MEIGS COUNTY, OH, LAND RECORDS, VOL. 3, 1828-1832

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Stephen Strong, et al } Be it known that we Stephen Strong and Nancy Strong,
       To             } wife to the said Stephen of the County of Meigs, State
James Graham, Junr.   } of Ohio for and in consideration of the sum of one
                        hundred dollars received to our satisfaction of James
Graham, Junr of said County have granted, bargained, and sold and by these
presents do grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto him the said James
Graham, Junr of said County, his heirs and assigns a certain tract of land
situate in said County of Meigs and being the East part of Fractional lot No.
one in Township No. Eight of Range Fifteen and in the Ohio Company's purchase
and contains all of said fraction No. one which lies East of the following
line to wit Beginning on the North line of said Fraction one hundred and ten
rods west of the North East corner Thence south to the south line of said lot
the land lying east of said line to contain one hundred acres be the same more
or less and is a part of the same land that was conveyed to William Weldon and
the said Stephen Strong by deed dated May the 24th AD 1826 executed by David
Putnam of Marietta Attorney for Samuel Newman of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts as guardian for Nancy Biship together with all and singular the
privileges and appurtenances to the said tract of land belonging or
appertaining. To have and to hold the above said James Graham Junr., his heirs
and assigns forever in as full and simple a covenant form as the same was
conveyed by Samuel Newman aforesaid to the said William Weldon, Stephen Strong
to the proper use, benefit and behoof of the said James Graham, Junr., his
heirs and assigns forever. In witness thereof we the said Stephen Strong and
Nancy Strong hereunto set our hands and seals this nineteenth day of September
in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty Eight.

Signed, sealed in our presence }
Ozeas Strong                   }          Stephen Strong (seal)
Prudence Everts                }          Nancy Strong (seal)
State of Ohio                  } Before me Ozeas Strong one of the Justices of
Meigs County                   } the Peace in said County, personally appeared
                                 Stephen Strong and Nancy Strong signers to
the foregoing instrument and after being examined as the law directs
acknowledged the same to be their free voluntary act and deed for the purposes
herein specified given under my hand this Nineteenth day of September AD 1828.

                                       Ozeas Strong, Justice Peace (seal)

State of Ohio   } Chester Recorders office 17th Dec. AD 1828.
Meigs County ss } I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the
                  original deed.

                                       Attest  Nath'l Hamlin, recorder.