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There has been for some years a woolen factory at Unions- port. It has a good reputation, and its yarns are in great de- mand.
.There used to be a carding machine at Winchester, belonging to Elias Kizer, but it is not there now.
The old county seminary, at Winchester, was fitted up and run as a woolen factory for several years. It was quite exten- sive and did much work, but it has been discontinued.
There was, for many years, a carding machine and woolen factory at Deerfield. It was burned down and rebuilt, and burned again, and, since the last fire, has not been rebuilt.
There is a large amount of machinery at Union City, Ind., and Ohio, as also at Winchester, Farmland and Ridgeville, for various purposes which will be described under the head of Union City, and the rest.
It is told us, as a matter of curiosity, that Moorman Way once undertook to fit up a carding machine at Winchester, and run it by ox-power. The establishment did some work for awhile.
A carding machine was built and operated in very early days, near Winchester. It is thought to have been the first in the coun- ty, but has been gone for many, many years. It belonged to Daniel Petty, and was operated by horse-power.
PIKES-RANDOLPH COUNTY.
The first pike asked for and granted is thought to have been the Williamsburg & Bloomingsport pike, September, 1858.
The second was the Greenville State Line Company, granted also September, 1858. Its officers were : N. Kemp, President ; Daniel Hill, Secretary ; James Griffis, George Hiatt, Alexander White, Directors. The whole length of this line was some ten miles. But it is remarkable that of this pike has been built only
about four miles ; three and half miles at the westward, and three-quarters of a mile next the State line, leaving a wretched gap of some six miles of the worst road in the county.
Since 1858, a great number of pikes have been projected, many of which have been made, and the difference between the "old time mud" and the new "regime" is very great indeed, though it must be confessed that even the pikes are by no means what they ought to be; since in the " muddy, rainy time," some of them get so badly cut up that the imagination has to be brought into service considerably to succeed in considering them actual gravel pikes and not old-fashioned mud roads.
Below is given a statement of the assessed valuation of some of the pikes now in Randolph County for the year 1880, as also the estimated cost of different pikes as contained in the state- ments to the Commissioners by the parties asking permission to build them.
ASSESSED VALUATION OF PIKES IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, 1880.
White River, Farmland and Shiloh, $1,892; Macksville and Unionsport, $253; Winchester and Windsor, $3.300; Winches- ter and Deerfield, $2,800 ; Winchester and Bundy's Mill, $2,050 ; Winchester and State Line, $500; Dunkirk, $400; Lynn and Winchester, $1,000 ; Lynn and Spartanburg, $600; Arba and Bartonia, $2,040 ; Nettle Creek and Stony Creek; $600 ; Buena Vista and Unionsport, $1,173; Winchester and Huntsville, $1,526 ; Salem and Union City, $2,180; New Pittsburg and Hoover, $200; Union City and White River, $1,088; Union City and Winchester, $1,500 ; Stone Station and Olive Branch ; West River and Washington Township, $282; White River and Southern, $600 ; Williamsburg and Bloomingsport, $116; Economy and Bloomingsport; Newport and Winchester, $300; State Line, south from Union City; State Line, north Union City and Recovery.
ESTIMATED COST OF PIKES.
From the Commissioners' record, we take some data as the estimates upon the costs of pikes projected in the county.
Some of the earlier ones were not discovered in our search and hence they do not appear.
Two have already been mentioned. We number the others in order (not altogether in order of time) :
Winchester and Huntsville, August 19, 1867, length seven miles, fourteen and a half rods; estimated cost $17,100. N. P. Heaston, engineer.
Huntsville and Hagerstown, February 21, 1867, over six and a half miles ; cost $8,200. Robert C. Sheets, Engineer.
Unionsport and Hagerstown, June 21, 1867 ; ten and nino- tenths miles ; cost $17,985. Charles Jaqua, Engineer.
Farmland South, two miles; cost $8,777.04 (large bridge). P. Pomroy, P. Hiatt, Engineers.
Winchester and Deerfield, November 6, 1865, nine and a half miles ; cost $17,000.
Farmland and Hagerstown, November 6, 1867, nine miles 281 yards ; cost $18,834.12. P. Hiatt, Engineer.
Farmland and Economy, south end, October 22, 1867, four miles 420 yards ; cost $8,468.31. P. Hiatt, Engineer.
Salem and Union City, May 5, 1868, eight and two-thirds miles ; cost $17,044. C. Jaqua, Engineer.
