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A Messuage Lot and Tract of Land

09.22.1819 Village Record
Will also be sold,
at the same time and place,
A Messuage Lot and tract of Land, in
the township of Tredyffrin, in said county -
bounded by lands of William Brown,
John Brown, Joshua Jones, and others,
containing fourteen acres, more or less,
with the appurtenances. A due proportion
of the above is meadow and woodland.
There is on the lot a log house and barn,
and a most excellent spring of water.

On Tuesday, the 5th of October next,
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the
dwelling house on the premises - a certain
Messuage Plantation and tract of
Land, in the township of Tredyffrin, in
Chester county - bounded by lands of
Benjamin Havard, Thomas Walker, John
Brown, and others ; containing 250 acres,
more or less, with the appurtenances.-
There is on the above farm a large
substantial stone house, and stone barn ;
together with other out-buildings. The
farm is in the Great Valley, the main
branch of the Valley Creek passing thru
it. 110 acres of the land is first-rate
woodland, the residue is of the finest
quality of Limestone Valley Land, very highly
improved, and divided into convenient
fields, and well fenced; with a large and
good orchard on it. The farm is
considered one of the FINEST AND BEST in
Chester county - Seized and taken in
execution as the property of Doct. [sic] [Doctor] John H.
Davis. To be sold by
CROMWELL PEARCE, Sh'ff. [Sheriff]
Westchester, Sheriff's Office,
Sept. 4, 1819. 110

This is the Samuel Havard farm, Lafayette's Quarters. See the David Meredith tract for the deed history.

Found by Herb Fry. Digitized by Heidi Sproat 5/8/2022.


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