Amanuensis Monday~Deed, Crop Lien between Samuel Dees and Daniel M. Johnson

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 a  Deed between Samuel Dees to Daniel M. Johnson, 1843.¹

Samuel Deese is my 2nd Great Grandfather. His wife was  Sarah “Sallie” Hill, b. about 1815, Anson County, North Carolina. The parents of Sarah “Sallie” Hill is one of my “Brick Walls”. For over 40 years no-one, including myself, has proven the parents of Sarah “Sallie” Hill. Yes, I know there are many online trees that says her parents are Rev. John Hill (1749-1817) and his wife, Huldah Jackson (1764-1840).

The Family Bible of Rev. John Hill is included in his Rev. War Records and yes he had a daughter Sarah that died young plus his will has no mention of a daughter Sarah living after his death in 1817.

I’m a dedicated researcher that has used land deeds to solve many genealogical problems. So, I went looking for Land Deeds executed by Samuel Deese, Sarah Hill or Sarah Deese. I found one and it was no help; but, I will share it here today.

Samuel Dees to Daniel M. Johnson

North Carolina}
Anson County} This Indenture is made this the 14^th day of February 1843 between Daniel Johnson on one part and Samuel Dees on the other The following obligation are as follows, viz; I Samuel Dees do give bargain sell and release one brown Mare Mule and the crop that I expect to make this Season for the consideration of forty dollars paid to me Samuel Dees in hand also for the rent of the place on which the said Dees lines, Viz: twenty-five Hundred pounds Cotton in the Seed to be delivered as gathered from the field. The conditions of the above obligation are such as when the said Samuel Dees pays the above-named sum in money to the said Johnson together with the rent they are null and void but in otherwise to remain in full force and affect.             Daniel M. Johnson {Seal}
Witness C.C. McCaskell}                                                                 Samuel x his mark Dees {Seal}

Anson County Feby 16^th 1843 then the execution of the above was duly acknowledged before me and ordered to be registered.
                                                                                     N. D. Boggan Clk.

Feby 16^th 1843 then the above came into my hands and was Registered.
                                                                                     W. Hammond, Registrar




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[1] Deed, Crop Lien - Samuel Dees to Daniel M. Johnson; 14 February 1843; Deed Book #11; Page(s) 211; Register of Deeds; Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina; 3 January 2020.

Obituary Sunday~Jim McDuffie Lost

JIM McDUFFIE LOST
Jim McDuffie, who lived on the Cheraw-Morven road near the Britt school House not far from the North Carolina line, has wandered away from home.
His mind unbalanced, Jim McDuffie left home Tuesday, taking his little boy with him. The following Thursday the two were found in the woods not far from home. The boy was taken home but the father refused to come. It was thought that he would soon follow but he failed to do so and Sheriff J. T. Grant and his deputy, Mr. C. J. Sellers were notified.
A posse of bout 40 men was formed and the woods were searched Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, day and night, but no trace of him was found.
Though demented he is considered harmless. He is about 55 years of age and when last seen was wearing a black hat, blue shirt and yellow corduroy pants, and was barefooted. He has a cancer on one side of his face and nose; is about 5 feet and 6 inches in height; weighs about 140 pounds and had dark mustache.
The Sheriff requests that he be notified by anyone seeing this man.
[Chronicling America, The Chesterfield Advertiser, 8 September 1921, FrontPage, column 6. ]

James Daniel McDuffie was born in Sept 1865, a son of John William McDuffie and Elizabeth Morris of Anson County, North Carolina. In 1889, he married Mary Melissa Morris, a daughter of Joseph Morris and Jane “Jenny” Burr.

After the birth of 6 children, Mary Melissa passed away about August 1909. All indications are that she died shortly after the birth of her sixth child, Paul Joseph McDuffie on 31 August 1909. Her death left James Daniel was 6 children ranging in age from 17 to the baby just born.

The article above states that “His mind unbalanced, Jim McDuffie left home Tuesday, taking his little boy with him.“ The small boy most likely was either Daniel or Paul Joseph. The sheriff found both Jim and his son. They took the son with them and left Jim alone where they found him. The decision to leave Jim resulted in the loss of his life as indicated with the below Death Certificate. 

James McDuffie died on 11 September 1921 after leaving home 4 days earlier. 

James Daniel McDuffie was my 1st Cousin 3 times removed.





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1. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0019, Page: 8/66 (stamped); Line 88, Dwelling 161, Family 162, Household of and James D. McDUFFIE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 25 April 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm  T623_1523.
2. 1910  U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0036, Page: 13B/116 (stamped); Line 86, Dwelling 223, Family 225, Household of James M. McDUFFIE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 April 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1455.
  3. 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 039, _1690; Enumeration District: 39; Page: 13B/148 (stamped); Line 68, Dwelling 226, Family 233, Household of James M. McDUFFY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 25 April 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1690.
4. James McDuffie, death certificate #13768 (11 September 1921), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.5
5. "Jim McDuffie Lost," The Chesterfield Advertiser, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC, 8 September 1921, Front Page, column 6, Father and small son lost. Source: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  3 January 2020); Memorial page for James McDuffie; (11 September 1865–September 1921); Find a Grave memorial # 208409879, Citing Sandy Plains United Methodist Church Cemetery; Anson County, North Carolina.