Losantville and Northern, September 6, 1868, ten and three- quarter miles ; cost $23,782. N. P. Heaston, Engineer.
Spartansburg and Arba, Cherry Grove and Lynn, March-23, 1869, seven miles; cost $14,616. James H. Hiatt, Engineer. Winchester, White River and Union City, September 10, 1869, seven miles, four chains ; cost $8,998.20. J. Wharry, Engin- eer.
Bloomingsport and Greensfork, August 16, 1869; cost $6,860. S. P. Heaston, Engincer.
Lynn and Winchester, August 31, 1867, eight and three- quarter miles ; cost $19,500.
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Winchester and Bloomingsport, May 18, 1867, ten and a half miles ; cost $27,300.
Huntsville and Buena Vista, July 3, 1867, six and a half miles ; cost $8,310.26. P. Pomroy, Engineer.
Union City and White River, May 28, 1870. Winchester and Salt Creek, May 20, 1867. Farmland and Mississinewa Valley, March 27, 1869.
Winchester and White River, July 17, 1869, three and a half miles ; cost $6,165.
Spartansburg and Arba and Bartonia.
Mississinewa and Shiloh, March 5, 1869, seven miles. Spartansburg and Lynn, March 5, 1869.
White River and Farmland, March 5, 1869.
Buena Vista and Unionsport, and West River, September 6, 1875.
Macksville Cemetery and Unionsport, September, 1875. Dunkirk Company, right of way granted, June 5, 1876. Stone Station and Olive Branch, June 5, 1876.
New Pittsburg and Brown, June 6, 1876.
County Line and Farmland, March, 1880.
Bush Creek and Mississinewa, February 20, 1880.
Tampico and Lynn, February 2, 1880. Huntsville and Buena Vista, June, 1880.
Bush Creek and Rockingham, June, 1880.
Elkhorn, June, 1880.
Ridgeville and Mississinewa Valley, June, 1880. Ward and Franklin Townships, June, 1880. Mount Zion, June, 1881.
The Winchester and Windsor pike was granted June, 1867. The Arba and Bartonia, June, 1868.
The Winchester and Richmond, via Lynn, about the same time.
Some of the above pikes were never made.
The first pike in Green Township was begun in the summer of 1880. Considerable work of that sort is going on in that region now (1881-82).
TOWNS.
In the present article, we give simply the names of the towns in Randolph County, with their location and actual condition, leaving the detailed description of each to another time and place. There are (or have been) in Randolph County, fifty-two towns, (or hamlete with names attached) and post offices, located in the various townships as follows :
[NOTE-The townships are arranged in order of location ].
Green Township-Emmetsville P. O., Sec. 5, Town 5, Ranges 7 and 8, Town 21, Range 13, decayed ; Fairview P. O., Section 4, Town 21, Range 12, not flourishing ; Olive Branch (hamlet), small; Rockingham, on Mississinewa, below Ridgeville, extinct ; Shedville P. O. (unincorporated), just begun ; Steubenville, Sections 13 and 14, Town 21, Range 12, extinct ; Carlisle, Sec- tion 12, Town 21, Range 13, extinct.
Franklin Township-Ridgeville P. O., Section, 12, Town 21, Range 14, thriving.
Ward Township-Berlin (perhaps on Mississinewa River), extinct ; Deerfield P. O., Sections 16 and 17, Town 21, Range 14, decaying ; Randolph P. O., Sections 16, 17, 20 and 21. Town 21, Range 14, small ; Sarataga P. O., on Panhandle Rail- road, not large ; Stone Station, Sections 30 and 31, Town 21, Range 14, very small ; (Clark P. O.).
Jackson Township-Allensville, Section 9, Town 21, Range 15, dead ; Castle P. O., Section 27, Town 21, Range 15, store and toll-gate ; Mount Holly, Section 27, Town 21, Range 15, dead; New Lisbon, Section 12, Town 18, Range 1, dead; New Middletown, Section 30, Town 21, Range 15, dead; New Pitts- burg P. O., Section 6, Town 21, Range 15, decayed.
Wayne Township-Bartonia P. O., Section 27, Town 17, Range 1, decayed ; Harrisville P. O., Sections 17 and 18, Town 20, Range 15, thriving ; Randolph (old), Section 27, Town 17, Range 1, extinct ; Salem, Sections 11 and 12, Town 17, Range
1, dead ; Union City P. O., Sections 24 and 25, Town 18, Range 1, large.
