Monday, November 6, 2017

Amanuensis Monday~Crop Lien Between Rachael Burr and John N. Gardner, 1872.

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 Crop Lien Between Rachael Burr and John N. Gardner, 1872. 1 


DEED BOOK 3, Page 719-page-001DEED BOOK 3, Page 720-page-001

Transcription:

Jno. N. Gardner to Rachael Burr Lien

State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
                 Know all men by these presents That I Rachael Burr advanced to John N. Gardner for the present year in money the sum of One Hundred and three dollars & Fifty cents to carry on his farm in Chesterfield County and Sate aforesaid. The party of the second part
Binds himself to give and hereby gives unto the said Rachael Burr a lien on the whole of his cotton, corn, Peas, Potatoes & other crops to be raised the present year, as will satisfy the payment of the sum of One Hundred and three dollars a& Fifty cents in preference to all other liens existing or otherwise, in conformity to the Act of Assembly of said sate in such cases made and provided in order to secure the payment of the sum or sums of money so advanced by the said Rachael Burr, and acknowledges the advances so made as a debt without further proof and further agrees that all sums shall be paid by the 15th November next. This obligation to be void as soon as the terms of this agreement are complied with. In testimony whereof The parties hereto have hereunder set their hands in duplicate this 29th day of March 1872.
Signed and delivered}                                  Rachael X her mark Burr
In the presence of}                                       s/John N. Gardner
Erasure & interlincations made}
Before signing}
T. F. Mulloy
                                    stamp                                                                                                                                                        
State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
             Personally appeared before me Thos. F. Mulloy and made oath that he saw Rachael Burr and Jno. N. Gardner sign the within written Lien as their Act and deed, and he witnesses the execution thereof.
Sworn to before me this}                                   T. F. Mulloy
30th day of Match 1872}
E. W. Redfearn
Trial Justice
Recorded 30th March 1872
Orign’l Del’v to Rachael Burr

Racheal Burr is John N. Gardner’s mother-in-law.




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[1] Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Register of Deeds, DEED BOOK 3, Page 719-720

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