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Table AA - Philip Howell Patent & Purchase

Cedar Hollow

Note: in these deed histories 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.


The early Cedar Hollow deed history is unclear and 3 options are given below:

A)

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proprietors

David Powell

11/20/1700

1400a

 

 

Proprietors

David Powell

1/28/1704-5

1000a

 

 

David Powell

Philip Howell

2/20/1705-6

500a

£110

K2-384

K2-384

Philip Howell

John Martin

1712

300a

£72

K2-386

K2-386

Philip Howell

 

 

260a

 

Sold

Philip Howell

 

 

235a

 

Estate

Sheriff (Philip Howell’s debt of £72)

William Williams

8/24/1730

235a

 

Williams only appears in tax record in 1720 & 1721, and as a non-resident

William Williams

Evan Philips

 

 

 

Verbal grant.  No Evan but a Jenkin Lewis is in tax records for 1734 and 1735

Sheriff  (Evan Philip’s debt)

Margaret Lewis & Lewis Williams

 

235a

 

Adjoining Thomas David & Rees Prichard’s land

Lewis Williams

William & Joan Williams

 

 

 

Inheritance

William & Joan Williams

Catherine Philips & Lewis Williams

9/26/1732

235a

 

 

Sheriff (Evan Philip’s debt)

Rees or Richard Pritchard

11/27/1735

325a (including 235a)

 

 


B)

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Thomas

Philip Howell

1/8/1701

700a

 

See Warrant D65-48, Warrant D65-154, and Survey D65-103,; Patent A3-97

Philip Howell

Richard ap Richard

6/13/1709

570a (part of 700a)

 

 

Richard ap Richard

Rees Prichard (son)

 

252a (part of 570a)

 

 

Rees Prichard snr.

Rees Prichard jr.

2/18/1741-2

252a

 

Deed not found; quoted in N-392

Rees Prichard jr.

Rees Prichard snr.

2/22/1741-2

9¼a 28p Part of 252a

5s

N-392.  See O-374 description Whiteland

 

C)


From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rees & Lettice Francis

Rees Prichard

11/29/1744

100a

 

E Whiteland & Tredyffrin

Rees & Eleanor Prichard

Joseph Lewis

10/24/1755

100a

£300

O-399. Same description as Y2-491

Joseph Lewis

Joseph Lewis jnr., John Phillips & wife, Lewis, Enos, Debby & Mary Reese

8/12/1805

3 tracts: 100a, 9½ 28p, 234a 92p

 

Y2-491; see H3-107 deed plan below

Susanna Lewis

Joseph Lewis, John & Mary Phillips, Lewis, Enos, & Debby Reese, William & Mary Baker

6/2/1810

100a, 9a 68p, 234a 92p

 

E3-122; release. Payemnt to Susanna of $120 per year in her lifetime

John & Mary Phillips, Lewis, Enos & Ann, & Debby Reese, William & Mary Baker

Joseph Lewis

8/24/1811

114a 22p

$5,706 87c

F3-420; release

Joseph Lewis

John Phillips

3/27/1812

15a, part of 114a

$750

G3-552

Joseph Lewis

Benjamin Bispham

12/26/1814

5a 95p, part of 114a

$20

K3-480

Joseph Lewis

Peter Kuhn

1/1/1816

2a

$300

M3-51

Joseph Lewis

James Gamble

1/6/1816

4a

$428

R3-121

Joseph Lewis

Jacob Maule

2/6/1816

78a 5p, part of 114a

$5462 18.5c

M3-91

Jacob & Margaret Maule

Thomas Bodley

4/2/1816

58a 10p

$4,225 16c

N3-194

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table AA.1

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rees & Anna Prichard

David Davis, Nathan Lewis

4/1/1745

9¼a 28p + 234a 92p

 

Contiguous tracts. See part of H3-107 description

David Davis

Jane Davis (widow), Ellis, Jonathan & Amos Davis (sons), Hannah Ashbridge, Susannah Hoopes, Jane Pratt, Priscilla Ashbridge (daughters)

 

9¾a 28p

 

 

Nathan & Margaret Lewis

Joseph Lewis

8/20/1755

 

£0

O-374; deed mentions quarries

Jane Davis, Ellis & Lydia Davis, Jonathan & Esther Davis, Amos & Ann Davis, Hannah Ashbridge, Thomas & Susannah Hoopes, Joseph & Jane Pratt, Joseph & Priscilla Ashbridge

Joseph Lewis

4/21/1766

9¼a 28p + 234a 92p

 

O-395 East Whiteland

Joseph Lewis snr

Children: Joseph Lewis, Mary Philips, Susanna Lewis; grandchildren: Enos Rees, Lewis Rees, Mary Rees, now Baker

1807; 11/5/1807 (administration)

 

 

Died intestate

Susannah Lewis, late Susannah Peck

Joseph Lewis, John & Mary Philips,Enos & Ann Rees, Lewis & Debe Rees, William & Mary Baker

6/2/1810

100a + 9a 68p + 234a 92p

 

E3-127

Joseph Lewis, Mary & John Phillips

Lewis, Enos, Debby Reese & Mary & William Baker

8/24/1811

3 tracts: 100a, 9½ 28p, 234a 92p

$8412 67c

H3-107

H3-107

John & Mary Philips,Enos & Ann Rees, Lewis & Debe Rees, William & Mary Baker

Joseph Lewis jr.

