- 1864 Deed
May 1864
Here is another deed only a couple of years later. Let's see what this one says
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| Harvey Scott 1864 Deed first half |
Book 181. Know all Men by these Presents, That We, John G. Smith of Salisbury county of Merrimack and state of New Hampshire and Clara J. Smith, wife of the said J.G. Smith, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to us in hand, before the delivery hereof well and truly paid by Harvy Scott of the same Salisbury, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeof, convey and confirm unto the said Harvy Scott his heirs and assigns forever,
a certain tract of land laying and being in said Salisbury and bounded as follows, to wit: commencing at the south west corner of Elipalet Little's land and running north on said Little's west line to a wall running westerly, thence on said wall westerly to land of Wm. H. Moulton, thence southerly on said Moulton's easterly line to a bound three rods north of Harvey Scott's most westerly corner bound, thence easterly parallell with said Scott's north line four rods to bound, thence southerly three rods to said Scott's north line, thence easterly on said Scott's north line to his northeasterly corner bound, thence southerly on said Scott's easterly line to the highway, thence easterly on said highway to the bound first mentioned, reserving to the said Smith his heirs and assigns forever the right of way acrost the foregoing described land to land which the said Smith owns adjoining said land on the north side of said described land also reserving the right to cross and recross to and from a piece of land which said Smith now owns laying between the foregoing described land and land now owned by the said H. Scott containing five acres be the same more or less
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| Harvey Scott 1864 deed second half |
To have and to hold the said granted premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, to him the said Harvy Scott and his heirs and assigns, to his and their only proper use and benefit forever. And I the said J.G. Smith and my heirs, executors, and administrators, do hereby covenant, grant, and agree to and with the said H. Scott and his heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof, I am the lawful owner of the said premises, and am seized and possessed thereof in my own right in fee simple; and have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid; that the said premises are free and clear from all and every incumbrance whatsoever; and that I and my heirs, executors and administrators, shall and will warrant and defend the same to the said Harvey Scott and his heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whomsoever. And I Clara G. Smith, wife of the said J.C. Smith, in consideration aforesaid, do hereby relinquish my right of dower in the before mentioned premises.
And we and each of us do hereby release, discharge and waive all such rights of exemption from attachment and levy or sale on execution, and such other rights whatsover, in said premises and in each and every part thereof as our family homestead, as are reserved or secured to us or either of us, by the Statute of the State of New Hampshire, passed July 4th, 1851 entitled "An Act to exempt the homestead of families from attachment and levy or sale on execution," or by any other Statute or Statutes of said State.
In Witness Whereof we have herunto set our hands and seals this thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord 1864.
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us: Isaac Sanborn; J. M. Hayes?; J.G. Smith [his mark]; Clara J. Smith [her mark].
State of New Hampshire, Merrimack. Personally appeared the above named John G. Smith and Clara J. Smith and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be their voluntary act and deed -- before me, dated the thirty first day of May 1864; J. M. Hayes, Justice of the Peace. Received June 1 1866
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| Harvey Scott 1864 Deed |
This is the deed in its entirety. It looks like Harvey purchased more land adjoining his current land. It looks very twisty in the descriptions, so I can't determine how large this tract of land is. I can recognize that he paid $150 for land that was right next to his.
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| Harvey Scott mini pedigree from Ancestry.com |
In this 1860 map found on Old Maps Online, you can see the road running southwest is called South Road. I think this area (not the area marked in blue, but just to the west of this marked area) is where we should find the Harvey Scott farm. I think it would be a farm, or maybe a homestead.
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| 1860 Salisbury NH from OldMapsOnline.org |
This is an index map. Salisbury is located in section 244. The next map is the detailed part of that section showing property ownership.
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| Salisbury Index map |
This is a close up detail of a 2000 property map of Salisbury NH. The town is right at the convergence of all those roads, with South road going to the left. I suspect the property is north of South road. Although I don't really know. I would love to know. Can you help me out? Do you know where this property is?
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| Property Map of Salisbury NH, Map No. 244 detail showing Salisbury |
Am I anywhere close? Is this YOUR Harvey Scott?
