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Messuage and lot of land


08.16.1848 Village Record
By virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, to me directed,
will be sold at public sale on Saturday, the
24th day of June next, at 10 o'clock, A.M., on the
premises, all the estate and interest of Elizabeth
Reese, of and in all that certain messuage and lot of
land, situate in the township of Tredyffrin, in the
county of Chester, bounded by lands of Stephen Stephens,
Joseph Davis and others, containing 11 acres,
more or less, with the appurtenances. The improvements
consist of a two story stone House,
log barn, log wheelwright and blacksmith
shops, and other out buildings. The land is
of an excellent quality and well improved,
a portion of the same being meadow. The above described
property is well situated, being at the intersection
of several very public roads: the road leading
from the Valley Forge to the King of Prussia passes
by the same. Seized and taken in execution as the
property of ELIZABETH REESE, and to be sold by
B. DARLINGTON, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, West Chester, May 10, 1848.
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 propepty [sic] [property] will again be put and sold.

See the Philip Howell Patent for the deed history.

Found by Herb Fry. Digitized by Heidi Sproat 5/28/2022.


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