputy Secretary of Internal Affairs, that the within deed is a true copy of the original.
Location:
Exeter, PA
Transcription Attempt:
1822} Luzerne
Jan 19} 100 AS
Isaac Vanburen
wt. Issued same day a 10. P. Ct. Int from 1 April 1819.
Creator
- Brown, Isaac Brownell 1848-1925 (Person)
Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu