Muskingum County, OH Land Records

Isaac and Elizabeth Barton to Joseph Rush

Isaac and Elizabeth Barton to Joseph Rush - 1843

SOURCE: Muskingum Deed Books Volume O, page 168

Entered for the Record Sept 30th 1833. Recorded Oct 2nd 1833 Isaac Barton to Joseph Rush (Rash)

Know all men by these presents. That we, Isaac Barton and Elizabeth Barton, Mother of the said Isaac of the County of Muskingum in the State of Ohio for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars lawful money of the United States to them paid in hand by Joseph Rush the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge and therewith contented and satisfied have given granted, bargained, sold, aliened and conveyed and by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, aliened and convey and confirm unto the said Joseph Rush, his heirs and assigns forever. To certain pieces or parcels of land situate in said County of Muskingum and being a parts of the twelfth and thirteenth sections in the twelfth Township and thirteenth Range, and bounded as follows, to wit, first tract beginning on the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section Number Twelve, thence north with the East boundary twenty three chains and ninety links to a post and stone, thence West forty chains and fifty links to a post and stone on the west boundary, then south with the same twenty three chains and ninety links to the SW corner of the said quarter, thence East forty chains and thirty links to the beginning estimated to contain Ninety six and a half acres. The other Tract beginning at the southeast corner of section Number Thirteen, thence North three chains and ninety one links to a post and stone, thence West eight chains and ninety seven links, thence south three chains and ninety one links, thence East eight chains and ninety seven links to the beginning, estimated in the tracts to contain one hundred acres more or less. To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all of the appurtenances and privileges and commodities to the same belonging or anywise appertaining to him the said Joseph Rush, his heirs and assigns forever to his there own proper use , benefit and behoof as a good perfect and absolute estate in fee simple and we the said Isaac and Elizabeth Barton, for ourselves, heirs, executors and administrators do covenant with the said Joseph Rush, his heirs and assigns that before and until the sealing and delivery of these presents we were lawfully seized in fee of the above granted premises and appurtenances that we have good right, full power and lawful authority in them to sell and convey the same to the said Joseph Rush and that the said premises are free from all former gifts, grants and other encumbrance whatever and that we do and will warrant, secure and defend the same to him and his heir and assigns? forever against the lawful claims and demands of all and every person or person whomsoever.

In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands and seals the 16th day of September A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty three, and the 58th year of the independence of the United States of America

submitted by Ed Paha

NOTE: This deed details Joseph Rash purchasing land in Muskingum County, in particular, 100 acres in the Wayne Township, Sections 12 and 13, as depicted on the graphic, for the sum of $400 on the 16th of September, 1883. This land is about 4 miles to the east, southeast of Zanesville.

Also of note, is the use of the name Rush, instead of Rash. I cannot determine the obvious misspelling other than the name might have been spelled as it sounded, or, as might also be an equally possible answer, the small script a was left open at the top, looking like the letter u (very common).

Joseph purchased 100 acres for $400, or $4/acre. Of note, Leborius, his son, purchases 34 acres at $10/acre 10 years later in 1843. Joseph's land in 1843, after 10 years, would have a book value of $1000.

Joseph sold this land to Conrad Amer May 20th, 1854. He and most of his family went to Brown County, Illinois and bought another farm.

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