White River Township-Macksville, Section 20, Town 20, Range 12, decayed ; New Dayton (hamlet) P. O., Section 2, Town 20, Range 13, small ; Sampletown, Section 22, Town 20, Range 13, extinct; Winchester P. O., Section 20, Town 20, Range 14, large ; Unionsport P. O. (partly in West River), small; Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo P. O. (partly in West River), decayed.
Monroe Township-Farmland P. O., Sections 12, 13, 18 and 20, Town 20, Range 13, thriving ; Morristown, Parker P. O., Sections 16 and 17, Town 20, Range 12, thriving; Royston Section 17, Town 20, Range 13, extinct.
Stony Creek Township-Georgetown, Section 29, Town 20, Range 12, extinct; Neff P. O., Section 24, Town 20, Rang- 12, store and dwelling; Windsor P. O., Section 10, Town 18, Range 12, small.
Nettle Creek Township .- Fallen Timber P. O., northeast of Losantville; Flemingsburg, Section 23, Town . 19, Range 12, extinct : Losantville P. O., Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14, Town 19, Range 12, small ; Pleasant View, Good View P. O., Sec- tions 11, 12, 13 and 14, Town 19, Range 12, small.
West River Township .- Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo P. O., Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, Town 19, Range 13, decayed; Hunts- ville, Trenton P. O., Sections 27 and 28, Town 19, Range 13, thriving ; Swain's Hill P. O., Section 5, Town 18, Range 13, post office ; Unionsport P. O., Sections 4, 5, 8 and 9, Town 19, Range 13, neat.
Washington Township .- Bloomingsport, P. O., Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, Town 18, Range 14, not large; Johnson's Station P. O., Section 11, Town 18, Range 14, small; Lynn, P. O., Sections 34 and 35, 19, and 2 and 3, Town 18, Range 14, thriv- ing ; Rural P. O., Wood Station, Sections 9 and 16, Town 19, Range 14, small; Snow Hill (old), Section 23, Town 19, Range 14, extinct; Snow Hill Station, Section 16 and 21, Town 19, Range 14, very small ; Springboro, Section 29, Town 19, Range 14, extinct; West Lynn, Sections 3 and 3, Town 19, Range 14, not large.
Greensfork Township .- Arba P. O., Section 33, Town 16, Range 1, thriving; Spartansburg ( formerly Newburg ) P. O., Section 10, Town 16, Range 1, thriving; Edgewood ( hamlet ). Section 12, Town 16, Range 1, seminary and church.
RECAPITULATION.
Four of the above are only post offices. Four are only hain- lets, never laid out as towns. Eleven are absolutely extinct. Four are dead, but not wholly gone. Eightare very small. Eleven are much decayed. Two are somewhat active. Six have con- siderable trade. Two are quite large towns. There are twenty- eight post offices.
Fort Wayne ( now Allen County, but when laid out, in Ran- dolph County), 118 lots ; streets, 66 feet ; alleys, 5, 14, 16 fect. The streets in the plat were: North and south-Barr, Clir ton, Calhoun; east and west-Water, Columbia, Main, Berry.
Location : Junction of St. Joseph's and St. Mary's Rivers, head of the Maumee River ( now Allen County ), in Section- 2, Town 30, Range 12.
Recorded at Winchester, June 9, 1824.
The town has grown, of course, immensely since those primi- tive days, and it is now a city of 30,000 inhabitants.
SURVEYS OF THE TOWNSHIPS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Township 16 north, Range 1 west, of First Principal Merid- ian-surveyed by Israel Ludlow, 1800; subdivided by Samuel Archer, 1812.
Township 17 north, Range 1 west-surveyed by Daniel C. Cooper, 1800; subdivided by Jeremiah McLane, 1805.
Township 18 north, Range 1 west-surveyed by Daniel C. Cooper, 1800; subdivided by Jeremiah McLane, 1800.
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Township 19 north, Range 1 west-surveyed by Daniel C. Cooper, 1800.
Township 18 north, Range 13 east-east part, Henry Bryan 1811. Township 19 north, Range 13 east-east part, Jacob Fowler, 1811. Township 20 north, Range 13 cast-east part, Jacob Fowler, 1811. Township 21 north, Range 13 cast-east part, Jacob Fowler, 1811.
Township 18 north, Range 14 east-Henry Bryan, 1811. Township 19 north, Range 14 east-Jacob Fowler, 1811. Township 20 north, Range 14 east-Jacob Fowler, 1811.
