The year 1885 was not a good year for my 2nd Great Grandparents. At the end of the year in December 1884, William and Sarah entered into a Trust Deed with Thompson and Moore for one hundred fifty one dollars and 78 cents. ($151.78)
The trust deed reads ”William A. Purvis and wife Sarah J. Purvis, have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain, sell, assigned and conveyed to the said Thompson and Moore partners, their heirs and assigns the following property, to wit: one tract or parcel of land situate in the county of Anson, state of North Carolina adjoining the lands of W. J. McLendon on the North and bounded as follows, that is to say: beginning at J. D. Rhine on the east, and W. J. Purvis on the south and west, containing fifty (50) acres more or less…”
The Note was payable on the 1st day of November 185 and failure to pay would result in sell of the land at public action. William and Sarah were unable to re-pay the mortgage thus the land was sold at public auction.
SALE of REAL ESTATE
By virtue of power contained in a Deed of Trust executed by W. A. Purvis and Sarah J. Purvis on the 23rd day of December 1884 to N. J. Thompson and C. C. Moore, partners under the style of Thompson & Moore, and registered in trust book no. 18, page 202 of the registers office of Anson County, Dec. 27th, 1884, and by consent and request of said W. A. Purvis and Sarah J. Purvis, we will sell for cash to the highest bidder at the Court House door in the town of Wadesboro, on Monday the 7th day of December 1885, the land described in said Deed of Trust, containing 50 acres more or less, adjoining the lands of W. J. McLendon and others. Sale of above lands made to satisfy a note secured by mortgage on said reality. N. J. THOMPSON
C. C. MOORE.
Partners and Mortgagees
Nov 25 1885, lt.
At one time William A. and his only child, William James had over 120 acres of land adjoining each other just southwest of McFarland, NC on the west side of Zoar Road. (S-13-23)
As stated previously William and Sarah Jane are my 2nd Great Grandparents.
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[The Anson Times, 3 Dec 1885, Thu, Page 3]
RAOGK Contributor Debra Cooper, 17 December 2014
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Unfortunate that they had hard times. Did they move in with relatives?
ReplyDeleteNo, they still had some acreage to farm. Sarah Jane died in Dec 1893 after battling cancer. Quote from obit "She had suffered intensely for fifteen months from cancer." I wondered if they were struggling with her being sick as early as mid 1880's. They only had one child, my great grandfather, and his land adjoined his father; so both families (Father-Son)lived closely together.
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