8/24/1811

114a

$5706 87c

F3-420

F3-420

Joseph Lewis, Enos & Ann Rees, Lewis Rees, Debe Rees, William & Mary Baker

John Phillips

8/24/1811

3 tracts: 100a, 9½ 28p, 234a 92p

$6,920 70c

F3-412; East Whiteland & Tredyffrin, part of Joseph Lewis senior’s land

Execs. of John Phillips (James Malin & David Cope)

Jesse Gyger

4/1/1835

123a 2p

$6,027

L4-239

L4-239

Jesse Gyger

Peter Colehower

3/7/1846

123a 2p + 2a 48p

$8583.33

D5-229; messuage & 2 tracts

Peter Colehower

Jane Stevenson

3/27/1854

20a 2r 16p + 42a 35p

$11,000

W5-157

Jane Stevenson

Robert Todd

4/7/1863

5a 17p

$425 90c

V6-347

Jane Stevenson

William Henry

3/25/1864

63a 18p + 36a 145p

$5,000

V6-543

Robert Todd

James Todd

10/11/1870

5a 17p

$50

Y7-184

James S. Todd

David Detwiler

 

5a 17p

 

W8-235; mentions Welsh line

Davis Gill, Sheriff; suit of Mary Jones (originally Peter Colehover) against Jane Stevenson & William Henry

Henry Loucks

10/29/1874

70a 2r 16p + 42a 35p + 2a 48p - 9a 128p

$5,035

Sheriff's deed 7-312; East Whiteland & Tredyffrin

Henry & Ellen Loucks

Sarah K. Jacobs

1/9/1875

63a 18p + 29a 150p

$7,000

Q8-282; East Whiteland & Tredyffrin

Henry & Ellen Loucks

Elizabeth McClellan

10/5/1875

2a

$1

R8-320; Tredyffrin

Henry & Ellen Loucks

George McClellan

10/5/1875

4a 155.7p

$1

R8-321; Tredyffrin

Table AA.1.1


From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Lewis

Jacob Maule

8/24/1811

114a 22p

 

F3-420 Tredyffrin & East Whiteland

Joseph Lewis

Jacob Maule

2/6/1816

78a 5p

$5462 18½c

M3-91 Tredyffrin only.

M3-91

Jacob Maule

John Kurtz

4/2/1816

5.1a 10p

$455

M3-92

Jacob & Margaret Maule

John Garner

4/2/1816

5a 120p

$470 30c

M3-90 (East Whiteland)

Jacob & Margaret Maule

Thomas Bodley

4/2/1816

58a 10p

$4,225 16c

N3-194

N3-194

Thomas & Margaret Bodley

George & Peter Deery

6/6/1818

1a

$250

P3-92; Tredyffrin & East Whiteland townships

Thomas & Margaret Bodley

David Lapp

12/20/1819

54a 1p

$3240 36c

R3-76; see table AA.1.1.1

R3-76

George & Peter Deery

Abraham Benner, Frederick Sheeder, George Chrisman, John Brownback, Peter Fry, & John Swinehart

5/26/1824

84p or 0.5a

$125

X3-154

X3-154


Table AA.1.1.1 – Clintonville Mill

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isaac Thomas

 

1783

15a

 

Tax 2.75%, £50; fulling mill

Isaac Thomas

 

1785

16a

 

State Tax; fulling mill

Isaac Thomas

 

1786

16a

 

Tax; fulling mill

Isaac Thomas

 

1787

16a

 

Tax; fulling mill

Isaac Thomas

 

1788

16a

 

Tax; fulling mill

Isaac Thomas

 

1789

14a

 

State Tax; fulling mill

Isaac Thomas

 

1791

16a

 

Tax; fulling mill

Isaac Thomas

 

1797

16a

 

County tax; fuller & fulling mill; $150

Isaac Thomas

 

1798

16a

 

County tax; fulling mill

Davis & Philips

 

1798

14a

 

Glass tax; fulling mill

Joseph Lewis

 

1798

Not noted

 

Glass tax

Davis & Philips

 

1799

16a

 

Tax; fulling mill; tenant Neal Graham

Joseph Lewis

James Gamble

1/6/1810

 

 

 