Township 21 north, Range 14 east-east part, Jacob Fowler, 1811.
Township 18 north, Range 15 east-not told.
Township 19 north, Range 15 cast-Jacob Fowler, 1811.
Township 20 north, Range 15 east-Jacob Fowler, 1811.
Township 21 north, Range 15 east-Jacob Fowler, 1811.
Township 18 north, Range 12 east-not known.
Township 19 north, Range 12 east-John Hendricks, 1821. Township 20 north, Range 12 east-John Hendricks, 1822. Township 20 north, Range 12 east-J. F. Polke, 1822.
Township 18 north, Range 13 east-west part, John Hen- dricks, 1821.
Township 19 north, Range 13 east-west part, John Hen- dricks, 1821.
Township 20 north, Range 13 east-west part, John Hen- dricks, 1821.
Township 21 north, Range 13 east-J. F. Polke, 1822.
Township 21 north, Range 14 east-west part, John Hen- dricks, 1822.
[NOTE .- The " old boundary " separates 16, 17, 18, 19 north, Range 1 west, from 18, 19, 20, 21 north, Ranges 12, 13, 14, 15 east.
The " new boundary " divides 18, 19, 20, 21 north, Range 13 east, and 21 north, Range 14 east].
The "field notes " were copied from the records at the Land Office (Cincinnati, perhaps) by Samuel Williams, Clerk in said office, March 1, 1834.
They were recopied from the first copy by Calvin G. Good- rich, Surveyor of Randolph County, August 24, 1841.
The latter copy is now on file in the office of the County Au- ditor at Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.
CHAPTER VI.
RECORDS.
DEEDS-APPRENTICESHIP-FREE PAPERS-ABSTRACT OF TITLES- MARRIAGES-CIRCUIT COURT-COMMISSIONERS' BOARD-PRO- BATE COURT.
EARLY RECORDS.
O YHARLES CONWAY was for the first twenty years Clerk, Recorder and Auditor (i. e., he did the business which the Auditor now performs), all three at once. The three together must have made but a poor living for even one man.
The Recorder's book shows the following facts, viz. :
From September, 1818, to December 31, 1822 (four years and four months), fifty-six instruments in all were put on record.
In 1823, thirty-two instruments; 1824, twenty-two; 1825, thirty-eight; 1826, twenty-one; 1827, fifty-two; 1828, forty- eight.
By the close of 1828 (about ten years), 262 pages had been filled by the Recorder, including all kinds : deeds, bonds, mert- gages, bills of sale or chattel mortgages, official bonds, ete., or
an average of twenty-seven instruments or twenty-six pages a year for ten years.
The following statements will show the slow but gradual in- crease of work in the Recorder's office :
In 1829, 64 pages ; 1830, 77 pages ; 1831, 68 pages ; 1832, 100 pages ; 1833, 149 pages ; 1834, 143 pages; 1835, 260 pages ; 1836, 294 pages ; 1837, 350 pages ; 1838, 480 pages ; 1839, 467 pages ; 1840, 415 pages; 1841, 478 pages ; 1842, 393 pages ; 1843, 389 pages; 1844, 335 pages ; 1845, 415 pages ; averaging for nine years, 1829-37, 167 pages annually ; for the last eight years, 487 pages yearly ; for seventeen years, 318 pages annually ; and for the whole time 210 pages, or about 17 pages per month.
In 1818, only one " record" is made, viz. : David Wright's bond as Sheriff.
In 1819, only one record, Solomon Wright's bond as Coro- ner, date of record, November 25, 1819.
In 1820, things began to " start" a little. Thirteen instru- ments were put on the record, or one a month and one to sparc.
First bond for deed-Paul W. Way, County agent, to James McCoole, for Lot 1, west front, Winchester ; deed to be given on or before the year 1825, on what conditions precedent to be ful- filled does not appear.
Second and third patents (5,967 and 6,105) to Charles Con- way, dated August 15, 1817, and May 5, 1818, signed by James Monroe, President. Recorded February 10, 1820.
Fourth warrantec deed-From Paul W. Way, agent, to Isaac Wright, of Clinton County, Ohio, for north half of Lot 6, south front, Winchester ; price, $30. Date of deed, December 14, 1819; date of record, March 7, 1820.
Fifth deed-P. W. Way, agent, to Albert Banta, Lot 3, south- west. square, for $31.20; date, April 3, 1820.
