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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.
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The early Cedar Hollow deed history is unclear and 3 options are given below:
A)
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Proprietors |
David Powell |
11/20/1700 |
1400a |
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Proprietors |
David Powell |
1/28/1704-5 |
1000a |
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David Powell |
Philip Howell |
2/20/1705-6 |
500a |
£110 |
K2-384 |
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Philip Howell |
John Martin |
1712 |
300a |
£72 |
K2-386 |
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Philip Howell |
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260a |
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Sold |
Philip Howell |
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235a |
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Estate |
Sheriff (Philip Howell’s debt of £72) |
William Williams |
8/24/1730 |
235a |
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Williams only appears in tax record in 1720 & 1721, and as a non-resident |
William Williams |
Evan Philips |
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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 |
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235a |
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Adjoining Thomas David & Rees Prichard’s land |
Lewis Williams |
William & Joan Williams |
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Inheritance |
William & Joan Williams |
Catherine Philips & Lewis Williams |
9/26/1732 |
235a |
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Sheriff (Evan Philip’s debt) |
Rees or Richard Pritchard |
11/27/1735 |
325a (including 235a) |
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B)
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Richard Thomas |
Philip Howell |
1/8/1701 |
700a |
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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) |
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Richard ap Richard |
Rees Prichard (son) |
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252a (part of 570a) |
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Rees Prichard snr. |
Rees Prichard jr. |
2/18/1741-2 |
252a |
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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 |
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C)
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Rees & Lettice Francis |
Rees Prichard |
11/29/1744 |
100a |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Table AA.1
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Rees & Anna Prichard |
David Davis, Nathan Lewis |
4/1/1745 |
9¼a 28p + 234a 92p |
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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) |
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9¾a 28p |
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Nathan & Margaret Lewis |
Joseph Lewis |
8/20/1755 |
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£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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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John & Mary Philips,Enos & Ann Rees, Lewis & Debe Rees, William & Mary Baker |
Joseph Lewis jr. |
8/24/1811 |
114a |
$5706 87c |
F3-420 |
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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 |
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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 |
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5a 17p |
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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 |
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Table AA.1.1
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Joseph Lewis |
Jacob Maule |
8/24/1811 |
114a 22p |
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F3-420 Tredyffrin & East Whiteland |
Joseph Lewis |
Jacob Maule |
2/6/1816 |
78a 5p |
$5462 18½c |
M3-91 Tredyffrin only. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Table AA.1.1.1 – Clintonville Mill
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Isaac Thomas |
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1783 |
15a |
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Tax 2.75%, £50; fulling mill |
Isaac Thomas |
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1785 |
16a |
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State Tax; fulling mill |
Isaac Thomas |
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1786 |
16a |
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Tax; fulling mill |
Isaac Thomas |
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1787 |
16a |
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Tax; fulling mill |
Isaac Thomas |
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1788 |
16a |
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Tax; fulling mill |
Isaac Thomas |
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1789 |
14a |
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State Tax; fulling mill |
Isaac Thomas |
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1791 |
16a |
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Tax; fulling mill |
Isaac Thomas |
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1797 |
16a |
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County tax; fuller & fulling mill; $150 |
Isaac Thomas |
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1798 |
16a |
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County tax; fulling mill |
Davis & Philips |
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1798 |
14a |
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Glass tax; fulling mill |
Joseph Lewis |
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1798 |
Not noted |
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Glass tax |
Davis & Philips |
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1799 |
16a |
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Tax; fulling mill; tenant Neal Graham |
Joseph Lewis |
James Gamble |
1/6/1810 |
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Joseph Lewis |
Peter Kuhn |
1/1/1816 |
2a |
$300 |
M3-51; no mention of mill; part of 114a 22p of F3-420 |
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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 |
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James Gamble |
David Lapp |
2/21/1820 |
4a |
$110 |
R3-122; no mention of mill |
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David Lapp |
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1820 |
54a |
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Tax; James Gamble crossed out; no mill |
Peter G. Kuhn |
David Lapp |
9/24/1821 |
2a |
$110 |
U3-256 |
David Lapp |
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1821 |
54a & 6a |
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Tax; no mention of mill |
David Lapp |
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1822 |
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Tax; mill |
David Lapp |
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1824 |
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Died. |
Late of David Lapp |
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1825 |
60a |
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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 |
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M4-489 |
Execs of Thomas Badaraque (Charles Norris) |
Robert Irwin & Joseph J. Lewis |
6/16/1836 |
54a 1p |
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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 |
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Sheriff (William Rogers) |
Philip Sharpless |
3/18/1842 |
30a & mill; 9a 33p |
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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 |
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Table AA.1.2 – Diamond Rock Preserve Area
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Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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William Hughes |
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1881 |
107a |
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Both sides of Yellow Springs Road |
Charles Bloomhart |
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1881 |
30a |
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Southern boundary Yellow Springs Road |
Cedar Hollow Lime Company |
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1881 |
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Table AA.1.3 – Roberts Limestone Quarry
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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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) |
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died |
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Clinton Frame, sheriff. Property of Joseph Roberts |
John Roberts |
5/9/1844 |
½ part of 0.5a |
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Sheriffs deed 5-154 |
John Roberts |
Ann Funk |
4/11/1846 |
0.5a |
$60 |
D5-115; Tredyffrin |
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Table AA.Miscellaneous Cedar Hollow deeds?
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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Henry Detwiler |
David Chrisman |
8/7/1866 |
1a 84.48p |
$129.36 |
C7-182 |
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Joseph Lewis |
Joseph Hall |
1/1/1816 |
2a |
$300 |
N3-145 |
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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 |
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11a 34a |
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H8-83; mentions Yellow Springs Road. Parts of X6-553 and C7-182 |
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Joseph Rowland |
John Watson & James Gamble |
4/6/1816 |
14.5a |
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R3-211 |
James Gamble |
John Watson |
8/29/1817 |
8a, part of 14.5a |
$609 |
R3-213 release |
John Watson |
James Gamble |
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6.5a, part of 14.5a |
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R3-411 |
James Gamble |
John Watson |
4/21/1820 |
6.5a |
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R3-412 |
John & Margaret Watson |
Samuel Acker |
3/8/1847 |
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E5-283 |
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Sheriff |
John G. Wersler |
2/9/1843 |
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woodland |
Joel Davis |
John G. Wersler |
1/4/1845 |
1a 68.5p |
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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 |
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Thomas Langley |
John G. Wersler |
4/2/1832 |
5a 9p |
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Misc #2, 310. See D4-501 |
Sheriff’s deed |
John G. Wersler |
2/9/1843 |
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Docket #5, 89 |
John G. Wersler |
Samuel Acker |
1/29/1864 |
7a 17p |
$710 62.5c |
V6-515 combination of 2 deeds above |
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Table AA.2 Cedar Hollow Quarries
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From |
To |
Date |
Area |
Cost |
Reference |
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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 |
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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 |
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Cedar Hollow Lime Company |
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1870 |
30a + 9a + 8a + 24a |
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Taxes |
Cedar Hollow Lime Company |
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1883 |
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Breou’s Atlas |
Cedar Hollow Lime Company |
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1890 |
26a + 70a |
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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 |
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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 |
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P17-245 |
F.W. & Alice G. Bacon |
Warner Company |
4/12/1929 |
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P17-257 |
Harry H. Jacobs & Frank A. Young, executors of George H. Jacobs |
Warner Company |
3/18/1930 |
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E18-5 or 9 |
M. Louise & Clarence S, Kurtz |
Warner Company |
12/30/1942 |
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F21-167 |
Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
Warner Company |
8/31/1948 |
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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 |
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