Joseph Lewis

Peter Kuhn

1/1/1816

2a

$300

M3-51; no mention of mill; part of 114a 22p of F3-420

M3-51

doc 218 image not found
Village Record 11-10-1818
See Newspaper clipping in Document database for commentary

Thomas & Margaret Bodley

David Lapp

12/20/1819

54a 1p, part of 58a 10p

$3240 36c

R3-76; see table AA.1.1 above

R3-76

James Gamble

David Lapp

2/21/1820

4a

$110

R3-122; no mention of mill

R3-112

David Lapp

 

1820

54a

 

Tax; James Gamble crossed out; no mill

Peter G. Kuhn

David Lapp

9/24/1821

2a

$110

U3-256

David Lapp

 

1821

54a & 6a

 

Tax; no mention of mill

David Lapp

 

1822

 

 

Tax; mill

David Lapp

 

1824

 

 

Died.

Late of  David Lapp

 

1825

60a

 

Sale ad; grist mill

Christian Lapp & John G. Wersler (administrators of estate of David Lapp)

Thomas Badaraque

4/1/1826

60a

$3625

Y3-537; mentions grist mill, later converted to paper mill.  Descriptions as in R3-76, R3-122, and U3-256.

Henry Mills, Joseph & Charles Rogers

Thomas Badaraque

8/16/1834

1a 57p

 

M4-489

Execs of Thomas Badaraque (Charles Norris)

Robert Irwin & Joseph J. Lewis

6/16/1836

54a 1p

 

M4-493

Joseph J. Lewis et ux

Robert Irwin

1/23/1837

½ part of 61a 40p

$5,550

O4-15; release, paper mill, store, & 7 messuages

Robert & Mary Ann Irwin

Daniel McCurdy

4/20/1837

1a 106p

$76

S4-195, part of M4-493

Robert Irwin

Samuel Acker

3/11/1840

2a 88p

$1000

S4-531; houses & buildings

Sheriff (William Rogers)

Philip Sharpless

3/18/1842

30a & mill; 9a 33p

 

Sheriff’s deed Vol. 5-47; suit against Robert Irwin; messuage, paper mill & 2 tracts

Philip J. & Mary Sharpless

Lewis Shee

5/26/1846

30a & paper mill

$5500

D5-171; See Road Plan.

Philip & Mary Sharpless

Henry & Hannah Hennion

4/17/1844

9a 60p

$1,060

Z4-236

Philip & Mary Sharpless

Lewis Shee

5/26/1846

30a

$5,500

D5-171; paper mill, messuages

Hannah Henion

Joseph Kimes

4/1/1848

9a 60p

$1,200

H5-340; messuage

Lewis & Eliza Ann Shee

Joseph Kimes

10/1/1853

30a

$6,000

V5-535

Joseph & Catharine Kimes

Chalkley Shee

11/1/1854

30a

$10,250

X5-98

Chalkley Collins Shee

Joseph H. Duckett

6/13/1855

30a

$5

Z5-316; see Cedar Hollow Quarries below for later history

Z5-316

 

Table AA.1.2 – Diamond Rock Preserve Area

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Hughes

 

1881

107a

 

Both sides of Yellow Springs Road

Charles Bloomhart

 

1881

30a

 

Southern boundary Yellow Springs Road

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

 

1881

 

 

 

 

Table AA.1.3 – Roberts Limestone Quarry

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

John & Mary Phillips, Lewis, Enos & Ann, & Debby Reese, William & Mary Baker

Joseph Lewis

8/24/1811

114a 22p

$5,706 87c

F3-420; release; see option C above

Joseph Lewis

John Roberts

1/1/1816

0.5a

$240

P3-380; East Whiteland

John Roberts

Nephews Joseph and John Roberts

8/18/1832 (will)

 

 

died

Clinton Frame, sheriff. Property of Joseph Roberts

John Roberts

5/9/1844

½ part of 0.5a

 

Sheriffs deed 5-154

John Roberts

Ann Funk

4/11/1846

0.5a

$60

D5-115; Tredyffrin

D5-115

 

Table AA.Miscellaneous Cedar Hollow deeds?

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Detwiler

David Chrisman

8/7/1866

1a 84.48p

$129.36

C7-182

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Lewis

Joseph Hall

1/1/1816

2a

$300

N3-145

N3-145

Joseph & Phebe Hall

James Gamble

5/17/1824

2a

$60

Z3-341

James & Ann Gamble

Conrad Acker

5/2/1836

2a

$1200

M4-297

Conrad Acker

Rebecca Bones

3/23/1853

9a 106p

$1824

T5-456; messuage

Rebecca Bones

Nathan Pawling

4/22/1861

9a 106p

$2000

P6-237

Nathan Pawling, carpenter

David Chrisman, miller

1/23/1865

9a 106p

$1700

X6-553; messuage

Mary A. Chrisman

David Detwiler

 

11a 34a

 