Sixth deed-David Heaston to John and Elizabeth Elzroth ; land in Section 6, Town 19, Range 14; price, $500; dated, March 13, 1820.
Seventh deed-A curious instrument; purport as follows: First. John Elzroth has sold sixty acres of land to Jacob Roths (Roads) on south side of Section 33, Town 20, Range 14. Second. Elzroth agrees to take in payment the share of Polly (Elzroth) Roths in the estate of Nicholas Elzroth (her father), provided said legaey amounts to $150 or more. Third. If said legacy falls short of $150, John Roths agrees to pay to John Elzroth the deficit. Recorded April 6, 1820.
Eighth deed-From John Elzroth to John Roths as described in seven.
Ninth deed-John Elzroth to John Irvin, 180 acres; priec, $500 ; Section 6, Town 9, Range 14; recorded March 13, 1820,
Tenth deed-P. W. Way, agent, to Hiram Bailey, Clinton County, Ohio; Lot 6, south front, Winchester ; price $30. Dated December 14, 1819 ; recorded February 5, 1820.
Eleventh deed (by donation)-Charles Conway to Paul W. Way, County Agent, sixty acres, Section 20, Town 20, Range 14, for town plat (in part) of Winchester. Deed made Septem- ber 30, 1819 ; recorded September 4, 1820.
Twelfth, bill of sale-George Hight, of Darke County, Ohio, to William Vance, Jr. Amount, $2,678.50.
[NOTE -The schedule is deemed worthy to be here inserted. ]
One bay horse, 7 years .. .8200 00
One brown horse, seven years .. 100 00
One dun-mare.
90 00
One black horse (abouut 12 years). 60 00
50 00
One black horse, 15 years ..
50 00
One sorrel horse, 8 years.
50 00
Ten steers, 1 year 50 00
50 00
Five calves 1 year. 10 00
Seventy hogs at $3.
210 00
Two wagons ..
200 00
Four oxyokes. 12 00
Three ox chains 20 00
One sorrel horse ...
Ten heifers, 1 year.
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One sorrel marc, colt .. 50 00
One bay horse, colt, 1 year ...
20 00
One iron gray mare, colt, 1 year .... 20 00
One pair oxen, 8 years .. 100 00
One pair work steers, 3 years. 50 00
75 00
Twenty-one cows at $18 .. 378 00
Five steers, 3 years at $12. 60 00
Two heifers, 3 years.
24 00
Seven steers, 2 years al $10. 70 00
Four heiters, 2 years, at $10 ... 40 00
Gears for three horses, three double trees.
40 00
Three plows.
25 00
Three felling axes.
9 00
Three weeding axes.
9 00
Two mataxes.
One crowbar
One cradle, two scythes.
Three grass scythes and hangings.
12 00
One horse eledge.
4 00
Three iron wedges.
5 00
Two pitchforks
8 00
Three negro hoes
6 00
Six sickles.
6 00
One wooden clock
30 00
Ope plate stove ..
35 00
Seven Windsor chairs.
15 00
Four lables
16 00
One stand
2 00
Three looking glasses.
12 00
One iron shovel.
2 00
One set harrow teeth.
13 00
Two grindstones, with cranks, etc.
18 00
One pair andirons ...
4 00
One crane, trammel and hooks.
5 00
One shovel and tongs.
4 00
One 12-gallon ketlle.
7 00
One coffee mill
3 00
One shot gun.
17 00
One inusket
10 00
Three saddles and bridles.
70 00
One U. S. map.
20 00
Four mapa.
40 00
One Ohio map.
10 00
Two hand exes, two drawing knives, six augers, four planes, three chisels, one cross-cut saw, one hand
34 00
Four bedsteads.
10 00
Three bed sacks, len bed blankets.
40 00
One mattress,
6 00
One counterpane, four sheets.
25 00
One pair saddle-bags, etc ..
5 00
One seven-gal. kettle, onelarge pot, ono stew pan, one grate iron, one bake oven, one griddle, one small pol,
one toasting iron, one dish kettle, one spider, one akillet
23 50
Three sad irons, two pairs steel yards ....
5 00
One frying pan.
1 50
One whent sieve. 2 50
One buffalo hide 8 00
One cutting box.
5 00
Total amount.
$2678 50
If the above marked prices were a fair estimate for the time, the schedule furnishes a noteworthy exhibition of the comparative value of commodities of various kinds at that date.
