Table 1: Isaac Tyson’s Land Purchases in Chester County
Note: in these deeds distances are quoted in perches (p) of length 16.5 feet. Areas are quoted in acres (a) and square perches (p). There are 160 square perches to an acre. In a few cases roods (a quarter of an acre) are also used.
From
Township
Date
Area
Cost
Reference
Isaac & Hannah
New London
4/28/1823
20a
B4-411; ; not Isaac Tyson jr.
Joseph & Eliza Kirk
West Nottingham
7/25/1831
Half part of 234a 60p
$125
E4-170; Mount Pleasant
Rob Gilmore et al
West Nottingham
11/3/1832
117a 30p + 37a
$500
F4-354; Mount Pleasant, boundary Octoraro Creek
John W. Passmore
West Nottingham
4/25/1833
75a
$350
H4-129; agreement for sale
Jesse Harris
East Nottingham
4/1837
80a
$50
N4-315; no metes & bounds
Thomas & Prudence Giest
West Nottingham
1/1/1839
46a
$150
Q4-246
William Cherry et al
East Nottingham
4/25/1838
16a
$35
R4-9
Robert Cherry
East Nottingham
1838
R4-74
Owen Reisler
6/16/1842
60a 112p
$191 20.5c
X4-40; release; messuage
Owen Reisler
10/3/1844
236a 109a
$739 62.5c
A5-397; messuage; Chrome Barrens
David Wherry et al
West Nottingham
11/12/1844
1/4? of 53.75a
$700
A5-451; from Maryland line north
Hugh Mearns et al
West Nottingham
12/13/1844
1/8 of 53.75a
$1260
A5-521; from Maryland line north
Philip Boon et al
West Nottingham
2/1/1845
1/16 of 53.75a
$140
B5-356; from Maryland line north
Philip P. and Elisa Ann Boon
East Nottingham
3/21/1846
65a
$3000
C5-589
James L. Ramsey (attorney)
West Nottingham
7/24/1845
53.75a
$105
E5-50; from Maryland line north
James L. Ramsey (attorney)
West Nottingham
6/24/1847
53.75a
$14
F5-186; from Maryland line north
John Ramsey
West Nottingham
8/5/1848
1/160th of 53.75a
$14
H5-324; from Maryland line north
John W. Passmore
West Nottingham
7/21/1846
82.5a
$350
I5-440; messuage, by Octoraro Creek, and Pine Run
William Stern (executor of John J. Davis)
East Nottingham
4/3/1850
34a 2r 12p
$1210
M5-71; messuage
Jacob and Martha Hilaman
East Nottingham
3/28/1851
71a 2r 10p
+ 19a 75p
$1787
O5-139
John M. and Margaret Sheline
East Nottingham
6/3/1851
4a 3r 29p
$75
P5-90; on state line; messuage
Jacob and Martha Hilaman
East Nottingham
8/21/1852
1/7th part of 16a 10p
$300
Q5-249; messuage
Owen Reisler
West Nottingham
3/25/1861
16a 89p + 12a 51p
$1400
R6-349
Table 2: Isaac Tyson’s Land Sales in Chester County
To
Township
Date
Area
Cost
Reference
George Davis
New London
4/1/1842
20a
$1520
K5-201; not Isaac Tyson jr.
School Director of East Nottingham
East Nottingham
9/21/1839
96p
$1
M5-249
Land Holdings of the Estate of Isaac Tyson
from Breou’s 1883 Atlas of Chester County