Josiah Greer And The Land Lottery

Augusta chronicle. (Augusta, Ga.) 1806-1817, September 05, 1807, Image 1:

Josiah Greer

Moses Greer And The Land Lottery

Augusta chronicle. (Augusta, Ga.) 1806-1817, September 05, 1807, Image 1:

Moses Greer

Asa Greer And The Land Lottey

Augusta chronicle. (Augusta, Ga.) 1806-1817, September 05, 1807, Image 1

Asa Greer

Col. Armfield's Beersheba Springs

Old Beersheba Inn, Grundy County, Tennessee (LOC)

The Home Journal

Winchester, Tenn., September 23, 1858

We will only add at present that the University site is not the only attraction of this region. To the scientific man, the Sewnnee coal mines now opened at Tracy City, are well worth a visit. To the seekers of health and genial society, the Bersheba Springs, about 18 miles by stage from the terminus of the railroad, bid fair to become a favorite resort.

Source

The proprietor, Col. Armfield, a gentleman of fortune and liberality, has purchased a large tract of land in the neighborhood, and is taking great pains to make his establishment a place of reunion to the best society of the South, while banishing from it the temptations to extravagance which are usually the bane of such places. He is a steadfast and active friend of the University; and to his ready aid the Committee of Location are largely indebted for the means of becoming acquainted with the merits of the site now chosen. From the crowded state of the house ot Bersheba, we infer that his plans are likely to be duly appreciated at the South, and handsomely sustained. The place has sweet air, good water, fine scenery, and many other natural advantages to recommend it.

Beersheba Springs walking tour map here.

Ben Acklin

The Home Journal, Winchester, Tennessee, October 29, 1874, Image 3:

Charged With Forging Land Warrants

The home journal., December 09, 1858, Image 1 (Winchester, Tenn.):

Listing In The Allegheny Daily Enterprise

Source

Peter Snay Lot Mentioned

The Elizabethtown post., January 02, 1908, Page 3:

Image provided by: Northern NY Library Network

Mary Snay By Receiver

Clinton County, New York, Land Records (in the indexSnay [Image 198]):

91-606 

[Image 369]

Regarding Newspaper Notices

By Receiver

One of the newspaper notices (Plattsburgh Republican, August 12, 1893) referenced in the Clinton County, New York, deeds:

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Gordon And Mary Backus

Livingston County, New York, Deeds

32-157 

Gordon and Mary [Hall] Backus Of Livingston County, Michigan

[Image 86] 

18 November 1845

Quit Claim

...between Gordon Backus and Mary his wife of the town of Unadilla County of Livingston State of Michigan of the first part, 

and

Andrew J. Backus of the town of Livonia County of Livingston State of New York of the second part

...land in Livonia [New York]...same and all of the land of which Ebenezer Backus late of the said town of Livonia deceased....

Census 1850

Unadilla, Livingston, Michigan

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Gordon Backus M 37 New York

Mary Backus F 36 New York

Mary J Backus F 12 New York

Johnson Backus M 10 Michigan

Julia Backus F 6 Michigan

Ira C Backus M 5 Michigan

Susan Backus F 0 Michigan

Geo Backus M 0 Michigan

Name:Gordon Backus

Gender:Male

Death Date:20 Aug 1893

Death Place:Unadilla, Livingston, Michigan

Age:80

Birth Date:1813

Birthplace:New York

Occupation:Farmer

Race:White

Marital Status:Widowed

David McClennan On Schedule "A"

Livingston County, New York, Deeds

12-340

23 January 1834

Timothy Bartles

John Morrow And Ebenezer Walker

Groveland

Debts, schedules, David McClennan was included [Image 174]

Source

W. Jane Garrett In Arkansas

The following was found on newsbank.com, a paid subscription site:

Property to W. Jane Garrett

Book 5, page 420 (Jane's?)

Date: 1916-11-21; Paper: Jonesboro Daily Tribune

State of Arkansas to W. Jane Garrett on 24 March 1890

She sold it May 1, 1894 to R. F. and T. J. Pardew

Was she "my" W. Jane (Hankins?) Garrett?

Snay's North Line

From the Elizabethtown [New York] Post-Gazette, dated 5 December 1907:

New York Supreme Court, Essex County....Lamoy defendants...sell at public auction...parcel of land bounded and described as follows:  Beginning in the center of Lake Flower Avenue [part of State Road 86] on the north line of Harry Reynold's lot; running thence north 80 deg east 235 feet to a cedar post in the fence on north line of S. Duprey lot; thence north 5 deg 30 mins west 51.5 feet to a stake at northwest corner of Peter Snay lot; thence north 81 deg east along Snay's north line 19 and 14-100 feet to a stake; thence north 12 deg west 38 sec 28-100 feet to a cedar post at northwest corner of Louisa Daniel's lot.....Being the same premises conveyed to said Thomas Levi Lamoy by Celestia E. Merchant and Stephen Merchant by deed dated June 11, 1901, and recorded in the Essex County Clerk's office on the 10th day of March 1902, in Book 123 of Deeds at Page 118.  Dated November 26th, 1907.

