Item 93: Typescript of Research into Land Deeds from [Andrew Todd] McClintock to Sarah Blanchard, 1797 July 7

Item — Box: 15, Folder: 148

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Typescript of Research into Land Deeds from [Andrew Todd] McClintock to Sarah Blanchard,1797 July 7

Dates

Created: 1797 July 7

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Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Note/Research

General Condition:

Good

Measurements:

10 15/16 in. x 8 ½ in.

Description:

This is a typewritten history of a tract of land and its exchanges between various people. It begins with a small note describing the lands in discussion with the exceptions of lands owned by other persons and companies. It belonged to Sheriff S. Van Loon, 1811-1885, excepting the land and coal rights which had been previously sold by John Blanchard, 1801-1853, and wife Sarah, 1804-1892, to the Bloomsburg Railroad and Iron previously, and a second exception from coal and minerals in a separate section of the tract which had been sold by McClintock and wife, and Sarah Blanchard, to the Pennsylvania Coal Co. in 1860. The document then begins to list the sales in sections. The first describes sales in 1850 (to Bloomsburg R.R., reserved part of surface), 1860 (to Penn Coal Co.), 1865 (to Penn Coal Co.), 1867 (to Penn N.Y. Canal Rail Road, reserved coal), and 1888 (to Penn N.Y. Canal Rail Road, reserved coal) from either John or Sarah Blanchard to companies. The second section has a small note on further sales by one company. It is labeled as 1897 and sold several strips of the surface in either Jenkins Township or an area near Port Blanchard in specific. The third is on an exception for “surface or right of way” from 1888 and describes the land presumably in question within the sale and its exception, but is cut off on the bottom. There are two identical copies of this page, one of which used to be item 23. One copy of these has a small annotation in pencil in the last section on the bottom marking the referenced documents location in a deed book: D.B 278 - page 158. This document references item 1b.The third page seems to be missing the introduction tying it to the others, and only contains the legal transference of some land. Without the introduction, it isn’t quite clear who the land was originally owned by, but the transfer was between Asa and David Dimock and the “Connecticut Title or Susquehanna Company.” These may be two separate documents entirely, as the second page seems to be an average closing for a land deed, not the same descriptive style of the first page. The witnesses of either that final sale or of the overview of the document are Sylvester McKay and John Phillips, under the seal of Elijah Slater.

Transcription Attempt:

McClintock to Sarah Blanchard D.B. 80--Page 330 ---1860

:All that certain tract of land particularly described in the within deed of SHERIFF S.VAN LOON to McClintock D.B.#15--Page 285 with the appertances-excepting and reserving however out of the same all the land and coal rights and privileges conveyed by John Blanchard and wife to the Bloomsburg R.R. and Iron .D.B. 47 --480 also reserving and ex excepting all coal and minerals in 23 acres I33 perches Part of within described tract of land conveyed to the Pennsylvania Coal Co. by McClintock and wife 24th of May 1860 AND by #####eed# said Sarah Blanchard by her deed May 25 1860. __________________________________ In 1850 John Blanchard and wife sold 66 + I9 acres Coal to Bloomsburg R.R. I$$$860$ (reserving 66 a. of surface) In 1860 Sarah Blanchard sold thru Sheriff 22 acres coal--to PennCoal Co. In 1865 Sarah Blanchard sold 65 acres surface to Penn Coal Co. In 1867 Sarah Blanchard sold 2 acre strip to Penn N.Y. Canal Rail Road reserving coal to coal Co. In 1888 Sarah Blanchard sold 2 acres SURFACE respe---. Y. Canal Rail Road reserving coal. Description: Beginning at station etc. ___________________________________ In 1897 Penn Coal sold several strips of surface Description of one: Situated in Jenkin Twp. County and aforesaid being tract of land or old Canal basin on Port Blanchard Station at Lehigh Valley Rail Road containing (0.373(?)) of an acre ____________________________________ 1888 Surface or right of way :Beginning at a point where the line of right of way of said Rail road intersects the Northly line of the road at Port Blanchard station which said point is distant 30 ft So.Easterly at right angles from center between tracts of said R.R. thence parrallel etc. containing I acre 7 hundret hs 89 Excepting and reserving however out of said lot or parcel of land all the coal and minerals in(?)

-2- Deeded and bargained premises to them the said David Dimock and Asa Dimock, their heirs and assigns against all claims and demands whatsoever from, by or under me or any other person claiming the same or any part thereof under the Connecticut Title or Susquehanna Company. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the seventh day of July in the year of our Lord, 1797 Signed xxxxled sealed and delivered # Elijah Slater (Seal) In the presence of # # Sylvester McKay...John Philips # # Record July 23rd 1797 Dead Book 5…..Page 25

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18 24 -- 102(?)