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Deed from Samuel and Sabrina Davenport Canfield, 1 October 1836, in Handwriting of Thomas Burdick

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Samuel Canfield and Sabrina Davenport Canfield, Deed for property in
Kirtland Township

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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, Geauga Co., OH, to JS, 1 Oct. 1836; printed form with manuscript additions in the handwriting of
Thomas Burdick

17 Nov. 1795/1797–6 Nov. 1877. Farmer, teacher, judge, postmaster, clerk, civil servant. Born at Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., New York. Son of Gideon Burdick and Catherine Robertson. Married Anna Higley, 1828, at Jamestown, Chautauque Co., New York. Baptized...

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; signatures of Samuel Canfield and Sabrina Davenport Canfield; witnessed by
Frederick G. Williams

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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and
Elias Smith

6 Sept. 1804–24 June 1888. Teacher, printer, postmaster, bookkeeper, probate judge, newspaper editor. Born in Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of Asahel Smith and Elizabeth Schellenger. Moved to Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co., New York, 1809. Baptized into...

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; certified by
Frederick G. Williams

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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; docket in handwriting of
Frederick G. Williams

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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; notations in the handwriting of William Kerr and
Ralph Cowles

16 May 1792–1 Aug. 1869. Teacher, surveyor, auditor, jeweler. Born in New Hartford, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Son of Asa Cowles and Sibyl Merrill. Moved to Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio, July 1811. Elected clerk for Burlington Township (later Claridon Township...

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; two pages; private possession.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Mortgage to Peter French, 5 Oct. 1836.
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Deed from Samuel and Sabrina Davenport Canfield, 1 October 1836, in Handwriting of Thomas Burdick
Deed from Samuel and Sabrina Davenport Canfield, 1 October 1836

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TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME— GREETING:
KNOW YE, THAT I Samuel Canfield, & Sabrina [Davenport] Canfield wife of said Samuel, of the town of
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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, Geauga County, & State of Ohio,
For the consideration of of Five hundred Dollars, received to our full satisfaction of Joseph Smith Jr— of the Town of
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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,
County of
Geauga

Located in northeastern Ohio, south of Lake Erie. Rivers in area include Grand, Chagrin, and Cuyahoga. Settled mostly by New Englanders, beginning 1798. Formed from Trumbull Co., 1 Mar. 1806. Chardon established as county seat, 1808. Population in 1830 about...

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, —
and State of
Ohio

French explored and claimed area, 1669. British took possession following French and Indian War, 1763. Ceded to U.S., 1783. First permanent white settlement established, 1788. Northeastern portion maintained as part of Connecticut, 1786, and called Connecticut...

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.—
do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto him the said Joseph Smith Jr. his heirs assigns— the following described tract of lot of LAND, situate in
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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. —
Township No. Nine,— in the ninth— Range of Townships, in the
Connecticut Western Reserve

Also known as New Connecticut or Connecticut Reserve. Approximately three million acres in northeastern part of present-day Ohio. Claimed as part of Connecticut, 1786. Connecticut granted jurisdiction of reserve to U.S. government, 1800. Population in 1820...

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, in the State of
Ohio

French explored and claimed area, 1669. British took possession following French and Indian War, 1763. Ceded to U.S., 1783. First permanent white settlement established, 1788. Northeastern portion maintained as part of Connecticut, 1786, and called Connecticut...

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, and which is also in the County of
Geauga

Located in northeastern Ohio, south of Lake Erie. Rivers in area include Grand, Chagrin, and Cuyahoga. Settled mostly by New Englanders, beginning 1798. Formed from Trumbull Co., 1 Mar. 1806. Chardon established as county seat, 1808. Population in 1830 about...