H8-83; mentions Yellow Springs Road.  Parts of X6-553 and C7-182

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Rowland

John Watson & James Gamble

4/6/1816

14.5a

 

R3-211

James Gamble

John Watson

8/29/1817

8a, part of 14.5a

$609

R3-213 release

John Watson

James Gamble

 

6.5a, part of 14.5a

 

R3-411

James Gamble

John Watson

4/21/1820

6.5a

 

R3-412

John & Margaret Watson

Samuel Acker

3/8/1847

 

 

E5-283

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheriff

John G. Wersler

2/9/1843

 

 

woodland

Joel Davis

John G. Wersler

1/4/1845

1a 68.5p

 

 

John G.  & Maud Wersler

Samuel Acker

4/3/1848

3a 6p

$530 46.5c

F5-437; comprising parts of 2 deeds above and small part of Misc. #2, 310

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Langley

John G. Wersler

4/2/1832

5a 9p

 

Misc #2, 310.  See D4-501

Sheriff’s deed

John G. Wersler

2/9/1843

 

 

Docket #5, 89

John G. Wersler

Samuel Acker

1/29/1864

7a 17p

$710 62.5c

V6-515 combination of 2 deeds above


Table AA.2 Cedar Hollow Quarries

 

From

To

Date

Area

Cost

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conrad Acker tract

Conrad & Leah Acker

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

11/24/1856

3a 24p

$630

I6-566; see Monday - Acker property for earlier history

Samuel Acker tract

Samuel & Mary Acker

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

11/24/1856

125p

$70 87.5c

I6-567; part of deed S3-21 John Acker to Conrad Acker. See Monday - Acker property for earlier history

Samuel Phillips tract

John Elliot, Lewis G. Bull, & William Henry, executors of the will of John G. Bull

Samuel Phillips

4/1/1850

111a 2r 23p

$10,606

M5-141

Samuel & Theodosia Phillips

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

11/20/1856

3a 24p

$630

I6-558

Paper Mill tract

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chalkley Collins Shee

Joseph Duckett

6/13/1855

30a

$5

Z5-316; paper mill, messuage; see Clintonville Mill above for earlier history

Joseph & Harriet Duckett

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

2/11/1856

30a

$1 plus other considerations

I6-560; paper mill; messuages

English tract

Robert Ralston

John Hampton

4/1/1848

120p

$225

M5-14

Ann Funk

John Hampton

9/1/1849

1a 80p

$350

M5-16

Robert & Mary Todd

John Hampton

3/24/1854

18a 80p

$5,000

V5-226; East Whiteland

John & Mary Hampton

Edward English

12/10/1855

20a 140p + ½ 53.23p

$13,000

C6-113

Edward & Charlotte English

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

2/12/1856

20a 140p + ½ 53.23p

$1 plus other considerations

I6-562

Henry Detwiler tract

Henry & Catharine Detwiler

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

11/24/1856

4a 28.94p

$1,043 75c

I6-570; see deed C4-426 for earlier history

Robert Evans tract

Robert Evans

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

3/6/1857

1a 37p

$184 68c

I6-564; see deed Thomas Evans tract for earlier history

John McCurdy tract

John & Magdalena McCurdy

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

4/13/1857

10p

$12 50c

I6-557; see deed Clintonville Mill tract for earlier history

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

 

1870

30a + 9a + 8a + 24a

 

Taxes

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

 

1883

 

 

Breou’s Atlas

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

 

1890

26a + 70a

 

Taxes

Cedar Hollow Lime Company

Cedar Hollow Company

11/1/1904

12 tracts: 74.6a, 123p, 10p, 4a 29.94p, 3a 24p, 3a 24p, 1a 37p, 68.6p, 131a 66p, 25a 140.25p, 3a 58p, 7.642a

$16,000 + shares in Cedar Hollow Company + mortgage bonds

X12-214

Clarence S. & Margaret E. Staats

Cedar Hollow Company

4/8/1915

0.092a

 

R14-251

Cedar Hollow Company

Charles Warner Company

3/31/1917

74a + 123p + 2p + 4a + 3a + 3a + 1a + 68p + 131a

$1

C15-181

Charles Warner Company

Warner Company

4/11/1929

 

 

P17-245

F.W. & Alice G. Bacon

Warner Company

4/12/1929

 

 

P17-257

Harry H. Jacobs & Frank A. Young, executors of George H. Jacobs

Warner Company

3/18/1930

 

 

E18-5 or 9

M. Louise & Clarence S, Kurtz

Warner Company

12/30/1942

 

 

F21-167

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Warner Company

8/31/1948

 

 

W22-217

Warner Company

Trammell Crow Northeast Metro

12/17/1999

380.393a: 236a (East Whiteland) + 141a (Tredyffrin) + 0.3a (Charlestown)

$10.9m

Book 4690-421