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Tracts of Land Reeseville, 15 acres, and 35 acres

07.06.1847 Village Record
BY Virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, to
me directed, will be sold at public sale, on
Tuesday, the 20th day of July next, at 1 o'clock,
P.M., on the premises, a certain messuage and
tract of land, situate in Reesville [sic] [Reeseville],
Tredyffrin township, Chester county, (on the Philadelphia
and Lancaster turnpike,) bounded by lands of
Adley Potter, Henry Carter and others, containing
FIFTEEN ACRES, more or less, with the
appurtenances. The improvements consist
of a two story STONE HOUSE,
with a Kitchen attached, Wood House,
a Pump House, Spring House, &c. ; a large Stone
BARN, and other out buildings. There is an
APPLE ORCHARD and other fruit trees on
the premises. The land is in a high state of cultivation
and well fenced. The above described
property will be sold subject to a mortgage for
$1700 and the interest due thereon.
ALSO,
A certain other tract of LAND, situate as aforesaid,
bounded by lands of Stephen Lammey, [earlier 06/22/1847 article spells it Lammy]
Robert Glenn and others, containing 35 Acres,
more or less, with the appurtenances, and is divided
into fields by good fence - well watered, and
highly improved. There is about two acres of
sprout land on the property, and the Pennsylvania
railroad passes through the same.
ALSO,
At the same time and place, the following personal
property, viz: 1 horse, cow, cart, harrow,
2 plows, lots of gears, lot of hay, lot of manure,
looking glasses, sideboard, sofa, tables, chairs, a
lot of carpeting, one stove, four acres of wheat,
6 acres of oats, and 8 acres of corn in the ground,
together with various articles not herein enumerated.
Seized and taken in execution as the property
of WILLIAM W. BARBER, and to be sold by
J.B. WOOD, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, West Chester.
June 29, 1847.
N.B. The Sheriff has made the following one
of the conditions of his sale of real estate, and it
will be enforced in the sale of the above premises:
Fifty dollars of the price or sum at which the
property shall be struck off, shall be paid to the
Sheriff at the time of sale, (unless the purchase
money be less than that sum in which case only
the purchase money shall be paid) otherwise the
the [sic] propepty [sic] [property] will again be put up and sold.

See the Thomas Cadwallader Jones Patent for the deed history.

Found by Herb Fry. Digitized by Heidi Sproat 5/27/2022.


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