It would be interesting to know more of this George Hight. He would seem to have been a large farmer for those early davs.
Thirteenth deed (mortgage)-James Oldhamn to Paul W. Way, agent of Outlet No. 2, southeast square, Winchester, $150, given as security for the payment of twe premissery notes given by Oldham te Way (doubtless for the land itself ), and due in one and two years from date, with interest. Notes dated Sep- tember 30, 1819; acknowledged September 27, 1820; recorded January 6, 1821.
In 1821, nineteen instruments were recorded. Twelve deeds in fee, two deeds of gift, twe mortgages, ene bond for deed, ene Sheriff's bond, one bill of sale.
In 1822, twenty-two instruments passed to the Record. Eighteen deeds in fee, two deeds in gift, one Sheriff's bond, one Cerener's bond.
As specimens of the frequency in those times of bringing deeds, etc., for record, we give a statement for 1826.
From November 28, 1825, te April 15, 1826, none; May 8, 1826, three; June 3, 1826, ene : June 26, 1826, one; July 3. 1826, one ; July 4, 1826, ene ; July 5, 1826, ene ; July 17, 1826, twe ; July 8, 1826, one; July 14, 1826, one; September 2, 1826, three ; September 14, 1826, one; September 15, 1826. two; October 11, 1826, one ; October 23, 1826, one ; January 11, 1827, one.
It is refreshing to those who complain in these latter days of exorbitant fees to bloated officials, te learn that "Charlie" Conway's fee-bill for recording instruments of writing for the werthy citi zens of Randolph County from September 2. 1826, te January 11, 1827, amounted to $6.75, or exactly $1.50 per month. TI .: princely sum was not all, however. He had, besides his fees . Clerk of the Court (including Circuit and Probate business), his fees for issuing marriage licenses, and then the fees for serving a clerk of the Commissioners' Court, which would doubtless rais- his monthly salary to $5, possibly $7.50 per month.
Our good friend, Conway, must have get even more than that, for the record frequently shows that he was in the habit, as often as he could get the chance, of taking acknowledgments, solem- nizing marriages and similar things. And the entire avails of his official laber may possibly have swelled to the amount of $10 per month. And think what a vast sum, honest man as Judge Smith reckens him te be, he wrested from the pockets of the hard- handed yeomanry of Randolph during his almost life-long contin- uance in office.
Twenty-one years make 252 months, and ten times 252 are 2,520, and so many dollars, and how many mere no mortal knows, that gray-haired official teek in pretended compensation for work performed in official station, from the tax-payers and business men of that over-burdened community.
The first deed en record seems to be ene made by Charles Conway (as Recorder) to Paul W. Way, agent, of sixty acres of land, being the tract denated by the said Conway to the county for the location of the county seat. The date of the deed is Sep- tember 30, 1819.
Another deed is founded on netes that bear the same date, Sep- tember 30, 1819, though the deed itself was acknowledged nearly a year later, September 27, 1820, and recorded January 6, 1821 It was from James Oldham to Paul W. Way, agent, fer outl ?: No. 2, southeast square, Winchester, to secure the payment o. twe promissory notes for $75 each, duc in one and twe year from date.
The next deed in order is dated the next day, October 1, 18: made by William Jones te Paul W. Way, agent, for Lot No. 1- southwest square, Winchester. It is a mortgage to secure pay of two notes $31.28 each, due in one and two years.
The transaction hardly seems clear, but probably Way had conveyed the lot to Jones in some way, as agent for the county. and then Jones had mortgaged it back to Way to secure the pay . ment of the purchase money. No account of such a transaction, however, has been found, and the actual deed on record, made by Way, as agent, conveying the lot in question to Jones, is dated in 1822 (probably), at any rate after the time for payment of the notes.
[NOTE .- Daniel Lasley, County Superintendent of Education, found amid the rubbish of the Recorder's office (where it had lain for more than sixty years, the original of the above document. He rescued it from its hiding place, mounted it in a neat framc. and it new serves to assist in decorating the walls of his office in the court house. Two or three other instruments (not so old as that, however), are in the back of the frame].
APPRENTICESHIPS.
On page 233, Beek B.' is found the record of the in- dentures of Cornelia Ann Jackson, a poor child of the age of five years and nine months. She is to be taught the "business and mystery of housekeeping," to have fifteen months' schooling (sixty-five days for three months, or 325 days
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One English bull ..
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