said Court, at , at the June Term A.D. 1839— which writ was delivered to 2d. Esquire then being Sheriff of said , for : which writ the said returned into said Court at their June Term A.D. 1839, with his official report, or return of his proceedings thereon annexed to said writ, setting forth that by virtue thereof, & for want of Goods & Chattels, he levied the same on divers lots, pieces & parcels of land, on the 20th. May 1839, particularly described in said return, among which, on the following lot or parcel of land, to wit: Lot No. Eight in Block No. 113 in City plat, so called as surveyed by W[illard] W. Beals Surveyor, excepting sixteen square rods in a square form at the north end of said lot; that he at the same time caused said lands to be appraised, and advertised and offered the same for sale at public vendue and the same remained unsold for want of bidders:— And whereas divers writs of were issued on said judgment & delivered to said and severally by him returned as to said land above described unsold for want of bidders and such proceedings had on said judgment that at the June Term of said Court A.D. 1840, the said Court ordered a new appraisal of said lands, and afterwards, to wit: on the 25th. day of July A.D. 1840— a Writ of venditioni exponas issued out of said Court on said judgment, directed to the of said commanding him to cause said lands to be reappraised, and, as before to expose the same to sale at public vendue, and have the monies before said Court, at their October Term A.D. 1840, which said writ the said Sheriff, to wit: 2d. then being Shff., of said to whom the same was delivered, returned into said Court, with his official return of his proceedings thereon, at the October Term A.D. 1840, which return set forth that, by virtue of said Writ, he on the 8th. day of August A.D. 1840 caused three of the parcels of said lands levied on to be appraised by three disinterested freeholders, one of which parcels was the lot herein before described, the said freeholders residents of the County of Lake which at the time of said levy was , who being by him duly sworn & on actual view, did appraise said Lot No. 8 above described, excepting the 16 rods aforesaid, at Three hundred dollars, and returned to him their said appraisal under their hands & seals, a copy of which he forthwith deposited in the office of the Clerk of said said Court; that he thereupon gave public notice by advertising in the Painesville Telegraph, a newspaper published in said County of Lake, formerly part of , that he should <​offer​> said lands for sale at public vendue, at the Court House in , Geauga County, on the fifteenth day of September 1840, between the hours of 10 O’Clock A.M. and 4 O’Clock P.M. which notice was continued in said newspaper from week to week for more than thirty days next preceeding said day of sale; that at the time & place specified in said notice, he duly & legally struck off and sold unto , the said Lot No. Eight in the City plat of in Lake County (formerly ) excepting said sixteen rods as aforesaid, for the sum of Two hundred & one dollars then & there bid him for the same, he being the highest bidder, and that sum, so bid by him, being more than two thirds the appraised value of said land; And the said submitted his said proceedings in levying on & making sale of said land, to said Court at said last mentioned who having examined, did approve & confirm said sale & made an order to that effect & caused the same to be entered on their journal, & did thereby order the said to make a deed of conveyance to said purchasor: And whereas the term of office of said expired without his having executed a deed of said land, and the said having assigned transfered & quit claimed, his interest in said land by virtue of said sale to , the said filed his said motion in said Court, at their September Term 1841, setting forth said proceedings and assignment, and praying the Court to order the present of said County to execute to him, as the assignee of said , a deed of said land, on hearing which motion, the said Court did make an order and cause the same to be entered on their journal, and did thereby order me , then, & still Sheriff of said County & the successor in office of said , to execute & deliver to said assignee of said , in a good deed of Conveyance of said Lot of land so struck off and sold to said & assigned to said :— All which will more fully appear by the records, files & journal entries of said Court:— Now therefore Know ye that I Sheriff of said County of , by virtue of the said judgment, writs [p. 101]