Dorothy Bowers of Clinton County, Ohio
Land Deed - 1823

The following is a Land Deed obtained from Clinton County, Ohio regarding DOROTHY BOWERS, wife of HENNERY BOWERS and mother of:

JACOB BOWERS
DAVID BOWERS
SOLOMON BOWERS

THIS INDENTURE made this eleventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three between Dorothy Bowers of the county of Clinton and state of Ohio of the first part and Charles Harris of the county and state aforesaid of the second part witnesseth that the said party of the first in for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars lawful money of the United States to his in hand well and truly paid by the said Harris also said Harris is to pay the said Dorothy Bowers twenty dollars yearly during her natural life the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained and do aliened released conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain sell alien release convey and confirm unto the Charles Harris heirs and _________forever all that certain tract or parcel of two________lying and being in township of Green in the county of Clinton and state aforesaid containing sixty acres of land and bounded as follows beginning at the east corner of the original survey a white oak hickory and dogwood being the north corner of Abraham Bufords survey # 4397 with the original line North 45 West seventy two and one half poles to a sugar tree and two white oak the east corner of Jacob Bowers______thence with his line south 46-west one hundred and twenty nine poles two hickory and four dogwoods at his south corner and in Morgan Cemetery line thence with his line south 45 East seventy six and one half poles to his east corner in Bufords line a white oak and dogwood thence with the original line North 45 East one hundred and twenty nine poles to the beginning. And all the estate title interest claim and demand of the said Dorothy Bowers of the first part with in law equity of in and to the said premises and every part thereof together with all and singular the privileges and______to the ______belonging or in anywise__________the____ ______ ____ and profit thereof to have and to hold the premises hereby bargained and sold and _______or intended SO TO BE WITH__________ to the only proper use and behalf of the said Charles Harris of the second part his heirs and __________forever and Dorothy Bowers ________forever and the said __________for her part her heirs ________ and administrators do promise covenant and agree to and with the said Charles Harris of the second part his heirs and ___________to warrant and _________to the said Charles Harris executors administrators and ________that she the _________and lawful owner of the premises hereby granted ________ ______ right full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the _______in manner and ________aforesaid and further that she the said Dorothy Bowers her heirs executors and administrators will ______and forever DEFEND? ______ the aforesaid premises with this _________deed every part and _________thereof unto the said Charles Harris his heirs and __________ ________ all persons claiming or to claim by from or under them or any of these or by from or under any other person or persons whomever in witness whereof the said Dorothy Bowers has herewith set her hand and seal the day and year first aforementioned sealed and delivered in the presence of Elisha Noble

Robert _______
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Submitted by Bonnie Ater - 5Aug1999