Sheriff's Sales Properties In The News

Below is a sample of the abstract of properties scheduled to be sold by the Sheriff of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on January 4, 1904, as published in the Pittsburgh Press:

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Maria Elizabeth Schroers, deceased

Bernhard Schroers, Albert H. Moeser and Frederick Gaertner, executors

Other names mentioned

Hiram Simpson, Lot 18, Concession 8

From Papers And Addresses of the Kent (Ontario, Canada) Historical Society:

I believe this excerpt is from an old copy of the Chatham Tri-Weekly Planet, published May 20, 1857:

Hiram Simpson, Lot 18, Concession 8, Chatham Township advertises for a lost horse — black with white spot on forehead.

This one?

Canada Census, 1881

name: Hiram Simpson

marital status: Married

occupation: Farmer

ethnic origin: Scottish

religion: E METH

census place: Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada

  Household Gender Age Birthplace

William Jim Daly M 35y Ireland

Margaret J Daly F 32y Ontario

John Daly M 12y Ontario

William T Daly M 8y Ontario

Coraesta Daly F 5y Ontario

Andrew Daly M 3y Ontario

Nelson H Daly M 5m Ontario

Hiram Simpson M 38y Ontario

Barbara Simpson F 36y Ontario

Willard E Simpson M 9y Ontario

Alberta M Simpson F 8y Ontario

Census: April 1871 - Conc 1, Lot 29, 100 acres, tenant

Or This One?

Canada Census, 1851

name:  Hiram Simpson

estimated birth year: 1818

birthplace: Canada

province: Canada West (Ontario)

district:  Kent County

district number: 17

sub-district:  Chatham

James Stout Estate In Steuben Co, NY

Although the estate's property was in Steuben County, the information was in Livingston County's Deed Book #4, per the New York, Land Records, 1630-1975 Livingston Deeds 1819-1828 online at FamilySearch:

Livingston Co., New York

4-78

2 April 1822

James Stout estate

James Faulkner, Administrator of Edward Howell and Hannah, his wife (of Bath, Steuben County, New York) ...Hannah, Adminitrix of  all and singular the goods, chattels....which were of James W. Stout, deceased, at the time of his death....who died intestate...of William Perine (of Dansville) in conjunction with them...of the first part; and Amariah Hammond of the second part

30 October 1815 was a Surrogate Court Order...Hannah Stout was Administrix and James Faulkner was Administrator...subject to dower, to wit:...lots of land; 1st lot in the NW corner of Twp. No. 6 in the 6th Range of Townships...Steuben County, being Lot Number 25 containing 97 acres...the other lot in the village of Dansville...beginning at the SE corner of the late Jared Jueries...links to Jacob Walshes line...Hannah hath since intermarried with Edward Howell...seized at Jonathan Rowley's Hotel in the village of Dansville...

Witnesses: Washington Craige and Samuel Shannon

From Steuben County Newspapers:

1. Lydia Shepherd Strong.  She was married to James Faulkner Howell (son of Edward Howell Sr. and Hannah Cruger) on July 15, 1855 in Bath, Steuben, New York.

Amanda Farrar's Will in Genesee Co., MI

Amanda Farrar's Will in the Genesee Co., Michigan, Deed Book (Liber 2):

Genesee Co., MI, Deed
2-96
27 March 1894
Amanda Farrar of Flint
Administrator: Frank Farrar
--Daughter Lucy
--Frank, Edward (sons)
Nieces Clara and Mabel Brownson
William F. Davis of Chasia?, Mass & __
Emma Obenauer of Manistee, Michigan
Family monument at Glenwood Cemetery
___ Brownson, Lucy D. Farrar, Frank L. Farrar,

Frank Farrar
Death Date: 06 Nov 1917
Death Place: Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan
Collection: Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995

Edward B. Farrar
Gender: Male
Death Date: 22 Feb 1927
Death Place: Evart Village, Osceola, Mi
Collection: Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995

Amanda Bronson was 22 years old and living with Lamson & Lucy Bronson in Waterford, Oakland Co., Michigan, in 1850. Charles & Amanda Farrar were living in Macomb Co., Michigan, with their children Lucy & Frank and a servant, Eliza White in 1860.

Charles Farrar, born 26 Oct 1825 in Boston, Massachusetts, was the son of Charles & Dorcas Farrar who were all living in Macomb Co., Michigan, in 1850. Charles Farrar, Amanda's husband, died 28 March 1888, in Genesee Co., Michigan.

Amanda E Fairar
Gender: Female
Death Date: 26 Feb 1894
Death Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Collection: Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995

Charles & Amanda (Bronson) Farrar were buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Michigan.

Emma Obenauer, an heir named in Amanda Farrar's Will, was mentioned in a newspaper article, published March 8, 1985:


Emma Obenauer was a secretary in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1885.

