At the
request of V. H. Ross this deed was recorder July 22nd 1859-
THIS DEED, made this ninth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred
and fifty nine by James Ross and Ann Ross his wife, Andrew C. Friend and Mary
E. Friend his wife, William Ross and Rachel Ross his wife, Nelson C. Kyle and
Rachel I. Kyle his wife, Benjamin F. DeHavan and Susannah DeHavan his wife, all
of Allegany County, in the State of Maryland, heirs of Henry Ross, late of the
said County and State, deceased.
WITNESSETH, that, in consideration of one thousand dollars, the said James Ross
and Ann Ross his wife, Andrew C. Friend and Mary E. Friend his wife, William
Ross and Rachel Ross his wife, Nelson Kyle and Rachel I. Kyle his wife, and
Benjamin F. DeHavan and Susannah DeHavan his wife, heirs of Henry Ross,
Deceased, doth grant unto Henry Ross, of said County and State, all them lots
on parcels of ground which is described as follows, being parts of three tracts
of land, lying in Allegany County and State, all them lots on parcels of ground
which is described as follows, being parts of three tracts of land, lying in
Allegany County, State of Maryland, the first is all that piece or parcel of
land on both sides of the National Road, being all the land west of the Cove
Road of the Perry Shultz tract, which was conveyed to Henry Ross by Perry
Shultz and wife, And also, two fifty acre lots which was conveyed to Henry Ross
by Andrew Diehl and wife, by deed dated May the fourteenth, eighteen hundred
and fifty two, which tract, or lots of land, is known as follows, they being
the same lands or lots that Hammond and Johnson sold Adam Yeast, and Adam Yeast
conveyed the said two lots of land to Andrew Diehl, by his deed bearing date
the 11th day of October 1834 which lots are known and described as follows,
that is to say, Lot number two thousand four hundred and forty, in the
following boundaries, Beginning for said lot at a Locust Post, and running from
thence West one hundred perches, then North eighty perches then East one
hundred purches, then by a straight line to the beginning, warranted to contain
fifty acre: Also, lot number two thousand four hundred and fifty nine, and
adjoining the above described lot, and beginning for the said lot at a Birch
and running from thence North eighty perches, East one hundred perches South
eighty perches, then by a straight line to the beginning, warranted to contain
fifty acres; And Also, another tract or parcel of land which, James M.
Lehleigh, Trustee of David Clegged and Samuel B Clegged, conveyed by his deed
of the 13th of June, 1857, being adjoining the above described lands and
beginning for the said part piece or parcel of land, at the end of the first
line of a piece or part of the said tract of land, conveyed by David Clegged
and Samuel B. Clegged to William McGittegin, and running thense with the second
line thereof South thirty four degrees West seventy six perches, to the end of
the said second line, then with the third line of said whole tract of land
called Ormes Addition, East one hundred and four perches, to the end of the
fourth line of a piece or part of the said whole tract, of land conveyed by the
said Cleggeds to Samuel Lechel, and running the said fourth line and part of
the third line thereof, North fifty six degrees West ninety perch, North thirty
eight degrees West seventy six perches to the beginning, containing eighteen
acres and one half of an acre. And the said James Ross and Ann Ross his
wife, Andrew C. Friend and Mary I. Friend his wife, William Ross and
Rachel Ross his wife, Nelson C. Kyle and Rachel I. Kyle his wife, and Benjamin
F. DeHaven and Susannah DeHaven his wife, heirs of V. Henry Ross, late
of Allegany County, decest. Covenants that they will warrant generally the
property hereby conveyed.
Witness our hands and seals on the day and year aforesaid.
Witness
James Ross
J. P. Lowdermilk
Ann Ross
A. Friend
Andrew C. Friend
Joseph Walch
Mary E. Friend
Wm. Shaw
William Ross of H.
Rachel “X” Ross
Nelson C. Kyle
Rachel I. Kyle
Benjamin F. DeHaven
Susan DeHaven
State of Maryland
Allegany County,
To wit:
I hereby certify, that on this ninth day of February, in the year eighteen
hundred and fifty nine, before me, the subscriber, one of the Justice of the
Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Allegany County, personally appeared
James Ross and Ann Ross his wife, Andrew C. Friend and Mary E. Friend, his
wife, Benjamin DeHaven and Susan DeHaven, his wife and did each acknowledge the
a foregoing deed to be their respective act.
Wm. Shaw, J. P.
State of Maryland
Allegany County,
To wit:
I hereby certify, that on this tenth day of February, in the year eighteen
hundred and fifty nine, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the
State of Maryland, in and for Allegany County, personally appeared Nelson C.
Kyle and Rachel I. Kyle, his wife and acknowledged the a foregoing deed to
there respective acts.
Wm. Shaw, J. P.
State of Maryland
Allegany County,
To wit:
I hereby certify, that on this twelfth day of July, in the year of our lord
eighteen hundred and fifty nine, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the
Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for Allegany County, personally appeared
William Ross of H. and his wife Rachel Ross, and acknowledged the foregoing
deed to be their respective acts.
Wm. Shaw, J. P.