Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.
His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
Today’s subject is an Anson County Deed of Trust between W. A. PURVIS & Others To J. D. HARDEN, 1882.1
Transcription:
W. A. PERVIS & Others To J. D. HARDEN
This indenture made and entered into this the sixteenth day of January, A.D. 1882 by and between W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis and Sarah J. Pervis & M. H. Pervis their wives of Anson State of North Carolina, parties of the first part and J. D. Harden of Anson County and State of North Carolina parties of the second part, witnesseth; that whereas the said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis is justly indebted to the said J. D. Harden in the sum of one hundred & seventeen ($117) dollars as will more fully appear by reference a note under seal bearing due date with this indenture and due and payable is due and payable on the first day of January 1882 and whereas the said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis and wife S. J. Pervis & M. H. Pervis are honestly desirous of securing the payment of said note according to terms and it has been agreed that the payment of said debt shall be secured by the conveyances of the property hereunto described: Now therefore in consideration of the promises and the further consideration of one dollar to them paid by the said J. D. Harden the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged the said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis and wives S. J. Pervis and M. H. Pervis have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain, sell, assign and convey to the said J. D. Harden his heirs and assigns the following property to wit: a tract or parcel of land situate in the county of Anson, State of North Carolina adjoining the lands of Dunlop & Little - J. C. McGugan, Esq. George Gardners & State Line - containing 80 acres - to have and to hold the above described property, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said J. D. Harden his heirs and assigns forever in special trust and confidence however that is to say: If the said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis shall fail or neglect to pay said note and the interest due thereon, when the same shall have become due then it shall be lawful for the said J. D. Harden and he is hereby authorizes and empowered to sell said land by public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at Court House door in Wadesboro after having advertised the same for thirty days next proceeding the day of sale by posting notices thereof at the Court House at Wadesboro and four other public places in Anson County, and having previously given the parties of the first part, three months notice in writing of his intention to so advertise and sell said property and to execute title to the purchaser or purchasers. And the proceeds of such sale, he shall apply to the payment of said note - with all interest accrued thereon, and all necessary expenses incurred in executing the trust herein specified and surplus, if any remain, he shall pay to said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis and wives S. J. Pervis and M. H. Pervis have here unto set their hands and seals the day and date first above written.
W. A. Pervis {Sea}l
S. J. Pervis {Seal}
W. J. Pervis {Seal}
M. x her mark H. Pervis {Seal}
State of North Carolina}
Anson County} I Vincent Parsons a Justice of the Peace of Anson County do hereby certify that W. J. Pervis & S. J. Pervis, (his wife) and W. J. Pervis & M. H. Pervis, his wife personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing Deed of Trust and the said S. J. Pervis and M. H. Pervis being by me privately examined separate and apart from her said husband, touching her voluntary execution thereof doth state as such, her private examination that she had executed the same freely and voluntarily without fear or compulsion of her said husband or any other person and that she doth still voluntarily assent thereto. Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of
January 1882.
Vincent Parsons, J.P. {Seal}
State of North Carolina}
Anson County} The foregoing certificate of Vincent Parsons a Justice of the Peace of Anson County is adjudged to be in due form and according to law. Let the Deed of Trust with this certificate be registered. This April 15th 1882.
John C. McLanchlin, Clerk of Superior
Court and Judge of Probate
State of North Carolina}
Anson County} April 21th 1882. Then the foregoing Deed of Trust and certificates came into my hands and were duly registered.
A. J. Coppedge, Register of Deeds
In this trust deed, William A. Purvis and his wife Sarah Jane (nee Graves ) Purvis along with their Son, William James Purvis and his wife Mary Hulda (nee Privette) Purvis are mortgaging 80 acres of land for a total of one hundred and seventeen dollars ($117). This money was used by these two men to purchase the necessary seed, fertilizer and materials to plant their crops for the year 1882. This turns out to be standard operating procedures for small farmers in this county.
William A. Purvis and his wife Sarah Jane (nee Graves ) Purvis are my 2nd Great Grandparents (paternal)
William James Purvis and his wife Mary Hulda (nee Privette) Purvis are my Great Grandparents (paternal)
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[1] Anson County, North Carolina, Trust Deed Book 15: page 23-24, W. A. Purvis & others to J. D. Harden; 16 January 1882, Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
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