NJ Backus Probate Document Mentioned In Macon Co., IL, Deeds

I was searching through the deed books in Macon County, Illinois (actually the "S" surname Index Grantee and Grantor for the years 1894-1910) for the surname "Swinney." Eva (Rice) Swinney was a great-great aunt and I was in the area, so why not?

Always interested in "strays," I found the Surrogate Court of Essex County, New Jersey indexed under "S" as the Grantor. The Grantee was Charles W. Backus -- Backus is one of the surnames I research. Double bonus -- a stray and one of my surnames.

Macon Co., IL
Register of Deeds
Book "252", Page 182

Certificate of Letters of Administration
New Jersey, Essex County Surrogate's Office
I, John B. Dusenberry.....on 20 July 1893....administrator of all goods....which were of Eleanor R. Backus of the County of Essex...died intestate...by me to Charles W. Backus of the County of Essex...who is duly authorised to administer same... .

Letters of Administration issued to Charles W. Backus in the estate of Eleanor R. Backus... .

I have tentatively identified the Charles W. Backus named in the Surrogate Court of Essex, NJ, document as the son of Dewitt C. & Ann (Rousse) Backus:

1860 Census NY Brooklyn
Backhouse, Dewit, 32, lawyer
", Anna, 30
", Charles, 10/12
Rouse, Peter, 28
McClusky, Ann, servant
Corbett, Agnes, 15, "
Robinson, Mary, 28, servant

The wedding announcement of Dewitt & Ann was found in the NY Times (7 July 1858), excerpted as follows:

Backus-Rousse - In this City on Thursday, July 1, ...Dewitt C. Backus, Esq., of Buffalo, New York, to Anne Mary, daughter of Reverend Peter Rousse of Brooklyn.

A daughter, Ella R. (Eleanor R.?) was part of the family in 1870. Note that the family was living in New Jersey at the time.

1870 Census - New Jersey
Backus, Dewitt, 43, lawyer, b. NY
" Annie M., 44, b. NY
", Charles W., 10, NY
", Ella R., 7, NY
", Henry S., 8/12, NY
Rouse, Peter W., 38, Editor, b. NY
Keegan, Ann, 50, Domestic, b. Ireland

The family was still in New Jersey (and Essex County) in 1880:

1880 Census NJ Essex, East Orange
de Witt C. BACKUS Self M W 54 NY Lawyer NY NY
Anna M. BACKUS Wife M W 55 NY Keeping House NY NJ
Charles W. BACKUS Son S W 20 NY Clerk NY NY
Ella R. BACKUS Dau S W 17 NY NY NY
Henry S. BACKUS Son S W 10 NY At School NY NY
Peter W. ROUSSE BroL S W 47 NJ Editor NY NJ

Dewitt Backus died at some date between when the 1880 census was taken and the 2 May 1887, death of his brother-in-law, per Peter Rousse's obituary:

New York Times- Published 3 May 1887
Rousse - At East Orange, New Jersey, Monday, May 2, Peter Warren Rousse, in the 55th year of his age...Funeral at the residence of the late D. C. Backus, 95 Sussex-av, Wednesday, May 4th.

Charles Warren Backus was living in Clinton Co., New York, in the 1900 census per this site.

I still don't know which Backus was Dewitt C. Backus's father, nor do I know to which Backus branch of the family this group belongs. In general, there is an early New England group descending from William Backus (my lineage) and another group that originated in Germany. (That's a broad generalization stemming from my memory of years of Backus research -- not from any hard facts).

Research Alert:
In addition finding this "bonus" information, it served as a reminder to look in the deed indexes for items other than the obvious. In this case "Surrogate Court" in the "S" index. Other possibilities may be "H" for Heirs; "U" for United States; "A" for Administrator; "S" for Sheriff.

Rutherford Hayes In Marion County, Ohio, Deed

My previous research in Marion County, Ohio, did not include deeds or land records (it was a long time ago, before I learned of their value). While looking to see what was available online, the following information was found:

Early abstracted deeds of Marion County, Ohio, can be found here; Rutherford Hayes (father of President Rutherford B. Hayes who was born in 1822 in Delaware Co., Ohio) was found as a witness to deed(s) in adjacent Marion County here. The elder Hayes died in 1822, a few months before the future President was born.

Modern day deeds/land records of Marion County can be found here (after registering); other records can be searched through the Auditor's site.

Since various newspapers list real estate transfers, another, more generic, search could be tried through GOOGLE'S newspaper archive search. Found through a search at the Marion Daily Star was this entry regarding land transfers:

The Marion Daily Star (Newspaper) - April 21, 1885
Real Estate Transfers. W. H. Dioksou to Elizabeth A. Bensfield, one acre in Tully township, J. J. Holland to John W. Lilley, lots and 30 in Morral, ...

The Rootsweb Archive search found miscellaneous entries containing information about deeds, land records, plats, etc.