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.—
and is known as parts of— Lot No. twenty nine, & forty one and is bounded as follows, to wit: forty two, as deeded to Samuel Canfield, & is bounded as follows, to Wit: Beginning at the centre of the highway lately laid out in the north line of land deeded to Samuel Canfield: thence west sixty six Rods to a post; thence south fifteen Rods to a post; thence south 58 degrees west nineteen Rods to the lot line; thence south along the lot line 8 Rods to a post; thence East parallel with the north line sixty nine Rods to the Centre of the highway, thence bounding on the centre of the highway northerly to Mr. Young’s northwest corner; thence west Eight Rods to a post; thence North Eight Rods to a post; thence East thirteen Rods to the highway; thence northerly bounding on the centre of the highway four Rods north & south to the place of beginning; Containing thirteen acres of land, Subject to all Legal highways. Be the same more or less
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted and bargained premises, with the appurtenances thereof, unto him the said Joseph Smith Jr.— his heirs and assigns forever, to their own proper use and behoof.—And also, I— the said Samuel Canfield.— do for myself & my— heirs, executors and administrators, Covenant with the said Joseph Smith Jr. his heirs, and assigns, that at, and until the ensealing of these presents I was well seized of these premises, and as a good indefeasible estate, in fee simple, and have good right to bargain and sell the same, in manner and form as is above written—and that the same is free from all incumbrances whatsoever.—And furthermore, I— the said Samuel Canfield. do by these presents, bind myself & my— heirs forever to WARRANT AND DEFEND the above granted and bargained premises, to him the said Joseph Smith Jr, his heirs and assigns, against all lawful claims and demands whatsoever.— And I the said Sabrina Canfield— do hereby remise, release, and forever
Quit-claim

A deed that operates without any warranty, except that no one apart from the grantor can be in possession of the title at the time of delivery.

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unto the said Joseph Smith Jr. his heirs and assigns, all my right and title of dower in and to the above described premises
In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this [blank] day of [blank] A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty [blank]

Signatures of Samuel Canfield and Sabrina Davenport Canfield.


Samuel Canfield L.S.
1

TEXT: “L.S.” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.


Sabrina Canfield L.S.
2

TEXT: “L.S.” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.


Signed, Sealed, Acknowledged, and Delivered, IN PRESENCE OF

Signatures of Frederick G. Williams and Elias Smith.


F[rederick] G. Williams

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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Elias Smith

6 Sept. 1804–24 June 1888. Teacher, printer, postmaster, bookkeeper, probate judge, newspaper editor. Born in Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of Asahel Smith and Elizabeth Schellenger. Moved to Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co., New York, 1809. Baptized into...

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Certification is a printed form with manuscript additions in the handwriting of Frederick G. Williams.


The State of Ohio,
ss [scilicet]}
Geauga County

Located in northeastern Ohio, south of Lake Erie. Rivers in area include Grand, Chagrin, and Cuyahoga. Settled mostly by New Englanders, beginning 1798. Formed from Trumbull Co., 1 Mar. 1806. Chardon established as county seat, 1808. Population in 1830 about...

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Personally appeared Samuel Canfield & Sabrina Canfield to me personally known as the Signers and Sealers of the above instrument, and acknowledged that they did voluntarily sign and seal the same, and that the same is their free act and deed.
And I having fully made known and explained to the said Sabrina Canfield the contents of the above Deed, and having likewise examined her separate and apart from her said husband, she declared that she did, of her own free will and accord, volutarily sign, seal, acknowledge, and, as her free act and deed, deliver the same, without the force, coercion or compulsion of her said husband, and that she is still satisfied therewith. before me at
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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Octobe 1— 1836
F. G. Williams

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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Deed from Samuel and Sabrina Davenport Canfield, 1 October 1836, in Handwriting of Thomas Burdick
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    Signatures of Samuel Canfield and Sabrina Davenport Canfield.

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    TEXT: “L.S.” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.

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    TEXT: “L.S.” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.

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    Signatures of Frederick G. Williams and Elias Smith.

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    Certification is a printed form with manuscript additions in the handwriting of Frederick G. Williams.

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